A telecoms firm has been fined Â£100,000 for sending millions of spam texts about mobile phone upgrades.

Hampshire-based Onecom was the subject of 1,050 complaints, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said.
The firm, based in Whiteley, is run by Aaron Brown. He was recently acquitted of the manslaughter of his friend who died in a powerboat crash in 2015.
ICO said Onecom could not provide evidence to explain the source of the data used to send the 1,050 messages.
It said the firm was also unable to prove it had consent to send the messages.
ICO said Onecom confirmed it had sent 3.3 million text messages between 1 October 2015 and 31 March 2016.
Steve Eckersley, ICO head of enforcement, said: "Spam texts are a real nuisance to millions of people across the country and this firm's failure to follow the rules drove over 1,000 people to complain."
Anyone bothered by a spam text is urged to report it, either via the ICO's website or by forwarding the text to 7726.
In March, Onecom chief executive Mr Brown was cleared of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Ryan McKinlay who died when a jet-powered boat, driven by Mr Brown, crashed into a cruiser off the Isle of Wight.


Jade mining companies connected to the army in Myanmar may have carried out "the biggest natural resources heist in modern history", say transparency campaigners Global Witness.

Their report claims jade valued at a staggering almost $31bn (Â£20bn) was extracted from Burmese mines last year.
It estimates that the figure for the last decade could be more than $120bn.
Presented with the data by the BBC, the government did not question the quantity or valuation of the jade.
But it said most of the gemstones from the last year had been stockpiled, with only a small fraction sold so far.
Hpakant, in Kachin state, is the site of the world's biggest jade mine. We were stopped from travelling there by the chief minister, but footage obtained from the site shows huge articulated vehicles turning mountains into moonscapes.
With an election on the horizon and considerable political uncertainty the companies involved are clearly in a hurry.
To operate a mine in Hpakant you need military connections. The main companies listed in the Global Witness report are either directly owned by the army, or operated by those with close ties.
A few are run by those connected to ethnic armies, in return for them maintaining a ceasefire.
"If a military family does not have a jade company they are something of a black sheep," Mike Davis from Global Witness said. "These families are making extraordinary sums of money, often in the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars."
Prominent among those allegedly profiting from the trade are jade companies owned by the family of retired senior general Than Shwe. As the military ruler of Myanmar, also known as Burma, between 1992 and 2011, he presided over a period in which demonstrations were brutally repressed and opponents imprisoned. Despite having retired many still think he's influential behind the scenes.
The Global Witness report - Jade: Myanmar's 'Big State Secret' - claims that companies connected to Than Shwe's family made more than $220m in jade sales in 2013 and 2014.
Several of the other companies are linked to recent ministers but most named were at their most prominent before Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government came to power in 2011. None were immediately available for comment.
More than a year in the making, this report digs deep into previously unseen Burmese government figures.
To reach the headline number of nearly $31bn extracted in 2014 they took the officially recorded figure for jade production (16,684 tonnes) and then estimated, based on previous studies, the proportion that's likely to have been mined of each quality or "grade".
Using the prices for each grade from publically recorded sales they then calculated the likely total value of jade production. That came to a jaw-dropping $30.859bn.
To double-check this number, Global Witness then obtained customs data for jade imports into China. Last year precious and semi-precious stone imports from Myanmar were valued at $12.3bn on a weight of 5,402 tonnes. The researchers' analysis of the data shows that almost all of that was jade.
Using the officially declared production figure for 2014, and keeping all things equal (to the average value of declared imports into China) then the estimated value for the jade mined in 2014 is $37.98bn.
Clearly in both methods estimates are being used, but the ballpark figure remains similar and huge. The real total could even be much higher with many insiders saying that the best quality jade never goes through the books and is smuggled directly to Chinese buyers.
This contents of the report challenges the Burmese army narrative of recent history. The military has long said that it keeps a tight control of Burmese political life to maintain stability and, in the face of numerous ethnic wars, to prevent the country disintegrating.
It was, the people were told, a selfless act to maintain the unity of a troubled country.
This report makes it clearer than ever before that the top brass used their privileged positions to award themselves choice concessions and contracts and become extremely rich.
Ye Htay, a director from the Ministry of Mining, confirmed that the valuation of the jade mined in 2014 at $31bn was plausible, but said that most of it had been stockpiled and not sold.
Sales through the Nay Pyi Taw emporium last year were close to $1bn, he said, with about $90m paid in taxes.
He was much less forthcoming when pressed on how the concessions were awarded and the dominance of military companies.
He said Myanmar was "in a stage of democratic transition" and that such moves "haven't happened during the last five years".
There is an element of truth in that. The most egregious abuses do seem to date back to before 2010, and all agree that there have been moves towards greater transparency.
This report underscores just how difficult it will be to prise the Burmese army away from political power.
It also helps explain why the conflict in Kachin State, where the mines are, has proved so difficult to resolve.
Last week, rebels from the Kachin Independence Army refused to sign a nationwide agreement with the government - aimed at ending decades of civil conflict - and clashes with the Burmese army continue.
"Jade is a key source of financing for both sides," Mike Davis told me.
"There is an incentive there for the hardliners on the government side to keep the conflict going until such time as they can be confident that when the dust settles, their assets will still be there."
Most proposals for a lasting federal settlement to Myanmar's long running ethnic conflicts involve greater transparency and the sharing of wealth from natural resources in the states where they are extracted.
It's easy to see why peace and democratic transformation aren't attractive options for those making hundreds of millions from exploiting the jade mines.


A drone the size of a football was flown within 20m (66ft) of a passenger jet as it approached Heathrow Airport, an investigation has found.

The Airbus A320 was above Biggin Hill, south-east London, when it narrowly avoided a collision with the unmanned craft, UK Airprox Board (UKAB) said.
Crew members saw the drone but would not have had sufficient time to take action.
Police have not been able to locate the drone operator, UKAB said.
The plane was flying at 11,000ft when the drone was spotted passing the right wing "very quickly" by the first officer on 4 August.
UK rules on flying drones, called the dronecode, were drawn up by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). It states drones should:
The officer alerted the captain by shouting "look", the report said, but they did not have time to take evasive action.
They informed Air Traffic Control and were interviewed by Met Police officers about the near-miss once they landed.
UKAB's board found the drone had "flown into conflict with the A320".
The report concluded the drone had endangered the lives of those on the plane as a collision "had only been narrowly avoided".
An Airbus A320 can typically carry up to 180 passengers.
A spokesperson for the CAA said it was "totally unacceptable to fly drones close to aircraft and airports" and "anyone flouting the rules can face severe penalties including up to five years in prison."
Figures have shown there were more reported near misses between drones and aircraft over the UK in the first six months of 2016 than during the whole of the previous year.
Sion Roberts, the head of drone training academy RUSTA, said the operator would have been flying "BVLOS (Beyond visual line of sight)" which was against regulations.
"These vehicles are easily bought from shops or online and often the people buying them don't know the rules and regulation or indeed the dangers involved", he said.
He added it was "vital distributors and sellers make their customers aware of the rules" or "one incident could put this growing industry back years."


A clone of the Facebook social media site has briefly appeared in North Korea before quickly going offline.

Hosted on the StarCon.net.kp address in North Korea it had many of the features of other social networks.
It is not clear who created StarCon but it is thought to be a test project for a future service to be offered by the nation's telecoms operator.
Soon after being discovered, the site was hacked and it is now not accessible.
The site was spotted by Doug Madory, a researcher at network management firm Dyn, who said it was rare to see any websites hosted in the secretive nation. The site's name suggested it was linked to North Korea's Star telecom service, he said.
StarCon was built around a commercial software package called phpDolphin and had many of the features, including newsfeeds, messaging systems and personal spaces, seen on other social sites. However, many of the site's pages were unfinished and were filled with placeholder text.
"I don't believe it was intended to be accessible from outside North Korea," Mr Madory told the BBC.
However, he said, Dyn's mention of StarCon on its Twitter feed led people to set up personal pages on the site and start using it to swap messages.
One of the first accounts created parodied North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Outsiders created about 300 accounts on StarCon during its brief existence.
"There were a lot of people signing up that, based on their comments, appeared to genuinely think they could reach the North Korean people through the website," he said.
"I'm quite sure that no North Koreans ever really used it for a social network website despite the fact that it was hosted in North Korea."
A day after being discovered, the site was hacked to re-direct every visitor to a YouTube video. Soon after, it went offline completely.


Former Glentoran skipper Colin Nixon has joined Championship One side Bangor on a two-year-contract.

Defender Nixon was released by the Glens at the end of the season and in his final game came on as a sub in the Irish Cup final win over Cliftonville.
Bangor escaped relegation from the second tier of the Irish League by winning their last game of the season against Tobermore United.
They are managed by former Linfield and Ballymena midfielder Garth Scates.
"Joining Bangor is a real challenge for me - just the move I was looking for," said 34-year-old Nixon.
"I was disappointed to be let go by Glentoran because I felt I still had a lot to offer."
Nixon was Glentoran's longest-serving player, making a record 792 appearances and scoring 87 goals.


The director and lead actress of a film about female teenagers that has been an award-winning hit across the Channel say they hope it will pave the way for more French films about young black women.

From the moment it premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival, Bande de Filles, or Girlhood, was a homegrown hit.
The film - "a work of cinematic art" according to The Guardian - made more than Â£1m (1,346 euros) at the French box office, was nominated for four prestigious Cesar awards and secured an international film release.
Girlhood is the story of a black teenager, Marieme, who lives in the vast banlieues, or suburbs, of Paris. With a dead-end future in front of her, she forms a relationship with a group of other young girls.
None of its leads, including Parisienne Karidja Toure who plays Marieme, had ever acted before - a consequence, says director Celine Sciamma, of her not being able to find enough professional black actresses for the roles.
"We were looking for four months," she recalls, "with a casting director and two assistants. We basically went everywhere.
"We went to agencies, but there were very few black girls. And then we went in to theatre classes and high schools, but we met most of our cast randomly on the street.
"We had to invent a group, with its alchemy and energy. But we also needed girls with wit, who were able to improvise, because some of the scenes required it.
"All the girls are non-professionals, whereas all the boys had already been on screen. That says something about the representation of black women in cinema."
Toure, 21, was asked to audition as she sat outside a restaurant in Paris's 14th arrondissement. "At first I thought the casting process was a little strange," she admits.
"But there aren't many black actresses in Paris, so they had to do it that way. You know, black teenagers in Paris, boys and girls, don't watch French movies.
"When you watch French films, you don't see many black characters. So we boycott them, and watch American movies instead.
"During the casting there were around 300 girls, who all have dreams about being actresses. But I guess we don't really believe we can do it, because we don't see many others doing it."
Like Richard Linklater's Oscar-winning Boyhood, Girlhood is a coming-of-age movie. The circumstances, though, are vastly different.
Sciamma grew up in the Paris suburbs herself and says she was writing "from the things I know - that there are people who have such energy, but they are not given a vision of who they should be."
Told by her teacher to stop studying and get a job, Marieme plays truant with her new group of friends and becomes a gang fighter. Soon, footage of her beating up other girls is filmed and put on to social media.
"It's very true to life," says Toure. "If you know the suburbs, you know you have the same gangs, the same fights - every French teenager can relate to it.
"Even when I read the script, there were similarities to my life. I've been followed in stores by shop security guards who are told to do it just because I am black.
"My own teacher told me not to bother continuing to study, but to go and get a job."
"I wanted to make a contemporary film," explains Sciamma, "and this is an important part of contemporary culture in France.
"The situation is defined by our history with France's former colonies, France's urban policies, even France's architectural choices with the housing estates that make up the banlieues.
"It's a very French setting with an universal plot, which is why I think it's being seen by an international audience."
Girlhood earned Sciamma a Cesar nomination for best director, while Toure was nominated as most promising actress.
"I was only the second black actress to be nominated for a Cesar in France," she points out. "I think this has to have an impact on the film industry."
"Girlhood is statistically and symbolically a step," Sciamma goes on. "It can change something because it did well at the box office. It shows that there is an audience and an interest for black characters.
"The film allowed the faces of four young black women to be everywhere in the street of Paris, on billboards, in the subway. I hope it means more stories are on the way."
Toure has gone back to study but hopes to continue acting. "Lupita Nyong'o is my inspiration," she says. "I think perhaps her breakthrough in 12 Years a Slave was the British having their own Girlhood moment.
"I love her performances, but most of all she's a very dark black woman and she's proud of her colour. That's what I want."
Girlhood is out in the UK and Ireland on 8 May.


The chief editor of popular Russian news website Lenta.ru has lost her job over an interview it published with a far-right Ukrainian nationalist.

Galina Timchenko was fired after the state media regulator issued the website with a warning for publishing material of an "extremist nature".
She will be replaced by Alexei Goreslavsky, who until recently headed a staunchly pro-Kremlin website.
Her departure comes after several recent attacks on independent media.
By Stephen EnnisBBC Monitoring
The abrupt removal of Ms Timchenko is being seen as yet another blow to the country's embattled independent media.
One of the most respected figures on the Russian media scene, she has been at Lenta.ru from the start and became editor-in-chief in 2004.
"Under her guidance, Lenta.ru became the best web publication in Russian," liberal journalist Aleksandr Plyushchev wrote.
Her successor, Alexei Goreslavsky, until recently headed the staunchly pro-Kremlin website, Vzglyad.ru. According to opposition activist and blogger Leonid Volkov, he was also a media adviser on the campaign that helped elect Sergei Sobyanin, an ally of President Putin, as Moscow mayor last September.
Her departure is being seen as another blow to freedom of speech in Russia.
A statement by the editorial staff reflected on the "dramatic decline" in the scope for free journalism in Russia: "The problem is not that there is nowhere left for us to work. The problem is that there is nothing left, it seems, for you to read."
Ukraine hits back at Russian TV onslaught
The decision to dismiss Ms Timchenko was made by Lenta.ru's owner Alexander Mamut. It was immediately criticised by the website's editorial staff who complained of direct pressure being placed on them and a "dramatic decline" in the scope for free journalism in Russia.
"The dismissal of an independent chief editor and the appointment of a person who can be controlled from outside, including directly from offices in the Kremlin - that is already a violation of the media law," read the statement signed by 69 Lenta staff on the website's front page.
Writing on her Facebook page, Ms Timchenko said simply: "That's it. Thank you, it was interesting."
Media regulator Roskomnadzor cited an interview published two days earlier with a leading member of the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist group, Right Sector, referring to a hyperlink in the text that led to its leader, Dmitriy Yarosh.
It said the material contained statements inciting ethnic hatred. A Moscow court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Yarosh on Wednesday on charges of inciting terrorism.
Founded in 1999, Lenta is considered one of Europe's most visited news websites and last year became part of Mr Mamut's Afisha-Rambbler-SUP media group.
It is the latest media outlet in Russia to come under the scrutiny of the authorities:
Ekho's veteran editor-in-chief Aleksey Venediktov, whose future is also being considered, condemned Ms Timchenko's removal as a "clearly political decision".
Mr Mamut, a 54-year-old billionaire who also owns UK bookshop chain Waterstone's, has an estimated fortune of $2.3bn, according to Forbes.


Susan Rice has called the UN Security Council's inaction on the Syrian war "a stain" on the body, in final remarks as US ambassador to the organisation.

She criticised Russia and China for vetoing three resolutions that would have increased pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
But the US envoy said the post had been "the best job I've ever had".
Ms Rice is leaving the ambassadorship to become President Barack Obama's national security adviser.
Mr Obama has nominated Samantha Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former White House adviser, to replace her. Ms Power must now be confirmed by the US Senate.
'Moral, strategic disgrace'
The departing US ambassador described her time at the UN as "a remarkable period", but said she regretted more was not done to stem the bloodshed in Syria.
"I particularly regret that the Security Council has failed to act decisively as more than 90,000 Syrians have been killed and millions more displaced," she said.
"The council's inaction on Syria is a moral and strategic disgrace that history will judge harshly."
On Wednesday the UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll was even higher than the UN figure used by Ms Rice, putting it at 100,191.
More than 36,000 of those killed in the 27-month conflict were civilians, it said, including more than 3,000 women and more than 5,000 children under 16.
It cautioned that the true number of combatants killed could be twice what it had documented due to both sides' secrecy in reporting casualties.
Ms Rice said the council's failure to act could not be laid at the feet of the United States.
"I don't know how in any circumstance one could ascribe that to a failure of US policy or US leadership," she said, "when the vast majority of the council was ready and willing to move ahead."
Russia and China used their Security Council veto powers once in 2011 and twice in 2012 to prevent the body from adopting resolutions that condemned the violence in Syria, demanded an end to human rights violations by Syrian government forces, and threatened non-military sanctions.
The Russians criticised the resolutions as tantamount to taking sides in a civil war.
Despite Ms Rice's criticism of Russia on Syria, she said it was not inevitable that "complex and multifaceted" relations between the two countries should sour.
"On issues as important as Iran and North Korea, and many others, we have been able to find common ground," she said.


A UN envoy has said more than 50 mass graves have so far been found in parts of Iraq that were previously controlled by so-called Islamic State (IS).

Jan Kubis told the UN Security Council that it was "evidence of the heinous crimes" IS had committed.
The graves have been discovered in recent months as territory has been re-captured from IS.
Most recently, graves found in the city of Ramadi in April may contain the remains of up to 40 people.
Mr Kubis said the international community should "take steps to ensure the accountability" of IS fighters.
The Iraqi army re-captured parts of Ramadi from IS in December 2015. It had been held by the militants since May of the same year.
Some pockets of resistance continued in the city until February 2016, when it fell completely under government control again.
Human remains have been found in mass graves near Sinjar in northern Iraq, near Anbar in western Iraq and in Tikrit in northern Iraq.
The people targeted include tribesmen, Iraqi soldiers, women and people from the minority Yazidi sect.
Mass graves have also been found in parts of Syria where IS have held control.
Mr Kubis is the UN's special representative in its assistance mission for Iraq.
"I condemn in the strongest possible terms the continued killings, kidnapping, rape and torture of Iraqis by ISIL (IS), which may constitute crimes against humanity, war crimes and even genocide," he said.
Mr Kubis said that despite "notable and consistent progress" against IS, the group was still "a formidable and determined enemy that constantly adjusts its tactics and attack patterns".
He said the group would not be defeated by military means alone, and called for action to address "the root causes of violent extremism".
Mr Kubis said Iraq's humanitarian crisis "remains one of the world's worst" as more than 10 million people - a third of the population - require international aid.
He said only a quarter of the $861m requested for aid to Iraqi people in 2016 had been delivered so far, and urged donors to contribute.


A boy has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of two six-year-old girls during a trip to Legoland.

The girls were "touched inappropriately" in the Castaway Camp playground at the park in Windsor, Berkshire, on Thursday 11 August.
Thames Valley Police refused to give the suspect's age or say where he was arrested, citing "safeguarding issues".
The boy has since been released on police bail until 2 December.
Police previously issued an E-fit of a suspect, who was described as a white man in his teens or early twenties.
Officers said he was white, under 5ft 8in tall, wearing dark slim-fitting trousers, a dark t-shirt and trainers.
Police began following up new leads in September after a reconstruction was shown on BBC One's Crimewatch.
A 22-year-old man previously arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attacks was released without charge.
Thames Valley Police said: "This is remains a live investigation and we continue to appeal for the public's help".


The Conservative candidate for London mayor has vowed to double house-building in the capital, pledging to ensure homes are built at a rate of 50,000 a year by 2020.

There were 21,350 new houses built in the year to September 2015.
Launching his campaign, Zac Goldsmith said only he would be "able to secure the funds and powers needed from this government".
Labour candidate Sadiq Khan has pledged a minimum of 80,000 new homes a year.
Mr Goldsmith said he would oversee the start of the Night Tube project, bring suburban rail services under mayoral control and pledged to protect the green belt.
He said: "We can take London's success and make it work for everyone who lives and works here, but that can only happen with a strong and independent-minded mayor who is able to secure the funds and powers needed from this government."
He said he would reserve "a significant proportion" of new homes for rent and not for sale.
But Seema Malhotra, Labour MP for Feltham and Heston, called his plan "lightweight...which doesn't even mention business, affordable housing, the soaring cost of transport, low pay, or health."
"This plan is not even worth the paper it is written on," she said.
Mr Khan has already proposed some similar ideas, including giving "first dibs" to local tenants.
Mr Goldsmith claimed he would be able to pay for his plans without increasing the rate of council tax set by the mayor - something Boris Johnson has seen as central to his mayoralty.
The supply of London housing has been one of the most contentious areas of policy associated with City Hall.
Mr Khan has accused Mr Johnson of "failing to invest Â£400m of his affordable homes budget", but Mr Johnson insisted in a speech last week he had overseen "the biggest home-building programme since 1981".


Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine's government is "cutting off" defiant rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine through an economic blockade.

He was addressing a huge Russian audience in a live televised phone-in.
He also insisted "there are no Russian troops in Ukraine". Moscow denies Western charges that it is directly arming and reinforcing the rebels.
Later he said those who had ordered the murder of Boris Nemtsov - one of his leading critics - might never be found.
Mr Nemtsov, a prominent opposition politician, was shot dead on 27 February near the Kremlin.
Five suspects, all of them Chechens, are in custody. Mr Putin condemned the murder as "disgraceful".
It was Mr Putin's 13th marathon annual phone-in with the Russian public, and lasted nearly four hours.
Mr Putin denied reports that Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko had offered to let Russia have the rebel-held areas in the Donbas region.
The rebels reject Kiev's rule and are getting humanitarian aid from Russia, which annexed Ukraine's Crimea region last year.
"There are many problems there and we do not see the current Kiev authorities wanting to restore the social sphere, or the economy of Donbas," Mr Putin said.
"We see a total blockade of Donbas. One can say that the current Ukrainian authorities are cutting off Donbas by their own hand. That is the problem and tragedy."
Mr Putin said he had told business leaders that he did not expect EU-US sanctions - imposed over Russia's actions in Ukraine - to be lifted soon.
"We need to use the situation to reach a new level of development," he said.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow says such phone-ins are highly choreographed but do reveal Russians' concerns. Russians' real incomes have fallen this year for the first time since Mr Putin came to power.
Mr Putin said the Russian economy would take about two years to bounce back from recession, or less as the rouble's value was rising again.
He said there were encouraging signs that Russian agriculture was growing and replacing imports of Western food.
However, a dairy farmer introduced as "John - a Russian citizen" grilled Mr Putin over the hardship faced by farmers.
"You say everything is going well - sorry, that's not true," the farmer said. "I have five children... I need some assurance about their future in Russia. Do you believe the statistics or are they lying?" he asked in English-accented Russian.
The farmer is reportedly John Kopiski, originally from the UK, who has lived in Vladimir region for about 15 years.
Mr Putin admitted that farmers faced difficulties over low dairy retail prices and that cheap imports of powdered milk from Belarus were part of the problem.
"I don't have reason to disbelieve the statistics," he said, adding that the government would have to increase subsidies for farmers.
Later in the phone-in Mr Putin was asked about Russia's controversial plan to export S-300 air defence missiles to Iran.
He insisted that the missiles were not on the UN list of banned exports under the UN sanctions linked to Iran's nuclear programme.
He said he made the move because Iran had shown "a desire to reach compromise". The S-300 "doesn't threaten Israel at all, it's exclusively a defensive weapon", he added.
Our correspondent says the questions for Mr Putin were clearly vetted, with nothing too critical or too personal. About two million questions came in before the broadcast.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said about 23% of the questions submitted concerned social welfare issues, and the second biggest area of concern was housing and local services.


Conservative and Labour mayoral candidates have set out their transport manifestos, with a "war on waste" and Tube and train expansions promised.

Tory Zac Goldsmith pledged to deliver a Southern Overground and secure funds for Tramlink, Bakerloo Line and London Overground extensions.
Labour's Sadiq Khan said he would freeze fares and crack down on what he called a "culture of excess".
Rival candidates want to cut fares but said Conservative plans were "uncosted".
Unveiling his manifesto in Ilford, east London, Mr Goldsmith said he would deliver planned upgrades to the District, Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Northern and Jubilee lines, and would replace "sub-standard" suburban rail services with a Southern Overground.
He also spoke of securing funding for Crossrail 2 and extensions to the Sutton Tramlink, Bakerloo Line and London Overground to Barking Riverside, saying that delaying or cancelling these projects would risk 250,000 jobs and 270,000 homes.
He said: "And it's why Sadiq Khan's Â£1.9bn black hole in the transport budget would be such a dangerous experiment, bringing gridlock to our capital, fewer new homes and meaning council tax hikes for every family in Greater London."
Outlining his transport pledges in Brixton, south London, Mr Khan recalled riding on the number 44 bus with his siblings, when his father drove the bus.
"I'll be the bus driver's son who makes commuting more affordable", he said, adding: "I will wage war on waste, excess and inefficiency within TfL and crack down on the culture of excess."
He also promised a four-year fare freeze, a review of Transport for London (TfL) management, projects which "truly benefit Londoners" and more women on TfL's board. He said he would look at the amount spent on agency workers and consultants, currently said to be Â£383m a year.
Lib Dem mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon said Mr Goldsmith's manifesto was "an uncosted wish list".
"He makes no mention of any fare rises, and he appears to be relying on government to keep on funding London's transport network."
Green Party candidate Sian Berry has promised to lower costs for outer London, introduce flat fares by 2025, allow transfer between buses and trains without an extra cost and support walking and cycling.


The father of a 12-year-old boy swept into the sea off Anglesey has told of the moment he and family members tried to save him.

Adam Nash, 35, told the Huddersfield Daily Examiner his son Isaac had been in the water with brother Xander, 10.
Mr Nash saved Xander from the waves but his father Paul - Isaac's grandfather - had been unable to hold on to Isaac.
The search for Isaac continues, after the incident at Aberffraw on Friday afternoon.
Father-of-three Mr Nash, from the Huddersfield area, said the family were on holiday and as they had been to Aberffraw "many times before" were familiar with the area.
He said the two boys found walking along the beach "boring" and "stripped off and ran into the sea".
He said he "told them not to go too far," and although the waves were big he believed it was "perfectly safe".
Shortly after, the brothers got into difficulty.
Mr Nash said: "My dad had been waving at them and shouting but they couldn't hear him. He got a little bit concerned and stripped off.
"He swam out to where they both were near the rocks. As he swam towards them Isaac was shouting. He knew he was in trouble.
"He was getting closer to the rocks. When I saw that my dad had got to Isaac I realised that they were having trouble. Everything got loud and there was spray coming off the sea. I could sense they were panicking."
While his father tried to help Isaac, Mr Nash headed for his younger son, Xander.
"I got hold of him about three times to get him back," he said. "He was grabbing me round the neck. He said he couldn't swim anymore. I was exhausted too. I was having problems myself let alone supporting him. I thought I just don't want to let go of him.
"Fortunately some white water was hitting us, and I thought it might help us travel back to shore despite the massive waves.
"When I got my feet on the ground I was massively relieved. Xander said to me: 'I thought I was going to die.'
"As soon as I got my feet down I turned round and looked for my dad. He was washed up on to the rocks and just laid flat."
Mr Nash continued: "My dad came round and his face was just screwed up and there was blood dripping down him from his arms and legs. And he said: 'I couldn't save him, I couldn't save him'."
He told how the pair were hit by a "massive wave" and Isaac's grandfather was unable to hold on to him.
He and other members of the family were taken to hospital in Bangor but later returned to search for Isaac.
On Monday, police and coastguards were spending a fourth day searching.
North Wales Police have confirmed the search for 12 year old Isaac Nash from Huddersfield continued this morning, Monday 1st September 2014.
Ch Insp Simon Barrasford said: "This morning the joint emergency service response resumed with a helicopter from North Wales Police joining HM Coastguard in an area around the west coast of Anglesey. Specialist Police divers and land borne colleagues are also conducting searches particularly during low tide."


Mountains: Epic Cycling Climbs by Michael Blann is published by Thames & Hudson

Professional photographer and cycling enthusiast Michael Blann set out to capture the relationship between the sport and mountain landscapes.


The SNP has called on the prime minister to rethink his party's plans to give English MPs a veto on English-only legislation.

In a letter to David Cameron, SNP MP Pete Wishart called the proposals "a constitutional outrage" that would see Scots MPs "cut out" of vital issues.
They were announced in the House of Commons on Thursday.
However, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the move was a "sensible and pragmatic" step forward.
He insisted Scottish MPs would still be able to fully represent their constituents.
The SNP, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all condemned Conservative plans for so-called English votes for English laws (Evel).
Announcing the plans at Westminster, leader of the Commons Chris Grayling said a new procedural stage would be introduced for laws passing through parliament where English or English and Welsh MPs would be asked to accept or veto legislation only affecting their constituents before it has its final reading.
There is due to be a Commons vote on the change on 15 July.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called the move a ''constitutional shambles'' which was ''staggering in the extent of its hypocrisy and incoherence''.
In his letter to the prime minister, Mr Wishart wrote that the change "undermined constitutional integrity and the future of the Union".
He added: "The proposals are nothing less than a constitutional outrage that will see Scottish MPs cut out of voting on matters which impact Scotland and our budget.
"Quite simply, they will reduce the rights of Scottish MPs to protect the interests of their constituents."
He said SNP MPs would oppose the "disrespectful" proposals.
But Mr Mundell wrote to the first minister to insist that Scottish MPs would still be able to vote on every Bill.
He added: "If the Bill contains elements which do not apply to Scotland, Northern Ireland and, in some cases Wales, an extra stage will be added to the process to allow those MPs whose constituencies are affected to give or withhold their consent to the legislation - effectively, a veto.
"For those Bills which wholly and exclusively relate to England, the Committee stage will be taken by English MPs only, but with all MPs voting at the other stages.
"These are sensible and pragmatic steps which do nothing to limit Scottish MPs' rights to represent their constituents, but which do give MPs from other parts of the UK the chance to veto proposals which only affect their constituents."
He said the plans would receive "widespread sympathy and acceptance" in Scotland.


National Volunteers Week runs from 1-7 June and tennis' governing body - the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) - has shortlisted around 1,200 volunteers whose efforts will be recognised at the British Tennis Awards, during Wimbledon fortnight.

Whether fundraising, helping to build and maintain facilities or encouraging people to get involved in - and stay in - the sport, volunteers are the foundation of the game at local level.
Here are three examples of people really making a difference in their communities:
Five years ago, visually impaired (VI) tennis coach Wendy Glasper set up North East VI Tennis Club - incorporating sites in Jesmond, Sunderland and Stockton - and since then has worked tirelessly across the region to promote the sport to people who are blind or have sight impairment.
A qualified LTA level 2 coach, Wendy is also an accomplished player herself, finishing runner-up in her sight category at the National VI Championships at Roehampton in 2015. And she continues to inspire youngsters and adults to play the sport competitively or just for fun.
"It's so rewarding giving back to a sport I love and see our players grow in confidence, gain new friendships and improve their mental wellbeing," she says.
"One of our members is completely blind and has just won his first tennis competition in Newcastle. For me, knowing that our VI tennis sessions enabled him to achieve this is just brilliant.
"For anyone looking to volunteer, I would say just do it! If you are passionate about something, you will inspire others to help you and I'm so thankful for the people I work with for bringing VI tennis to more communities in the north east."
This really is a story of building facilities from the ground up. In November 2015 there were no useable tennis courts in Hingham, a small Norfolk market town of 1,000 houses. Fast-forward to October 2016 and Hingham has a thriving tennis club with 200 members.
How did this happen? Three volunteers - Emily Cary, Lindsey Read and Simon Underhill, none of whom had even been in a tennis club before - raised £91,000 from Sport England and local businesses to renovate the derelict courts next to an existing sports hall into two hard courts and a well-appointed clubhouse.
The club now delivers coach-led evenings of activities to the local youth club - free of charge - plus a weekly Cardio Tennis session, which the local slimming club attends.
"We went out to local fairs, shows and schools to understand if this was something people would be interested in," explains Lindsey. "It was a great chance to explain to our community what we'd like to do and rally support for our plans.
"After a hard year of gathering evidence of need, impact and sustainability, we applied for funding from Sport England and got the maximum bid of £75,000. We then gathered funds from nine other local charities and trusts, plus a crowdfunding campaign and business sponsorship to go ahead with the project.
"It was a long and challenging process, but it's fantastic to give something back to the community and for anyone thinking of volunteering, just do it - don't underestimate what you'll get out of it."
It's fair to say 17-year-old John Heppell has grown up at Durham Archery LTC. He joined aged four and has been volunteering at the club for the last six years.
Now assistant coach on the club's Junior Coaching Programme, he helps in junior coaching sessions (ages 4-16) on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, year-round, whatever the weather.
Parents have been glowing in their assessment of John and his work with their children, with his infectious enthusiasm for the game translating into good retention rates for the club and real progress in his students' aptitude for the game.
"John has always been very shy, and every school report mentions that he is very quiet," says mum Christine. "Volunteering has helped him come out of his shell and be more confident.
"He has inspired our current generation of young members with his coaching skills and, as a result, we now have other young teenagers keen to assist in the club Junior Coaching Programme on a Saturday morning."
Find out more about the British Tennis Awards and how you can volunteer for British Tennis here.
And for more on National Volunteers Week, go to volunteersweek.org/about or visit the NVCO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations) website, here.


Movistar's Nairo Quintana won the Tour de Romandie after a rain-soaked final stage success for Orica's Michael Albasini in Geneva.

Colombian Quintana had led overall since winning Thursday's second stage.
Team Sky's Chris Froome, winner of Saturday's fourth stage, after losing 17 minutes in the second stage, trailed home in the peloton.
French rider Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), quickest in Friday's time trial, came second overall.
The closing stage was a 177.4km ride between Ollon-sur-Villars and Geneva.
Froome was part of a breakaway before the two-time Tour de France winner attacked on the final climb with 36km remaining.
He was was unable to gain a decisive lead, and instead it was a move from Verona that proved crucial. Swiss Albasini tracked it carefully and went on to claim the sixth Romandie stage win of his career.
The Tour de Romandie is regarded as a pointer to the Tour de France, with three of the previous five winners going on to win in Paris.
Tour de Romandie 2016: Final classification
1.  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar 16hrs 20mins 20secs
2.  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ            +19secs
3.  Jon Izagirre (SPA) Movistar          +23"
4.  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) Katusha        +26"
5.  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant       +57"
6.  Rui Costa (POR) Lampre             +1:12"
7.  Simon Spilak (SLO) Katusha       +1:16"
8.  Mathias Frank (SWI) IAM Cycling +1:16"
9.  Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek          +1:24"
10. Tejay van Garderen (US) BMC Racing    +1:27"


A fatal shooting outside a hotel in Essex was a targeted attack on the victim, police have revealed.

A man believed to be in his 30s died after being shot outside the Marriott Hotel in Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, at 09:45 GMT on Tuesday.
Det Ch Insp Marina Ericson said the gunman was "waiting for the victim in the car park" and shot him before chasing him on foot.
A ballistics expert has been brought in to examine the scene, the force said.
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The suspect was seen getting into a dark-coloured car being driven by an accomplice following the shooting, Det Ch Insp Ericson said.
No one has yet been arrested.
Police said a key witness was an "innocent member of the public" whose car was flagged down by the victim following the shooting.
The man was driven to the Volunteer pub, half a mile away from the hotel, where paramedics tried to save him before he died.
A post-mortem examination will be taking place on the victim's body later.


A retired police officer has reported Derbyshire police to the Home Office over claims they withheld evidence in a 1973 murder case.

Bakewell man Stephen Downing was convicted in 1974 for killing Wendy Sewell but that was overturned in 2002.
Chris Clark said he has uncovered a crucial pathology report showing she was strangled, which was never told to the jury.
The Home Office said it would send any new criminal evidence to the police.
Evidence of police misconduct would be referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the Home Office added.
Derbyshire police said the case was closed after a reinvestigation in 2002.
Mr Clark, a retired Norfolk police officer, said he has sent his findings to the Home Office after obtaining the original pathology report last month.
He said he believed the report showed Mrs Sewell had clear signs of being strangled.
She was found battered in a Bakewell cemetery in 1973 and died in hospital two days later.
Mr Downing admitted beating her with a pickaxe handle but later retracted that statement, only to be found guilty by a jury.
"I'm reporting the facts as I see them. The pathologist had evidence in his report that could have exonerated Stephen Downing," Mr Clark said.
He said the pathologist's report showed bruising on her neck consistent with a "knotted ligature" used to garrotte her and a rash in her lungs and airways, possibly caused by strangulation.
Mr Clark said none of this was used in Mr Downing's trial. He added the evidence may mean her death was linked to the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe.
Mr Downing was 17 at the time of Mrs Sewell's murder but was assessed as having a mental age of 11.
His father Ray Downing and Matlock Mercury editor Don Hale campaigned for his release and in 2002 the Court of Appeal found his conviction unsafe because of "procedural reasons".
Mr Hale said the pathology report directly conflicted with the evidence the police presented at the time and called for an independent investigation into the murder.
"This information was available within two or three days of Mr Downing being arrested and it completely contradicts this so-called confession," he said.
But Derbyshire police said the murder was reinvestigated following the quashing of the conviction and it considered the matter closed.
"All possible lines of inquiry were exhausted during the re-investigation.  Twenty two people were ruled out of the enquiry but officers were unable to eliminate Stephen Downing as a suspect," a spokeswoman said.
She added there was no evidence to suggest Peter Sutcliffe - the Yorkshire Ripper - was involved.


Injuries to Alex Pritchard and Timm Klose could force Norwich City boss Daniel Farke into the transfer market.

Defender Klose and midfielder Pritchard were both injured in the pre-season friendly with Cambridge United and will miss the start of the new Championship season.
Farke refused to be drawn on potential targets but told BBC Radio Norfolk that reinforcements may be required.
"It would help when you look at our personnel situation," he said.
"It's not such a big squad and because of the important injuries to Pritchard and Klose, and because [Ivo] Pinto and [Wes] Hoolahan were out nearly the whole of the pre-season, we could need some improvements.
"If not, I try to give my best to the guys who are there."
Farke would not comment on reports linking Norwich with a move for 19-year-old midfielder Adam Phillips, who was released by Liverpool at the end of last season.


Markets in Asia went in different directions in afternoon trade on Thursday, despite an earlier across-the-board boost from an overnight rise in the price of oil.

Brent crude, which is seen as the international benchmark, climbed 3.3% to $40.94 a barrel.
And the price of West Texas crude rose 5% to $38.32 a barrel.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 1.26% to 16,852.35, supported by some of the country's big exporters.
Expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) may announce further stimulus measures later on Thursday also helped buoy investor sentiment in parts of the region.
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up in earlier trade, helped by energy-related stocks, but some lost ground later to close down 0.14% at 5,150.10.
In South Korea, the Kospi index rose 0.84% to 1,969.33.
Fresh numbers from Beijing showed China's consumer inflation rose to 2.3% in February, a positive sign for demand in the world's second-largest economy.
The National Bureau of Statistics figures showed that inflation had increased by the largest margin in nearly two years. The producer price index, however, fell 4.9% year-on-year.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended the day down just 0.06% to 19,984.42, while the mainland's Shanghai Composite closed 2% lower at 2,804.73.


Shares in Deutsche Bank continued to fall on Tuesday, despite assurances from the bank that its balance sheet was "rock solid".

The bank's shares in Frankfurt closed 5% lower, despite a statement from the bank that it had sufficient reserves to make bond payments.
On Monday, shares slumped 9.5% and have fallen more than 40% this year.
Earlier, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he had "no concerns" about the bank.
He was speaking to journalists after a meeting in Paris.
On Tuesday, the bank's co-chief executive John Cryan, sent a message to all staff in which he assured them the bank was in a strong financial position, despite global growth fears, low oil and other commodity prices, and the fact that the bank would be booking write-downs in its fourth quarter.
He said that while the stock markets had "expressed some concern about the adequacy of our legal provisions", he did not "share that concern".
"We will almost certainly have to add to our legal provisions this year, but this is already accounted for in our financial plan," he said.
Mr Cryan added: "Volatility in the fourth quarter impacted the earnings of most major banks, especially those in Europe, and clients may ask you about how the market-wide volatility is impacting Deutsche Bank."
He said staff at the bank could tell customers concerned about investing with the bank that "Deutsche Bank remains absolutely rock-solid, given our strong capital and risk position".
The email to staff, made publicly available via the bank's official Twitter account, is an unusual step.
It follows Monday's statement to investors in which the bank stated its 2016 payment capacity was estimated to be about €1bn (£783m), sufficient to pay so-called additional tier 1 (AT1) coupons of approximately €350m on 30 April.
Such statements are rare and illustrate the level of fear currently stalking the markets,
In recent weeks, bank stocks have suffered heavy losses, with traders citing concerns about the level of exposure some banks may have to commodity and oil company debt, amid a desire among some mining and oil firms to maintain dividend payments even if they have to borrow to do so.
The bank is also the subject of takeover speculation in German media, given the low value of its share price. Deutsche Bank has had negative press for years now amid a series of scandals and litigation. It chalked up a record loss of €6.8bn last year.
Fears that banks do not have the financial reserves to cope with a major oil or commodities company reneging on its debt payments were reflected in European stock markets on Tuesday, with banking stocks and commodities firms under particular pressure in afternoon trade across all the major European indexes.
In the UK, miners led the losers' board on the FTSE 100, with Anglo American down almost 10% at 339.20p, Antofagasta down 8.9% at 412.90p and Glencore down more than 7.3% at 95.28p.
Royal Bank of Scotland was 1.95% lower at 226.20p, Barclays was 3.6% lower at 158.05p and HSBC was lower by 0.95% at 434.30p.


The Conservatives have retained control of local councils across Kent, Surrey and Sussex which have declared results.

Tandridge, in Surrey, was the first to announce local election results. The Tories increased their majority slightly here, gaining two extra seats.
The Tories also increased their majority in Worthing from 17 to 23.
Labour narrowly kept control of Crawley with its majority reduced from five to one.
Tories remain in control in Chichester, where they gained six more seats while the Liberal Democrats lost five.
In Kent, Conservatives gained control of Gravesham Borough Council from Labour, with a small majority of just two seats.
Dover was held by the Conservatives but with a majority reduced from seven to five.
The Tories gained four seats to retain Tunbridge Wells Borough Council with a majority of 36 seats.
There is still no party in overall control in Maidstone, where the Conservatives and an independent each gained one seat and UKIP lost two.
The Tories kept Canterbury City Council with a majority of 23. Labour gained two seats there, while Liberal Democrats lost eight.
The Tories kept control in Swale, gaining three seats to give them a with a majority of 17. UKIP gained six more seats there, Labour lost nine.
The Conservatives also retained control of councils in Dartford, Sevenoaks, and Ashford.
In Surrey, the election for two seats in Holmwoods ward on Mole Valley District Council was cancelled after the death of Lib Dem candidate Mick Longhurst.
But the Tories held overall control, winning in 12 out of 13 wards where elections were held.
The Conservatives held Elmbridge with an increased majority from four to six, Runnymede and Reigate, and Banstead where they gained three seats.
There was little change on Surrey Heath Borough Council, where Tories kept control, gaining one extra seat while Labour lost one. The Tories now have a majority of 32 there.
Resident Association councillors kept control of Epsom and Ewell Borough Council - a record that goes back to the 1930s, increasing their majority from 14 to 24.
Votes in Thursday's local elections will be counted on Saturday in Arun, Brighton and Hove, Eastbourne, Lewes, Mid Sussex, Rother, Shepway, Thanet and Wealden.


Coventry City have agreed to sign Reading defender Dominic Hyam and Portsmouth goalkeeper Liam O'Brien.

Both players will begin two-year deals to play for the relegated club in League Two next season from 1 July.
O'Brien, 25, was not offered new terms at the end of his second Pompey spell.
Centre-back Hyam, 21, leaves Reading having not made a first-team appearance, but he does have League Two experience following a loan spell at Dagenham and Redbridge last season.
"Dominic is a strong and aggressive centre half, who comes from a very good academy set-up," Coventry boss Mark Robins told the Sky Blues' website.
"Liam is a quality goalkeeper, who we will be working hard with to maximise his potential. We are building a club, not just a team, for our short and long term aims."
O'Brien did not make a first-team appearance in his first spell at Portsmouth, going on loan to Eastbourne Borough.
He later played for Barnet and Dagenham, before returning to Pompey in August 2016 on a short-term deal.
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Jane Campion's drama Top of the Lake is back on BBC Two and it's a mixed bag when it comes to the reviews.

Series two returns to the story of Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss), four years after the original was aired.
Written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, it sees Robin try to solve a case stemming from a body in a suitcase washed up on Bondi Beach.
Robin is also trying to reconcile with Mary, the daughter she gave up for adoption - played by Alice Englert, Campion's own daughter.
Some reviewers were delighted with the first episode - titled China Girl - lauding Campion's direction and camera work, while others were not as keen.
The first episode was watched by 1.6 million people and the series in its entirety has now been rolled out on the BBC iPlayer.
Moss is joined by stars including Nicole Kidman, as Mary's adoptive mother Julia, and Gwendoline Christie as Miranda Hilmarson, a colleague of Moss's character.
Despite being a TV show, the series has a very filmic quality and was one of the few small screen projects showcased at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
Kidman is new to the series - the first, back in 2013, featured Holly Hunter, who starred in Campion's award-winning film The Piano back in 1993.
The first series followed Robin as she investigated a pregnant 12-year-old girl's disappearance.
Moss told the BBC she may make a third season - but not just yet.
The first series is also available now on the iPlayer.
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A political row has erupted over the legacy of PFI for the health service as one hospital trust faces insolvency.

South London Healthcare, a merger of three hospital trusts, is spending 14% of its income on repayments to a private finance initiative (PFI).
The government says the financial problems are caused by a PFI scheme signed off under Labour.
Labour says there are wider financial pressures in the NHS, and PFI also delivered many new hospitals.
The government could appoint an administrator within weeks, but in the meantime the trust's hospitals will continue to run as normal.
The move raises the prospect that other trusts could follow in its wake.
There are another 20 trusts that have declared themselves financially unsustainable in their current form.
Work has already started to rectify their problems and therefore wholesale dissolving is considered unlikely.
However, the move over South London Healthcare does act as a warning that the government is prepared to use the measure, which was made possible by legislation Labour introduced in 2009.
South London Healthcare amalgamated the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington, Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich in 2009.
When the three hospitals became one organisation they inherited a large debt - mainly from the private finance initiative (PFI) that had been used for the buildings at Orpington and Woolwich.
Last year it finished Â£69m in deficit on a turnover of Â£424m.
As well as struggling financially, the trust also has some of the longest waiting times for operations, and longer-than-average waits in A&E. However, it does have low infection and death rates.
If a decision was made to break up the trust, it would not necessarily mean the closure of all services. Another more successful NHS organisation or private provider could end up taking on some.
But for that to happen, there would need to be a formal process of review and consultation.
While South London Healthcare Trust is carrying a heavy burden of PFI repayments, there are more complex factors behind the financial pressures facing some other trusts.
Andrew Haldenby, from the think tank Reform, told the BBC that some other PFI schemes had delivered good hospitals and good value for taxpayers. But he warned that difficult decisions about the numbers of hospitals in England could not be postponed.
"One in five hospitals are in real financial difficulty. Every hospital - even if it is in the black right now - needs to be looking really hard at this. Although we are talking about South London today, every NHS Chief Exec needs to be looking at this today."
Any decision about South London Healthcare would need to be signed off by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and reported to Parliament.
In a letter to the trust, Mr Lansley said: "A central objective for all providers is to ensure they deliver high-quality services to patients that are clinically and financially sustainable for the long term.
"I recognise that South London Healthcare NHS Trust faces deep and long-standing challenges, some of which are not of its own making.
"Nonetheless, there must be a point when these problems, however they have arisen, are tackled. I believe we are almost at this point."
Mike Farrar, head of the NHS Confederation, which represents trusts, said: "We welcome this decision. The NHS can't go on with short-term fixes to financial problems.
"That might mean some tough decisions, but hopefully will deliver financial sustainability in the long term."
Chris Streather, chief executive of South London Healthcare, said patients could be assured that services would continue as normal during this process.
He added: "There is a huge gap in our financial plan in order for us to become viable in the long term and this intervention if it solves that problem which it is designed to do is absolutely welcome and will be helpful."
The trust expects the discussions to come to a conclusion in the second week of July, when a decision on whether to put it in administration will be taken by the secretary of state. However, it will probably be October by the time the review is completed.
But Labour accused the government of "losing its grip" on NHS finances and wasting billions of pounds on an NHS reorganisation which is "opposed by patients and health professionals".
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said he accepted that some early PFI deals were poor value for money but defended the investment in hospitals.
"The big picture is up till 1997 we had no new hospitals being built at all and in constituencies across the country people were crying out for decent healthcare. We built tens and tens of new hospitals."
But Health Minister Simon Burns said it was time for "decisive action" instead of "sweeping this under the carpet."
Along with South London Healthcare, the other 20 trusts identified by the government as facing financial difficulties are: Newham University Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge, North Cumbria Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, Trafford Healthcare, Scarborough and North East Yorkshire, Winchester and Eastleigh, George Eliot Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford Learning Disability Trust, Whipps Cross Hospital, North Middlesex Hospital, Ealing Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, North West London Hospitals, Weston Area Health, Great Western Ambulance Service, Dartford and Gravesham and Suffolk Mental Health Partnership.
NHS trust faces being dissolved


Irish man Kevin Mallon, who was arrested in Brazil earlier this month over alleged illegal ticket sales at Rio 2016, is being released on bail.

Mr Mallon, a Dublin-based director of THG Sports, will be released after a Supreme Court ruling in Brasilia.
He was due to be electronically tagged before his release on Saturday.
However, his release was delayed due to a lack of an available electronic ankle bracelet.
A court in Rio later ruled it was not necessary for an electronic tag to be attached to Mr Mallon.
THG is a corporate and sports hospitality group based in London.
The group said it welcomed the news of Mr Mallon's bail and would work to secure his full release and return to Dublin.
It added that it believes the company and its executives will be vindicated when all of the evidence is reviewed.
When Mr Mallon was arrested, police said that more than 700 tickets, organised in envelopes and marked for sale, were found in a safe with him.
THG said Mr Mallon did not sell or seek to sell the tickets but was holding them for collection by clients of Pro 10 Management, who were the Irish authorised ticket reseller.
Mr Mallon has been sharing a cell with former OCI president Pat Hickey in Bangu 10 prison.
Mr Hickey, 71, has also been arrested in connection with illegal ticket sales. He denies any wrongdoing.
On Friday, Irish foreign minister Charlie Flanagan agreed to meet with the family of Mr Hickey after they said they were "gravely concerned" about his health and his continued detention.
The Olympic Council of Ireland has appointed accountants Grant Thornton to conduct an independent review of its handling of ticketing arrangements for the Rio games.
It says the review will be completed by 10 October and passed to Judge Carroll Moran to consider as part of the Irish government's inquiry deliberations.


If you are drinking tea, I suggest you put down the cup right now because I've got bad news for you.

You can forget those pretty pictures of happy women in saris on rolling green hillsides that you see on some tea packets. That is not the reality for most tea workers.
Last year, I was part of a BBC team that revealed the appalling conditions for workers and their families on estates that grow tea for some of the biggest brands in the world.
Our findings in the Indian state of Assam prompted the companies that own Tetley's, Twinings, Liptons, PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea to say they would work to improve conditions on the estates they buy from in India.
But this week, the World Bank confirmed standards in the industry remain dire.
It published a report on the second biggest tea producer in India, a company almost 50% controlled by Tata, the giant Indian multinational that owns the Tetley Tea brand.
The report says low wages and poor living and working conditions for the 155,000 people who live on the vast estates owned by Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL) are leading to high levels of malnutrition and ill health.
That is exactly what we found on the estates we visited last year.
Plantation owners in India are obliged by law to provide and maintain adequate houses and sanitary toilets for workers, yet we found tea workers living in homes with leaking roofs and terrible sanitation.
Many families had no toilets and said they had no choice but to defecate among the tea bushes.
We found living and working conditions so bad, and wages so low, that tea workers and their families were left malnourished and vulnerable to fatal illnesses.
The joint investigation by BBC News and BBC Radio 4's File on Four programme also found a shocking disregard for health and safety, with workers spraying chemicals without protection, and on some estates, children working alongside adults.
This week's World Bank report was a damning indictment of the efforts of its own subsidiary, International Finance Corporation (IFC), to improve living standards for tea workers.
Through the IFC, the World Bank invested $7.8m (Â£6.3m) to take a 20% stake in APPL back in 2009.
The idea was to support an attempt to make tea workers part-owners of the estates where they work, in an effort to preserve jobs and raise standards in the industry.
But according to the findings of a two-year investigation by the internal auditor that holds the World Bank Group accountable to its own policies, the IFC has failed on almost every count.
The investigation found that the bank had failed "to respond systematically to issues regarding housing and living conditions" or to correct serious lapses in the use of pesticides, "with the result that workers have been exposed to extremely hazardous chemicals".
It said that low wages contributed to workers' acute malnutrition and exposure to disease, quoting a 2014 report commissioned by Tata that found daily wages at the time so low that workers were unable to afford basic nutritional requirements.
It found that provision of healthcare and education was inadequate, and workers' rights to unionise and air their grievances were not met.
The investigation also concluded that the World Bank had not done enough to ensure child labour was not being used, nor had it responded adequately to workers' complaints that they were being pushed into the share ownership scheme.
"The report validates concerns workers have been raising for years about poor living and working conditions on APPL plantations, and shows how the World Bank Group and APPL repeatedly failed to fulfil their obligations," said Wilfred Topno, director of PAD, one of three organisations that complained to the World Bank on behalf of workers.
The IFC has accepted many of the report's findings. It says it has drawn up an action plan with Tata Global Beverages "to address shortcomings and legacy issues in key areas such as human health, worker health and safety, housing and sanitation infrastructure".
Tata, which prides itself on its commitment to corporate social responsibility, says it is "deeply concerned" about the issues at APPL, and supports the company's efforts to improve the living and working conditions of workers.
The companies say they commissioned an independent inquiry into living and working conditions on the APPL estates in 2014 and began to address the problems then.
Now they say they will engage an independent organisation to audit the progress of improvements and assess how effective efforts are.
But everyone involved in the tea industry recognises that tackling poverty and ill health will be very difficult.
Tea workers are trapped in a cycle of dependence that began way back when the first tea estates were planted in India in the 1830s.
Very little has changed since then, says Anirudha Nagar, of Accountability Counsel, an organisation supporting the APPL workers.
"With housing tied to their job, they are practically held hostage by their employer," he says.
"With abysmally low wages, they face a daily struggle to survive and have no means for advancement. And with poor access to education, their children are left with no option but to become workers themselves."
So what can be done? Here is what campaigners such as Anirudha Nagar want to see happen.
First, pick up that cup of tea again. The answer is not to stop drinking tea.
But campaigners argue that tea is just too cheap. They say the big brands need to pay fairer prices to plantations so they in turn can afford decent wages and conditions for workers.
They also want a bigger role for unions and NGOs. Tea plantations have traditionally restricted union membership, and sometimes ban NGOs from operating on their estates. They want that to change so workers can know their rights and be able to articulate their demands clearly and effectively.
And campaigners believe tea lovers can help too, by using their voice and influence to keep companies honest.
They want consumers to tell tea companies that conditions of the workers matter to them, and to challenge their favourite brand about what it is doing to ensure that its employees have decent homes and enough money to buy nutritious food.
And once you've sent that text, email or tweet, put the kettle back on. You will have earned yourself a nice cup of tea.
You can listen to the original File on 4 investigation into conditions in tea plantations on the Radio 4 website.


Urinary tract infections can be treated more quickly using a new DNA sequencing device, according to research.

Scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) say the device - the size of a USB stick - can detect bacteria directly from urine samples four times more quickly than traditional methods.
The technology could lead to faster treatment and better use of antibiotics, they say.
The findings were unveiled at a medical conference in San Diego.
Prof David Livermore, from UEA's Norwich Medical School, said there was a need to move beyond the current "carpet-bombing" approach to treating urinary tract infections (UTIs).
"The way to do so lies in accelerating laboratory investigation, so that treatment can be refined earlier, benefitting the patient, who gets an effective antibiotic, and society, whose diminishing stock of antibiotics is better managed," he said.
The device can also detect resistance to antibiotics, said Dr Justin O'Grady, also from UEA's Norwich Medical School.
"Swift results like these will make it possible to refine a patient's treatment much earlier - and that's good for the patient, who gets the 'right' antibiotic, and for society - which can better manage or 'steward' its limited supply of antibiotics," he said.
There were still challenges to overcome as the technique only works on heavily infected urine, he added.
Superbugs are now a major global health threat with multi-drug resistant bacteria causing around 400,000 infections and 25,000 deaths in Europe every year.


Ten Australians have been arrested in nationwide protests involving both anti-Islam and anti-racism groups.

Six people were arrested after clashes broke out at Melton on Melbourne's outskirts on Sunday.
Police also subdued a seventh man, 29, with capsicum spray after he allegedly punched a horse. The anti-racism protester is expected to face charges.
Three men were arrested during separate protests in the states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.
The men, aged 36, 48 and 64 respectively, were detained in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane for alleged offences including damaging a memorial, affray and public nuisance.
Rallies were also held in Canberra, Perth and Hobart, but police said no incidents were recorded.
One man in Melton told the media he had joined the nationalist Reclaim Australia group's rally "for the right reasons".
"Some people might be here for the wrong reasons, and the right reason is making sure everyone assimilates and becomes Australian," the man told AAP.
"We don't want to be treated like we don't belong in this town and we don't want an organisation where people of certain origins have been making trouble. We don't want trouble in our town."
Darwin Police said no rallies were held in the Northern Territory.
"We're pretty tolerant, we love everyone here in Darwin," a police spokesperson told the BBC.
The Reclaim Australia group has held a series of rallies around Australia, some of which have turned violent in the past.
Clashes between anti-racist groups and radical nationalists broke out at a Melbourne rally in July.


Around the world new cities are being built while those we have lived in for centuries are being upgraded for the future.

It is partly a reaction to over-crowding and pollution and partly because in an ever-connected world it makes increasing sense to hook entire cities up to the network.
A smarter city may mean one that uses data on traffic to ease congestion or one that aims to join up services to provide better information for citizens. For many it is about making cities greener and more efficient.
Technology firms such such as IBM and Cisco see smart cities as a huge business opportunity but, alongside the schemes being touted by technology firms, are more grass root projects which aim to empower citizens and allow them a say in how the city will look.
Here, we look at some of the most talked-about projects:
Songdo in South Korea, is - for many - the poster boy of the smart city. The $35bn (Â£23bn) project, located on reclaimed land near the Yellow Sea, was widely considered to be a model for smart cities around the globe when it was started in 2005.
Also known as a ubiquitous city or U-city, Songdo's information systems are all linked to each other. It has led critics to dub it a "city in a box" - a showcase for technology but not necessarily the ideal city for people.
Sensors are on everything in Songdo - for example, escalators only move when someone is on them.
Every home has a telepresence system built in like a dishwasher. As well as allowing users to control the heating systems and locks, it offers video conferencing and is intended as a way to deliver education, health care and government services.
Offices and schools are also connected to the network.
The digital mastermind behind Songdo is Cisco, which supplies all the network-based technologies.
The city is due for completion in 2015, by which time it will be home to 65,000 people and 300,000 workers.
Masdar, which means "source" in Arabic,  is a city that stands in the middle of the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
It is designed to be one of the most sustainable on the planet. With a solar power station at its heart and wind farms providing energy for it, it aims to be carbon free.
Unsurprisingly, it is also a hub for clean-tech companies.
Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and monitored, becoming a source of information.
The city is built on a raised platform to allow its "digital plumbers" easy access to the system of  advanced technologies that run it.
It is pedestrian-friendly and entirely car free. The city is experimenting with a network of electric driverless podcars.
The PRT - personal rapid transit - will run 6m under street level across the city.
The buildings in the city have been designed by Norman Foster's firm of architects, which designed a number of eye-catching buildings including The City Hall in London.
It is hoped that 40,000 people will eventually live in the city, with up to 50,000 commuting there each day.
Critics have described it as merely another Middle Eastern enclave for the wealthy and questioned how it can be replicated in other countries, given its multi-billion pound price-tag.
Rio is set to have to experience the full glare of the worldwide media in the next few years as it plays host to both the Football World Cup in 2014, followed by the Olympic Games two years later.
No surprise then that it wants to get smart.
In 2010, city mayor Eduardo Paes tasked IBM with creating a city-wide operation centre which connects all the city's 30 agencies, from transport to the emergency services.
It means that officials from across the city can now collaborate to manage the movement of traffic and public transportation systems, while also ensuring that power and water supplies work more efficiently.
A coordinated response can be rolled out in the event of a crisis, such as collapsing building. Transport systems can be shut down, emergency services mobilised and gas supplies can be cut off, while citizens can be informed of alternative routes via Twitter.
IBM research scientists have also created a sophisticated weather forecasting system. It pulls data from the river basin, land surveys, the municipality's historical rainfall logs, and radar feeds to predict rain and possible flash floods.
And it has begun to evaluate the effects of weather incidents on other city situations, such as city traffic or power outages.
The centre has also spawned a number of citizen-centric apps with updates on weather and traffic.
The fact that the system relies on IBM hardware and software means the city now comes with its own manual.
It classifies problems into four categories - events, incidents, emergencies and crises. So, for example, a large party would be classified as an event but if trouble breaks out that would be upgraded to an incident.
Not everything smart in Rio is corporate-led.
There are plenty of citizen-led projects  such as a project led by architects Design group 00:/ which is working with residents in Rio's slums to design their own houses.
The designs and assembly instructions for the "wiki-houses" are posted online and people are encouraged to upload their own ideas.
Talking about the inspiration for the project designer Alastair Parvin said: "For too long cities have been made by the 1% and consumed by the 99%.
"We wanted to see what it would take to create something that would allow the 99% to make cities for the 99%."
Barcelona city council's chief information officer, Manel Sanroma, made the bold statement last year that the cities of the future may become more powerful than nation states.
At smart city conferences around the world he has emphasised the need to have a strong mayor who is willing to take charge and draw up a blueprint for such a city.
Barcelona is determined to be one of the leaders and has some interesting projects that are currently being rolled out.
It has created more efficient bus routes, streamlined rubbish collections using sensors and introduced smart street lights.
A city operating system which will bring all systems together in one place is also being developed.
But, unlike Rio, there will be no central control room, Mr Sanroma told the BBC.
"We don't want a showroom, we want something practical for decision-makers," he said.
One of the biggest projects currently under development is one to introduce contactless payments across the city's transportation services.
Mr Sanroma is also keen to collaborate with other cities.
To this end has set up the City Protocol Society, which aims to join up cities around the world with businesses, universities and other organisations to develop standards for a technology platform that would work in any city.
Lisbon, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Chicago and Buenos Aires are among cities signed up.
Parts of London date back to Roman times, so it may not seem to be an obvious choice as a city of the future, but there several projects are currently being developed.
It recently lost out to Glasgow on a Â£24m prize awarded by the Technology Strategy Board to create a  future city, but it remains a testing ground for smart technologies.
Intel has chosen London as a incubator to test the algorithms that could power the cities of the future. It is partnering with Imperial College and University College London on a series of projects, including a network of sensors to monitor air quality, traffic flow and water supply.
Computer scientists will also work to find the best way of extracting meaning from the huge amounts of data created by the project.
Smaller community-based projects are also shaping the London of the future.
Engineering consultant Arup is involved in a scheme to regenerate Tottenham, in the wake of the 2011 riots.
As part of that, it has been in talks with local residents, including gang members who took part in the unrest.
Malcolm Smith, head of urban design at Arup thinks such informal projects are as important as the more formal plans of the large corporations.
"We started to understand the frustrations and listened to the way people see Tottenham and their personal observations about the city," he said.
It means that the regeneration plans now include a community hub - a flexible multi-purpose space with library, childcare and adult learning facilities.


Los Angeles has officially declared its candidature to host the 2028 Olympic Games, leaving Paris to stage the 2024 edition.

In June, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to name hosts for successive Games - with just Paris and Los Angeles bidding - but it was unclear which would host in which year.
Both had wanted to host the 2024 event.
The IOC welcomed Los Angeles' move, pledging to contribute $1.8bn (£1.4bn) to the organising committee.
A source close to the negotiations told BBC Sport that for LA to have accepted the 2028 Games there would have had to have been significant financial benefits that outweighed the benefit of hosting in 2024.
The funds will include money to pay for the extended planning period and to support youth sports programmes leading up to the Games.
Los Angeles bid committee chairman Casey Wasserman earlier said "both cities now stand together ready to serve the Olympic and Paralympic movements".
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said "we're bringing the games back" in 2028, adding that "this deal was too good to pass up".
Los Angeles staged the Olympics twice - in 1932 and 1984.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said: "Paris and Los Angeles are two amazing global cities that are united in their support of the Olympic cause and we stand together now to help the Games thrive in 2024 and 2028.
"As today's announcement shows, dialogue between the IOC and the two cities is progressing well. We are confident that a 'win-win-win' agreement can be finalised ahead of the IOC session in Lima."
The IOC wanted LA and Paris to reach an agreement before the session in September and had they not, a vote to select the 2024 host would have been held.
IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed LA's decision, describing the bid as "strong and enthusiastic".
He added: "We are very confident that we can reach a tripartite agreement under the leadership of the IOC with LA and Paris in August, creating a win-win-win situation for all three partners.
"This agreement will be put forward to the IOC Session in Lima in September for ratification."
In June, Wasserman appeared to concede to Paris when he said: "We have never been only about 2024."
However, a spokesman later told BBC Sport: "LA is the ideal host city for 2024 and is not conceding anything in the race for the 2024 Games."
Paris has said it has to go first as the site it has earmarked for the Olympic Village will not be available for redevelopment after 2024.
Los Angeles had argued that it could host a low-cost Olympics given that it already has all the necessary infrastructure in place, while Paris would need to build several expensive structures.
The two cities were the only ones left in the race for 2024 after Budapest, Hamburg and Rome withdrew.
Alex Capstick, BBC sports news correspondent
LA will describe this as a victory, that they've brought the Olympics back to the USA for the first time since 2002, when Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Games, and that the IOC has provided financial benefits for agreeing to wait until 2028.
But Paris is the real winner. The contest was for 2024 and the French capital has got what it wanted. It will mark the centenary of the last time it hosted the summer showpiece.
The IOC will also attempt to portray itself as a winner. In reality this was a disappointing bidding contest involving just two, albeit strong, candidates.
Boston, Hamburg, Rome and Budapest all withdrew, fearful of the costs associated with staging the Games and a lack of public support.
Attracting potential host cities is a priority. The organisation now has time to do just that.


England boss Fabio Capello has called up midfielder Jack Rodwell and striker Daniel Sturridge for the first time.

Everton's Rodwell, 20, and Chelsea's Sturridge, 22, are in the squad for the friendlies against Spain and Sweden.
Captain John Terry  despite being the subject of police and Football Association investigations over an alleged racist remark.
Wayne Rooney has been left out as he is set to miss the Euro 2012 group stage through suspension.
Gabriel Agbonlahor has started all three of his previous England internationals but has yet to score
Former captain Rio Ferdinand has been overlooked, while Manchester City defender Micah Richards and Liverpool striker Andy Carroll are also missing from the squad which drew 2-2 in Montenegro last month.
The omission of striker Carroll, who has scored only two Premier League goals this season, is not a surprise, but Richards has been in fine form for the league leaders.
Richards wrote on Twitter: "Well well well!!!! Disappointed is an understatement!!"
Fulham striker Bobby Zamora and Tottenham full-back Kyle Walker keep their places, and there is a recall for Aston Villa forward Gabriel Agbonlahor.
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Agbonlahor was last capped in a 3-0 win against Belarus in 2009.
Manchester United's Ashley Young is injured but Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott and Liverpool's Glen Johnson return.
Capello's side face world and European champions Spain on Saturday before facing Sweden on Tuesday, 15 November.
Sturridge has performed well for Chelsea this season, scoring five goals, following a successful loan spell at Bolton last season, when he scored eight times in 12 matches.
"He's an interesting player and a player who scores goals," said Capello. "I saw him play right wing, left wing and centre forward. He has improved a lot."
Manchester United forward Danny Welbeck is also included in the squad as Capello begins to plan for Rooney's likely absence for the group matches at Euro 2012.
Rodwell has been considered a potential England player for some time but has only this season been able to put the injury problems that have affected the early stages of his career behind him.
Everton have made a poor start to the season but Rodwell has impressed, playing 12 times and scoring twice.
England squad to face Spain and Sweden: Joe Hart (Man City), Scott Carson (Bursaspor), David Stockdale (Ipswich); Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Gary Cahill (Bolton), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham); Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Adam Johnson (Man City), James Milner (Man City), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Theo Walcott (Arsenal); Darren Bent (Aston Villa), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Danny Welbeck (Man Utd).
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A young sports physiotherapist has died just days after retiring from Mansfield Town FC due to a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Matt Salmon, 25, had worked for the club for three-and-a-half years, mainly as the academy physio.
He was originally diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010 but only announced his retirement on Wednesday following a consultation with doctors.
Speaking on Wednesday, he said he had loved "every single moment" of his job.
"It has been an incredibly difficult decision to resign from my dream job at the age of 25 but unfortunately I have reached a stage where I am not able to give our players the level of care they deserve," he said.
He thanked his colleagues for their support during his illness.
"The fact that people who achieved so much in the game offer their time and support shows what sort of club Mansfield Town is and mirrors the principles that the town was built on," he said.
"I will finish by wishing the club, players, staff and fans all the best for next season and I look forward to the club playing League One football, which everyone at the club deserves."
The club said Mr Salmon was surrounded by his family and friends when he died peacefully during the early hours of Friday.
Chairman John Radford said he was a "thoroughly decent person" and everyone at Mansfield Town would miss him.
In a statement, youth directors Mark Hawkins and Steve Hymas said: "Matt was an inspirational person, taken far too young."


A ceremony to mark 40 years of ties with Japan has been put off by China as the two countries' row over an island chain continues.

A Chinese official said the ceremony, due to be held on Thursday, was being postponed "until an appropriate time".
Asia's two biggest economies have argued for decades over the Japanese-held islands, known as the Senkaku in Tokyo and the Diaoyu in Beijing.
The unpopulated East China Sea islands may be rich in natural resources.
Q&A: China-Japan islands row
Chinese indignation grew recently when nationalist politicians from Japan visited the chain to commemorate the Japanese dead of World War II, when the country occupied much of eastern China.
Thousands of people have attended angry protest rallies in Chinese cities.
Japan's coast guard reported 20 Chinese marine surveillance ships in the vicinity of the islands last week. They confirmed to Kyodo news agency on Sunday that the last such vessel had left.
The cancellation of Thursday's ceremony was confirmed by the Japanese foreign ministry.
Amid the rising tension, China's first aircraft carrier has been handed over to the navy of the People's Liberation Army, state media report.
The handover ceremony for the 300m (990ft) ship, a former Soviet carrier called the Varyag, took place in the north-eastern port of Dalian after a lengthy refit by a Chinese shipbuilder.
Taiwan also claims the disputed islands, which Beijing maintains are historically part of China.
Sunday saw hundreds of slogan-chanting Taiwanese from right-wing parties and civil groups rally in Taipei.
They called for a boycott of Japanese goods and brandished anti-Japanese placards during the peaceful march.
They went as far as calling for co-operation with the mainland to solve the territorial dispute.
The Associated Press news agency reports that a group of Taiwanese fishermen say they will sail 60 boats to the islands on Monday to protect their fishing grounds.


A group of white men and women driving cars flying the Confederate flag threatened a black family at a child's birthday party, say prosecutors.

Fifteen members of a group Respect the Flag face street gang charges from the incident near Atlanta in late July.
Pick-up trucks decorated with the Confederate banner drove past the party in Douglasville and shouting broke out.
Residents told local media the people in the trucks used racial slurs but they say they were attacked.
On Monday the Douglas County district attorney's office said that, following an investigation, the individuals from Respect the Flag were being charged with violating the state's law on street gangs and with making "terroristic threats".
Two of them are also charged with battery in relation to a separate incident at a petrol station the same day.
The Confederate battle flag became a potent symbol for the southern states fighting the Civil War and is seen by some as an icon of slavery and racism.
Earlier this year, there was renewed debate in the US about its place on public buildings after a man accused of killing nine worshippers at a black church in South Carolina appeared in many photos holding the flag.


Online retailers in China are gearing up for what promises to be the most lucrative day of their year.

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It's China's "Singles Day" -  which started as an excuse for the country's young singles to spoil themselves and do a little online shopping.
But now it has turned into the world's biggest day for online retail.
Leisha Chi reports.
Watch more reports on Asia Business Report's website.


Ten-man Belgium beat South Korea to top their World Cup group and set up a last-16 tie against the United States.

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South Korea needed a win so the onus was on them to attack and they were helped when Steven Defour was sent off for a reckless tackle on Kim Shin-wook.
A Son Heung-Min cross struck the face of the Belgium crossbar but the Asian side struggled to create chances.
And Jan Vertonghen scored the Red Devils' winner when he slotted in after a Divock Origi shot was parried.
Belgium have been criticised for a lack of flair so far in the tournament, but there is little question about their resilience as they have let in just one goal in three games and are unbeaten in their last 13 competitive matches.
Their victory - the first time the Red Devils have won three group games at a World Cup - eliminated a South Korea side who lacked a cutting edge to go with their endeavour.
South Korea boss Hong Myung-Bo apologised to his country's fans after a 4-2 defeat by Algeria in their previous match and his side began with the greater urgency in Sao Paulo.
However, Hong's side might have conceded a spot-kick when Kim Young-gwon cynically blocked Anthony Vanen Borre in an offence which began outside the box and continued inside the penalty area.
And despite all South Korea's early effort they should have gone behind when a Kevin Mirallas shot broke for Dries Mertens, only for the Belgium midfielder to sidefoot high from eight yards with just the keeper to beat.
Hong's side tried to respond, with Ki Sung-yeung's 25-yard shot being turned around the post by keeper Thibaut Courtois.
And from the resulting corner a header back across goal came off Belgium defender Nicolas Lombaerts before being hacked off the line by Defour.
That was almost the last action of the match for Defour as he was soon sent off for a dangerous studs-up tackle which caught Kim on his shin.
With South Korea having the numerical advantage Hong brought on forward Lee Keunho for midfielder Han Kook-young at half-time.
And the substitute striker almost had an immediate impact as he had a shot blocked before heading a cross over, while a Son cross struck the face of the crossbar.
South Korea's need to attack left them exposed at the back and Belgium took advantage.
Origi had looked lively for Belgium after coming on as a substitute and, after his 22-yard strike being parried by keeper Kim Seung-gyu, Vertonghen reacted quickest to slot in the winner.


Cheryl Fernandez-Versini will not be part of the X Factor judging panel when it returns later this year.

5 April 2016 Last updated at 12:25 BST
She's the latest change to the line-up after Nick Grimshaw said he was leaving in February, after just one season on the show.
Presenters Olly Murs and Caroline Flack will also be replaced by Dermot O'Leary who is returning after a year away.
Cheryl said: "I've missed making music. I have had such an amazing experience being a judge on The X Factor."


Premiership club Harlequins have added New Zealand-born second row Mark Reddish to their squad for next season.

Reddish, 31, currently plays for Super Rugby side Otago Highlanders but will join Quins in the autumn.
He has made more than 50 Super Rugby appearances since 2011 and has also represented New Zealand Barbarians.
"Mark's physical and uncompromising style will make him an invaluable part of the squad," Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston said.