Three French men are among those killed in the London Bridge attack on Saturday.

Police searching for Xavier Thomas, 45, recovered a body from the Thames on Tuesday evening. The discovery pushed the overall death toll to eight.
Although Mr Thomas has not been formally identified, his family have been informed.
Sebastien Belanger, 36, and Alexandre Pigeard, 27, also died in the attack.
President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the French death toll on Wednesday, adding that eight citizens were also among the injured.
"It is a heavy price that we pay in these attacks," he said.
French chef Sebastien Belanger, who worked at the Coq d'Argent restaurant near Bank, was also killed during the attack.
The 36-year-old had been watching the Champions League final with friends at a nearby pub.
His girlfriend's sister told the Evening Standard newspaper that they left the pub just before the attack.
"When the van hit, they thought it was just a car accident. Then after a few seconds they saw people running, screaming, and a guy with a knife attacking," said Greta Tubutyte.
She said a woman was stabbed right in front of them, and two of his friends managed to run away, losing him in the commotion.
After confirmation of his death, his girlfriend posted his picture on Facebook, with the French caption "Mon amour" (My love).
A waiter at Boro Bistro, Alexandre Pigeard, 27, died after being stabbed.
According to French media, Mr Pigeard was from Caen, in Normandy, but had been living in London for more than two years.
Vincent Le Berre, a manager at Boro Bistro, told the Brittany news outlet Le Telegramme how his colleague was attacked by a terrorist in a bar near Borough Market.
"I managed to escape him, but my friend Alexandre did not have that chance," he said. "He was hit in the neck with a knife."
A college friend of Mr Pigeard's told the BBC the victim's mother was devastated by the news.
His father told French media he was a "marvellous son" and a "radiant young man".
He was also a DJ.
Xavier Thomas was walking along the bridge with his girlfriend, Christine Delcros, on Saturday night.
The couple had come to London for the weekend.
It is thought he was propelled into the River Thames after being hit by the white van driven into pedestrians by the three attackers.
A body was found in the water downstream, near Limehouse, at 19:44 BST on Tuesday.
Ms Delcros was seriously injured.
Her sister, Natalie Cros Brohan, posted Facebook on Wednesday morning, saying her sibling had been operated on and was in a stable condition.


A vaccine that protects against a deadly form of meningitis is set to be introduced in the UK.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which has recommended the move to the government, had said last year that the jab was not cost-effective.
Meningitis charities said more data had led to today's decision, and it was a "wonderful outcome".
About 1,760 people contract meningitis B each year and one in 10 dies.
Babies under one year are most at risk of meningitis B, and the cases peak at around five or six months of age.
The bacterial infection causes inflammations of the brain and spinal cord.
It leaves around a third with life-altering effects, such as brain damage or limb loss.
The JCVI said the vaccine was effective in preventing meningitis B and should be rolled out subject to it being made available by the manufacturer "at a cost effective price".
It has recommended the jab be added to the existing immunisation schedule, starting at two months of age.
Around 700,000 infants will be eligible for vaccination each year.
There are vaccines against other forms of meningitis but the Bexsero jab, developed by Novartis, is the only one thought to protect against meningitis B.
Tests have suggested the vaccine is effective against 73% of the different strains of the disease. It was licensed for use in Europe in January 2013.
The JCVI considered the introduction of the meningitis B vaccine last summer but in an interim judgement, it ruled it would not be cost-effective to introduce it.
At the time, campaigners called the decision a "severe blow" and urged the committee to look at the issue again.
More evidence has since been submitted, and the government will now begin negotiations with Novartis over the cost of the vaccine.
Novartis said it was "ready to supply" the vaccine as soon as the Department of Health had all the necessary processes in place,
Prof Andrew Pollard, chairman of the JCVI and professor of paediatric infection and immunity at the University of Oxford said: "MenB disproportionately affects babies and young children and can be devastating.
"After very careful consideration, JCVI concluded that use of the new vaccine would reduce cases of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia and lead to a reduction in deaths, limb amputations and brain injury caused by the disease.
"Today the JCVI published its recommendation to the UK health departments that if the new vaccine can be purchased at a low price and is therefore cost effective for the NHS, it should be used in the routine immunisation programme for babies in the UK to prevent disease.
"Routine use of the MenB vaccine is expected to make an important contribution to the health of our population."
The deputy chief medical officer, Prof John Watson, said: "We will now be working closely with Novartis in the coming months and if negotiations are successful, we hope to work with the other UK health departments to introduce a vaccine to prevent MenB as quickly as possible.
"This would make the UK the first country in the world to implement a nationwide vaccination programme."
Adam Finn, a vaccine expert and professor of paediatrics at the University of Bristol, said: "This was a complex, difficult and brave decision with far reaching consequences not only for the control of meningococcal disease but also for future vaccine development against severe but rare infections."
Christopher Head, chief executive of Meningitis Research Foundation said: "We are delighted that the JCVI have recommended vaccinating all babies against this most feared and deadly disease.
"It's a wonderful outcome which will save lives and spare countless families the trauma of seeing a loved one seriously disabled by the devastating after effects of MenB."


Former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve's short spell in electric racing has come to an end after he left a team co-owned by actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Venturi Formula E team said on Friday that they had parted company with the 44-year-old Canadian by "mutual agreement" following a "disagreement over the future direction of the team".
Villeneuve, F1 champion with Williams in 1997, competed in just two races.
Britain's Mike Conway has replaced him.
Villeneuve made his Formula E debut in Beijing last October but retired after a collision.
He finished 11th in the next race in Malaysia but was ruled out of the third round in Uruguay after crashing in qualifying.
Villeneuve was the first Formula 1 champion to compete in Formula E, a series which features cars quieter than their F1 counterparts racing in city centres.


Tottenham striker Clinton Njie has been ruled out for two to three months with a knee injury.

Njie, 22, had surgery after sustaining the injury in the Europa League win over Monaco earlier this month.
"I don't know [how long he will be out] but we expect maybe two months or two and a half," manager Mauricio Pochettino said.
Cameroon international Njie joined from Lyon in the summer but is yet to start or score in the Premier League.
The news leaves Tottenham short of attacking options, with Harry Kane the sole recognised centre forward and Son Heung-min and Nacer Chadli now the only other available players who can play up front.
However, midfielder Ryan Mason and defender Danny Rose are back in contention for the home game against Norwich on 26 December after injury and illness respectively.


When it comes to tech, there is no lack of ideas or talent in the UK.

But there is, nonetheless, an ever-growing list of promising companies that sell out or simply fail, rather than growing into British titans that could rival the likes of Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM, Intel, Oracle and Facebook.
Below are some notable examples:
There was a time in the 1980s when video gamers and teenage coders across the UK were more likely to be hunched over one of Sir Clive Sinclair's computers than an American or Asian-made alternative.
Sinclair Research may have only made its ZX Spectrums for domestic sale, but it licensed Timex to make clones that were sold elsewhere in Europe, the US and South America. Dozens of unofficial versions were a hit in the Soviet Union too, proving their appeal, if not a source of income.
But the firm got unstuck when it tried to enter the business market. Its Sinclair QL was designed to outperform IBM's PCs, but its tape-based Microdrive storage was unreliable and the British company did not offer the kind of telephone support the corporate sector required.
"Their computer designs were abominable by our standards," Sir Clive later told the BBC.
"But because... IBM had such a powerful position, I don't think we could have challenged it."
After the C5 electric vehicle also failed to catch on, a cash-strapped Sir Clive sold his firm's brand and assets in 1986 to Amstrad, another domestic computer-maker.
Amstrad later faced troubles with computer storage of its own and eventually switched focus to TV set-top boxes before selling out to BSkyB.
Years before Facebook was founded, let alone open to the public, a couple from Hertfordshire and one of their friends, created a social network that attracted millions of users in the UK, Australia, South Africa and beyond.
Friends Reunited connected members with their former classmates by getting them to share the names of their old schools and the year they had left.
Over time, the theme was expanded to cover places of work, sports teams and neighbourhoods where users had lived. Spin-off sites were also created to offer online dating, job searches, message boards and ways for users to trace their family trees.
When ITV paid £175m to buy the operation in 2005, it expected to continue its red hot growth.
But the broadcaster made the mistake of continuing to charge users to contact each other, rather than relying on ad revenue alone, for too long.
That allowed Facebook, MySpace and Bebo to take the lead.
ITV sold the business for just £25m in 2009. Although it limped on under other UK owners until earlier this year, it never regained its momentum.
Last.fm began its life as an internet radio station and an associated website where users listed the tracks they liked to meet others with similar tastes.
But it only really took off after it merged with Audioscrobbler, a plug-in that automatically logged songs that its users had listened to on their computer and MP3 player.
This made it possible to build up a deeper picture of its users' habits, which in turn helped the service make song recommendations, and then later suggest nearby concerts and music videos too.
By 2007, the service had attracted 15 million users. However, rather than stay independent, its founders opted to sell out to the US media group CBS for $280m (£212m).
They acknowledged that they had struggled to find a way to be profitable in light of the royalty and copyright fees the music industry was demanding, and said that teaming up with the US broadcaster gave them greater negotiating clout.
However, the service continued to rack up losses.
A subscription-based music streaming app was a flop, and these days Last.fm is a relatively minor player. It still recommends music but relies on YouTube, Spotify and other third-party services to provide it.
Silicon Valley might have Google, but for a time Autonomy was the UK's most highly regarded search giant.
The firm was founded in Cambridge in 1996 and developed software that allowed its clients to hunt through "unstructured data" - emails, videos, social network posts, phone calls, images and other information recorded in apps - that was not kept in neat databases.
The service proved popular with a wide range of organisations, which used it to carry out legal checks, create archives and focus their marketing.
In 2011, Autonomy proved its data-analysis techniques had further potential when it developed an augmented reality tool that allowed smartphones to superimpose graphics over real-world views.
Hollywood director JJ Abrams was among the first to use it within an app that promoted his film Super 8, and others followed.
The same year, Autonomy's chief executive, Mike Lynch, agreed to sell the business to HP for just over £7bn. And that's where things got complicated.
Thirteen months after the takeover was completed, HP claimed Mr Lynch had misrepresented his company's financial position and wrote down most of its value.
The two sides are now suing each other in a case that is likely to drag on for years.
In a final twist, HP has agreed to sell Autonomy and some of its other operations to Micro Focus, an English software developer, meaning what is left of the business will soon be controlled again from UK shores.
Until very recently, ARM Holdings was the flag-waver for the UK's tech scene.
The computer chip designer was created in Cambridge in 1990 as a joint venture between Acorn Computers and Apple.
The US firm wanted a processor to power its first hand-held device, the Newton MessagePad, but later sold its stake after Steve Jobs returned and ditched the product.
That didn't end the relationship between the two companies though, as ARM's designs were used in processors that powered first the iPod, then the iPhone and iPad.
Most other smartphones are also dependent on ARM's chip creations, in addition to a wide assortment of other technology including smart TVs, cars, fitness trackers, smartwatches and drones.
Many people thought ARM might remain independent as it suited device-makers not to have the firm owned by one of their competitors.
But in July, Japan's Softbank agreed to pay £24bn for it.
ARM's management suggested the move would help it "move faster in creating new technologies".
But its co-founder Hermann Hauser has been critical, saying that ARM could have grown "even faster" if it had stayed solo.
The UK is famed for its expertise in artificial intelligence.
But several of the sector's start-ups - including DeepMind, Magic Pony and VocalIQ - only became known to the wider public once they had fallen into Silicon Valley hands.
Swiftkey was different because it actually brought popular products to market before being taken over.
The London-based firm made a keyboard app for Android and iOS handsets.
The software predicts what its users want to write - including emojis - after they have only entered a few keystrokes.
Over time, its suggestions get more accurate as it studies their habits, and if allowed to review their social network posts, it gets better still.
Swiftkey scored a publicity coup when its tech was adapted to help Prof Stephen Hawking type twice as fast as he could before.
And in 2014, it decided to accelerate its growth further by making its app free to use, only charging consumers if they wanted to change the keyboard's design and colour.
The tactic worked. By the end of 2015, Swiftkey had been installed on about 300 million devices.
But it also caused its losses to grow.
In February this year, the business was sold for a reported £250m to a deep-pocketed buyer.
"We believe joining Microsoft is the right next stage in our journey," its co-founders blogged.
Maybe.
But it also highlights how UK start-ups often feel pressured to sell once their early-stage funding starts to run out.


A second ward has been closed at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary following an outbreak of norovirus, the NHS has confirmed.

Ward 10 has been shut to admissions and transfers, and there is a temporary restriction on visiting.
It follows the closure of ward nine on Monday, after 11 patients displayed symptoms of the winter vomiting bug.
An NHS spokeswoman said a total of 28 patients and four staff had experienced sickness and diarrhoea.
Dr Martin Connor, consultant microbiologist and infection control doctor, said: "We appreciate that this temporary visiting restriction to wards nine and 10 may cause some frustration, but this measure will allow us to help prevent further spread of the infection and ensure safe patient care and dignity, at this difficult time."
"Where circumstances are such that relatives are concerned about the need to visit their loved ones in wards nine and 10, they are asked to contact the ward before coming to the hospital.
"All members of the public who plan to visit other areas of the hospital are asked not to visit if they are suffering symptoms of nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea, and to comply with the hand hygiene and infection control measures in place."
Both wards nine and 10 are general medical wards.


Martin O'Neill wants his Republic of Ireland team to create more magical moments when they play at the Euro 2016 finals in France next summer.

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The Irish sealed their place by beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 in Dublin on Monday, clinching a 3-1 aggregate win.
"This is a special night which cannot be taken away from us," said O'Neill.
"We will have a massive contingent of fans going to France and I would like to emulate the days of Jack Charlton and Mick McCarthy."
Northern Irishman O'Neill, 63, will enjoy his first experience of tournament football as a manager when he leads the team out in France, having progressed from a difficult group including world champions Germany, Poland and Scotland.
"I could not be more proud. The players have been superb right from the start when Aiden McGeady scored that late winner in the first qualifier in Georgia.
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"We might be short on a few things, but courage and a determination to fight to the end have been in abundance."
Roy Keane - whose appointment as assistant manager O'Neill described as "as good a decision as I have made for a long time" - told RTE: "We do not want to go there just to make up the numbers.
"We will go there to do the country proud and put on a good performance. Doing your best, that is all you can ask."
It will be Keane's first experience of a major tournament since walking out of the squad during the World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002 following a dispute with McCarthy.
Double goalscorer Jon Walters said he was determined to savour the play-off success.
"To qualify the way we did is unbelievable," said the Stoke forward.
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"You have to take it in because these things do not come around often in your career. These are special moments and we are delighted."
Walters, back in the team after suspension, got his first goal with a disputed penalty midway through the first half and made it 2-0 on 70 minutes.
"The whole team were heroes - everyone was incredible," he added. "We had to work hard, but we got there."
Robbie Brady, whose free-kick led to the second goal, said the victory was the highlight of his career.
"This is the type of thing you grow up dreaming about," said the Norwich City winger.
"We did what was required and now we are off to France.
"We never seem to do things the easy way, but we stuck together during the campaign and got the incredible results we needed."


Richard Cockerill cannot help but smile when asked how Cockerill the coach would manage Cockerill the player.

Growling images of the irascible former hooker showcase an impressive playing career with Leicester Tigers and England - with the 1997 Haka confrontation with New Zealand counterpart Norm Hewitt perhaps the most famous.
He chuckles as he seems to briefly ponder the possibility of having to have a word with himself for pushing his luck with Hewitt, allowing his international playing career to hamper his club progress or for letting his loose tongue - and pen - end his England days.
"I am quite a belligerent and driven person," Leicester's director of rugby told BBC Sport. "I was as a player and I can be as a coach."
The coaching version has mellowed slightly and has a more measured view - it had to in order to be able to sustain a trophy-laden spell in charge at Tigers since 2009. But not completely.
"That little bit of belligerence and that little bit of 'everyone hates us and we don't care' works really well and I try to drive that as much as I can," he explained.
Cockerill says any mistakes he made as a player have put him "in a good place".
"I played for England and played here and know what it's about," he said. "I know about the trappings and distractions. I can see that in players and can say 'look mate, I know where you are at'.
"I messed lots of things up in my career. I think that puts you in a good position to manage other people. I played for England and played for Leicester's second team the week after and I know how disappointing that is."
Cockerill is the first to admit there are times when his belligerence has gone too far as a coach.
"Sometimes you behave in irrational ways when you are under pressure," he said.
And the fact he has been discussing disciplinary issues with his squad while he was serving a nine-game ban for some much-publicised naughtiness in last May's Premiership final has clearly not been lost on the 42-year-old.
"I drive discipline very hard," Cockerill said. "If a player behaved like that I would be very upset with him.
"In the last nine weeks I have had to deal with disciplinary issues with players and it is a little bit ironic when I am sat there on a nine-week ban. The rules have to apply for both."
Cockerill, who returns to the dugout for this Sunday's Premiership game against London Wasps, has just signed a new-five year contract at the club he has served for all but two years since 1992.
In his enforced absence, Tigers have "done very well and are in a good spot".
They are third in the Premiership table, and a win and a narrow defeat from their opening two Heineken Cup games is a steady start.
But while there is an obvious willingness to accept his faults, recognise when he has overstepped the mark and hold his hands up for the odd potty-mouthed outburst, he makes no apologies for his passion.
"My frustration comes out at some point," Cockerill said. "I am not angry because I cannot control myself. I choose to be angry to make the point which gets me in trouble.
"If I have done something wrong and have genuinely made an error of judgement I am happy to say 'sorry, my fault, I shouldn't have done that'.
"This last one, should I have done it? Probably not. But were there circumstances around that? Yes there were. And I will stick up for the safety of my players and what I think is right. Whether you think that is right is your choice.
You might dislike me but would I want to employ me? Probably. If you employ me - you have got me. I am on your side. I will do everything to make us good
"Will I change? I will try to change my language but certainly not how I go about what I do."
And what he does and how he goes about it clearly works. Like him or loathe him, there can be little argument that he has been good at his job.
As a Tigers player Cockerill made 262 appearances, winning five league titles, two domestic cups, two Heineken Cups and represented his country 27 times.
He has been in charge since 2009 following two separate spells as acting head coach and has led Leicester to three Premiership titles, five Premiership finals and a Heineken Cup final.
"I will try to drive the environment as hard as I think I need to drive it and that's the sign of a good person," Cockerill continued. "You might dislike me but would I want to employ me? Probably. If you employ me - you have got me. I am on your side.
"I will do everything to make us good. I am not about protecting my job, I am about being good."
The attitude and much-talked about Tigers culture is something that Cockerill sees as going hand-in-hand with the success.
"I am a Leicester bloke and it's my club because I played for it more than anything," he added. "I understand the amateur and the professional era. I understand how the club thinks and ticks and works and the mentality.
"The expectation is very high. At the moment we have a lot of injuries but the expectation is no different.
"You can't make excuses for me as a coach. If I say 'we can't win because we have 10 players injured', what are the players going to think? I don't care who's missing - as a player I wouldn't."
I want us to play well so that on Sunday morning we can wash the car on the drive and say hello to the neighbours and not be embarrassed
Cockerill says the mentality is that they are "ordinary people that are good at rugby and hopefully do special things".
"That sounds a bit corny but that is quite a key element," he added. "Caring about the fact we play for Leicester, we play for the community, we play for all the supporters. Those things are important - we cannot lose that.
"We all live in the community. I want us to play well so that on Sunday morning we can wash the car on the drive and say hello to the neighbours and not be embarrassed."
The ability to keep a sense of perspective is something Cockerill sees as crucial and something he learned very quickly after briefly taking over as interim coach for the first time in 2007.
He was certainly better equipped for his second stint in charge following Heyneke Meyer's resignation in 2009.
"You can drive yourself insane," he explained. "When I first started, I was so worried about what the supporters thought, what the papers were going to write and what the players said.
"But I have worked with some good coaches. Pat Howard was a very good influence on me, in the fact you are never as bad as you think you were because you lost, or as good as you thought because you won.
Leaving Leicester
"It helped me coaching wise, seeing Leicester from the outside. And it was time for me to leave. I wasn't getting picked and my relationship with Dean [Richards] wasn't brilliant. I didn't want to leave with any bitterness or regret. I had a great 10 years, I loved playing here but at the end of my career I made some poor decisions that upset the coaching staff at the time - and rightly so."
An Englishman abroad
"Playing in France [for Clermont Auvergne from 2002-04] was fantastic. It's a great place, a great city, good people and I really enjoyed it. It was a good decision. I would like to have stayed longer but I was past my prime by a long way. It's a good thing to do at the end of your career."
Loving Leicester
"I meet a lot of coaches who worry about their progression in the game. I am at one of the best clubs in one of the best jobs. I am not a particularly scientific person. I hear about a three-year plan. For me a three-year plan gives you three years of excuses. You look at recruitment and other things, but don't worry about next year, worry about today. There's no science to being a good coach or sportsman, it's just hard work."
Coaching at international level
"With my relations with union, it's very unlikely at this point! At some point, if an opportunity came up - with any country - you would look at it. But I don't think about it. I don't yearn for that because I have a great job. I don't want anybody coaching this team because it is my team."
Regrets, I've had a few
"You regret some of the behaviours. How I finished with England was a regret, writing a book and getting in trouble. But that's me I think. I never looked for excuses. I did what I did. Clive [Woodward] chucked me out of the England team and probably rightly so but I did not try to deny that."
Enjoying the ride
"Rugby has given me everything. Of course I still enjoy it, but actually what I do pays the bills. It is not like going for a bike ride or taking the kids out. Every minute of every day I am thinking about what I am doing tomorrow rugby-wise."
"In the end you just go 'actually, I know this club better than anybody. I know what I am doing is the right thing'.
"I will get judged on the results, or the recruitment and how we play. I will get the blame for my decisions and that's fine.
"I can't worry about what Joe Bloggs writes or what people say on the internet. When you get past that, it's a lot easier."
His 19-year association with Tigers, and success as both a player and coach has brought many obvious benefits and a deep understanding of the "traditional" approach that serves the club so well.
But it has also brought its own challenges as Cockerill, who was born in Rugby, tries to bridge the gap between successful teams and players.
"What I have had to do is transition one era of players to the next," he said. "And I think I have done that pretty well with Martin Corry and Lewis Moody, Geordan Murphy, Martin Castrogiavanni and Ben Kay - those types of players that come towards the end of their careers.
"Our success has been built on a solid foundation of making the right calls, rather than the sentimental calls.
"Some people retire and some don't want to.
"You have to say 'look it's time for you to go, you are knackered'. They say 'I don't think I am, I have another year in me'. 'Well, I don't think you have'. And a year later when you speak to them you still have that relationship."
His children also help the whole perspective issue - although not always.
Cockerill admits he still struggles to switch off. His two daughters - eight-year-old Anna and Olivia, six - do help keep him grounded.
But maybe taking his "rugby-mad" son Stan, 10, to his local club on a Sunday is not the best form of relaxation.
"When we go on family holidays I can forget about it for a bit, for a couple of weeks," Cockerill said.
"But when I take my son to the local rugby club, I am often not thinking about him playing, I am thinking what I need to do to get ready for Monday - that's how it is. It's what I do."
And sometimes the fact Stan shares his dad's passion is just plain bad news.
"In World Cup year when we won one from seven and I came home, he asked me 'do you think they will sack you?'," he said.
"Mate, I don't really want to have this conversation."


Syrian rebels and their families are leaving their last remaining enclave in Homs, a city once dubbed "the capital of the revolution".

Buses have begun transporting people out of al-Wair district, under a Russian-backed evacuation deal.
Al-Wair is home to an estimated 75,000 people and has been under siege by government forces since late 2013.
About 1,500 people will leave for the Aleppo countryside on Saturday, Homs Governor Talal Barazi has said.
The opposition Homs Media Centre says up to 15,000 people could leave in the coming weeks, Reuters news agency reports.
The evacuation is part of a deal reached between community leaders and the government in December 2015. Hundreds of rebels have previously left al-Wair under its terms, but implementation of the agreement had stalled in recent months.
Evacuees will be bussed out of Homs to Jarablus, an area in northern Syria held by rebels backed by Turkey, according to UK-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Syrian government says such "reconciliation" deals, which have been agreed in several rebel-held areas, are key to ending the six-year civil war. Opposition fighters say that they have been coerced into such agreements by brutal sieges and bombardments.
Homs became a key battleground of the Syrian uprising after residents embraced the call to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 and drove security forces out of much of the city the following year.
That prompted the government to begin a two-year siege that left whole areas destroyed and eventually forced rebels to withdraw from the Old City in 2014.
Al-Wair, on the western outskirts, is the last rebel-held district.


The Herald reports details of the father-of-four from Cardiff who has been arrested following an attack on a London mosque.

Armed police patrols will be part of the security response at Scottish mosques, according to the Scotsman.
The Sun says the man now in custody was saved from an angry crowd after the attack following an intervention of an imam at the mosque.
Taking a similar line, the Daily Record reports the man was saved by the people he was trying to kill.
The Daily Telegraph believes the suspect turned against Muslims following recent attacks in London.
He is described as a jobless "lone wolf" with mental health problems in The Times.
The i headlines with a quote that the incident is an "attack on all of us".
A quote from the prime minister that evil will never succeed is the focus for the Daily Express.
The Daily Mail carries an alleged quote from the man that he would do the same again.
The twisted face of hate is how the Daily Star describes its image of the suspect.
In other news, the National reports on the first day of Brexit negotiations, which it calls a shambles.
The Courier says a woman has died following a crash involving a mobility scooter.


Childcare plans in the independence White Paper would see families save up to £4,600 per child each year, First Minister Alex Salmond has told MSPs.

During a debate on the newly published independence blueprint, he insisted the move would be "transformational".
But the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Johann Lamont, challenged Mr Salmond to meet her so they could find the money now to deliver the policy.
MSPs are being given the chance to debate the 670-page White Paper.
Ms Lamont accused the first minister of only just recognising the matter of childcare, while she had known it to be an issue "all of my working life".
She added: "He [Alex Salmond] should put his money where his mouth is and make a difference right now."
The first minister hit back, saying he had discussed the issue with Ms Lamont previously and she had offered no new plan of action.
The White Paper says the education system could play a greater role in lifting people out of poverty
White Paper: Education, skills and employment
A referendum on Scottish independence will be held on 18 September next year, with voters being asked the straight yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
The White Paper, which contains the arguments in favour of independence and is intended as a guide to what might happen if it is achieved, was launched by Mr Salmond at Glasgow's Science Centre on Tuesday morning.
Proposals included extending the support available to young people and their families and to expand childcare provision to match the best in Europe.
Under its plans, it said children would be entitled to 30 hours of childcare each week - the same number of hours as a child at primary school - benefiting about 240,000 children.
During a heated debate in Holyrood's main chamber, Mr Salmond said he was looking to bring more than 100,000 women into the workforce.
He said the childcare plan would cost £700m, money that could be found through an independent Scotland choosing not to fund nuclear weapons - what he called a choice between "weapons of mass destruction and educating our children".
He added that a 6% increase in participation would raise £700m in extra tax revenue.
However, Ms Lamont said the money would be required "upfront".
She said: "If it was 'transformational', if [Mr Salmond] believed it was that important, he would start now."
She said she had previously offered to work with Mr Salmond on a new childcare commission, adding: "I'll offer him that now. I'll work with him on his budget to make sure that childcare is properly funded."
In reply, Mr Salmond said a "childcare revolution is impossible under devolution" and challenged Ms Lamont to say what public services she would cut to fund the plan.
The White Paper confirmed that Scotland would seek to secure a Sterling currency union with the remainder of the UK after independence, and asserted that the country would negotiate for a smooth transition to EU and Nato membership.
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, said the SNP was "grasping at straws" over EU membership, adding that the average joining time for new EU states was eight years.
She said: "The Scottish government is desperate to prove that they don't have to come out of Europe before they get to go back in. They are contorting themselves. But the weight of evidence just doesn't add up."
Meanwhile, responding to the White Paper, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie called Mr Salmond "the patron saint of blind optimism".
The document makes a series of pledges to be fulfilled if the SNP forms the first government in a newly-independent Scotland.
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A flower which emits a stench similar to rotting flesh has finally bloomed.

The Titan Arum at Cambridge University Botanic Garden has attracted hundreds of visitors since threatening to bloom a week ago.
Known as the "corpse flower", the specimen last bloomed in 2004, although its sister plant flowered in 2015.
They emit their nasty smell to attract pollinators and are particularly pungent at night, when they heat themselves up to about 40C (104F).
The plant, named Titus after a public vote, is one of two Amorphophallus titanum at the garden. The other one, named Tiny, flowered in July 2015 - the first time one had bloomed at the garden in 11 years.
The plant's odour - variously described as akin to the scent of rotting flesh, rotten eggs or dirty laundry - can spread across vast distances in its native Sumatra to lure pollinators, thought to be carrion beetles and blowflies.
Amorphophallus titanum has the largest unbranched inflorescence (flower structure) in the world.
Its common name - Titan Arum - was coined by Sir David Attenborough as a literal translation of the Latin name was deemed "too rude" for TV audiences, according to the Botanic Garden.
The plants are categorised as a vulnerable species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
The Botanic Garden will be open until 22:00 BST on both Monday and Tuesday nights before the flower begins to die away.


The Ulster Gazette carries a poignant plea from the family of a Glenanne man found dead in Markethill, last June.

"Justice for James" reads the front-page headline. Police believe James Shields, 52, was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. No-one has been charged over his death.
His nephew, David Brooks, says the family are "still struggling" with their loss and has asked the community to help them find whoever was responsible.
The County Down Outlook features an interview with a mother who made what the paper calls "an alarming discovery".
Her account - headlined My daughter: the cyber-bully - relates how the police informed her that her teenage daughter was cyber-bullying online, using a mobile app that allows users to capture videos and pictures that delete themselves after a few seconds.
Police told her they were dealing with cases on a daily basis. The child has now been banned from her mobile phone by her mother for 10 days and is not allowed to use it in school or in her bedroom.
The mother said she wanted to warn other parents to be aware of the dangers.
Meanwhile, the names of 153 soldiers who died in World War One could be added to Ballymena's war memorial at the town's Galgorm Road park.
The Ballymena Times reports that when the obelisk was unveiled in 1924, the names of 495 soldiers from the town and the surrounding area were recorded.
However, researchers have found that many names were missing - it will cost in the region of Â£20,000 to include them, but the paper reports that this would be offset by a 75% grant.
It is understood a consultation will be held in September.
A plea by North Antrim MLA Jim Allister for a planning decision on a Â£15m hotel to be removed from council control makes the front page of the Coleraine Chronicle.
Mr Allister claims council officers had prior discussions with the developers and has written to the government department with oversight of planning suggesting the application is "called in".
The paper says he has already lodged private objections to the Portstewart scheme based on its potential impact on his nearby holiday home.
Causeway Coast and Glens Council has said it had a responsibility to work proactively with businesses seeking to invest in the borough.
It said: "Pre-application discussions are a central part of this process and are encouraged prior to the submission of proposed applications."
Tributes to a senior nurse who is credited with saving "countless lives" feature in the Tyrone Times.
Mark Quinn from Dungannon worked at South Tyrone Hospital and Craigavon for many years.
He had cancer and died last week, the paper reports. The North West Mountain Rescue Team are among the organisations who have expressed their condolences, with former colleagues describing him as a "true gentleman".
The front page of the Fermanagh Herald reports on an incident at Erne Integrated College in Enniskillen this month which resulted in one teenager being arrested and another suffering a back injury.
The paper says mystery surrounds what happened during the incident on 8 June, with unconfirmed reports that a stabbing had taken place being denied by the school principal Jimmy Jackson-Ware.
Police say a teenage boy who was arrested has been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.


The Sun's original headline, above the 2003 story of former heavyweight champion Frank Bruno's admission to a psychiatric hospital, did not last long.

"Bonkers Bruno Locked Up", was changed to "Sad Bruno in Mental Home" by the time later editions rolled off the presses.
The revised words were still criticised by mental health charities.
Eleven years on, after high-profile cases including Stan Collymore,Marcus Trescothick,Neil Lennon and Robert Enke, has the reporting of mental health issues in sport improved?
A panel including cricketer Michael Yardy, whose depression became public knowledge after he left England's 2011 World Cup campaign, and the Professional Footballers' Association head of welfare Michael Bennett met at MediaCity UK in Salford to discuss how they would change reporting of mental health in sport.
It may be tempting to look for indications of a sportsperson's mental health while they are under the spotlight in competition.
But it is often when people are free to reflect, rather than when they are consumed by the action, that problems can arise.
"After I left the World Cup, Geoffrey Boycott took my depression to be a reflection of my performances," explained Yardy.
"But it is not always about performance.
"There are times that I have performed brilliantly, driven home, gone to bed and not been right in myself.
"I think I had my worst bouts of depression during the winter months when I have been away from cricket.
"Sometimes it is actually nice to have the ball and bat in your hand and it is just you in that moment.
"Conversely fielding can actually be quite difficult because if you have bowled a bad last over or something you can 'catastrophe' things."
"There is an assumption in the media sometimes that something on the field of play has triggered these issues and it is not always the case," added Daily Telegraph columnist Jim White.
A survey by mental health charity Mind earlier this year showed that 60% of people were encouraged to seek help for their own mental illness after learning about a sportsperson with similar problems.
Coverage of a sportsperson's problems will have an effect on those consuming it just as it does on the star at the centre.
"The way that these are issues are dealt with around big heroes in the sports pages is read, watched and listened to be people who suffer from depression themselves," said White.
"If the analysis is that a sportsperson should have nothing to worry about, then you start to question the validity of your own problems.
"The way we deal with it is not just to be sensitive to the suffer themselves, but the way it is presented to everyone else."
When England batsman Jonathan Trott left the Ashes tour of Australia in November with what the ECB described as, a "long-standing stress-related condition", the end of Marcus Trescothick's international career came to mind.
Wracked with depression, Trescothick dissolved into tears at Heathrow's duty-free in 2006, as he prepared to board a flight to Australia with his team-mates.
But Trott later revealed that he was "emotionally and mentally spent" rather than depressed when he flew home. Former England captain Michael Vaughan said that he felt conned by the impression that Trescothick and Trott's cases were similar.
"A lot of players come to talk to me about things and I'm happy to speak to them but I have my own issues and everyone is very different," said Yardy.
"It is very dangerous to say that one case of depression is the same as another."
"It is now very clear that Jonathan Trott was not in the same boat as Marcus Trescothick," Sky News Sports editor Nick Powell added.
Stories about mental health issues tend to focus on the trauma suffered, rather than the triumph over the odds.
"We never talk about positive mental health, it is always seen negatively," said Bennett.
"We need to change that around so it is seen as a positive that someone is confident enough to come forward and share their issues."
"People who have suffered with mental health are actually very strong in that they have kept it inside so long and continued on in spite of it," added Yardy.
It is the white noise to which the serious business of the dressing room is played out to - joking and joshing, mockery and mirth. But does banter have to stop when it comes to mental illness?
"In a strange way I embrace it, because the worse thing can be that people feel they can't have a joke with you," said Yardy.
"People do take the mickey out of me, but in a closed environment and they know the boundaries. You obviously have to know somebody very well."


Police have appealed for witnesses after a runaway lorry rolled down a hill in Londonderry and crashed into a shopping centre.

12 September 2016 Last updated at 15:06 BST
The articulated lorry was being unloaded in Ferryquay Street at about 04:45 BST on Sunday when it rolled away.
A parked car and a number of street signs and bollards were damaged as the lorry rolled down Linenhall Street and Newmarket Street before crashing into the wall of the Foyleside Shopping Centre on Orchard Street.
Police are particularly keen to speak to three young males who were in the area of Ferryquay Street at about the time of the incident.


The FTSE 100 index narrowly failed to hit a record closing high on Tuesday after a late rally stalled just short of the magic mark.

At the end of the day, the benchmark 100-share index was up 10.79 points or 0.14% at 7,542.73.
The all-time record of 7,547.63 was reached on 26 May and 2 June this year.
Paddy Power Betfair was the biggest mover, down 4.1%, after the bookmaker said it had suffered from "adverse sports results" in recent months.
On Monday, the company's shares closed down nearly 5% after it said its chief executive was to stand down.
The shares slid again on Tuesday after it released half-year results.
While profits were up, growth at its online division was hit by less favourable results and increased spending on promotions.
Another big faller was Intercontinental Hotels Group, which shed 4% after it reported a slowdown in revenue growth.
The hotel company - which owns brands such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and InterContinental - said its key measure of revenue per available room grew by 1.5% in the second quarter of the year, down from a rate of 2.7% in the first quarter.
Shares in Standard Life dipped 0.3% after it revealed its flagship GARS (Global Absolute Return Strategies) range of funds had seen net outflows of £5.6bn in the first half of the year.
However, the company reported a 6% rise in operating profits to £362m and said its merger with Aberdeen Asset Management was on track to be completed on 14 August.
In the FTSE 250, Pets at Home shares jumped 5.7% after it reported a 5% rise in first-quarter revenues, helped by strong demand for its veterinary and pet grooming services.
But shares in office provider IWG sank 12% after it reported a 4% drop in half-year pre-tax profits to £80.8m.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.38% against the dollar to $1.2967 and was flat against the euro at 1.1044 euros.


The former home of Scotland's most celebrated engineer has been turned into a themed hotel.

A Â£30m project has restored the townhouse of engineer and lighthouse designer Robert Stevenson in Baxter's Pace in Edinburgh.
The townhouse has been converted into a Courtyard Marriott hotel with a Robert Stevenson theme.
A new bust of Mr Stevenson has been unveiled at the hotel. He was buried in New Calton Cemetery in 1850.
Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was the grandson of the engineer. Their descendants have visited the new hotel.
James Will, Robert Stevenson's great, great, great grandson, represented the family alongside his daughter Anna, who is the first member of the Stevenson dynasty for generations to choose mechanical engineering as a career.
After unveiling the new bust, they toured the hotel which pays homage to the building's heritage and former owner through images, technical drawings and maps in every room.
Mr Will said: "Robert and Jean Stevenson brought up five children in this house - three of those children Alan, David and Thomas went on to become famous lighthouse engineers themselves.
"They were a quite remarkable family and it is very fitting that the new hotel commemorates their contribution to Scottish history and the building's origins as a family home. "
Douglas Winfield, the general manager of Courtyard Edinburgh, said: "The redevelopment of the three Georgian townhouses that form the front of the hotel has been enormously respectful of the building's past and we've worked very closely with the Northern Lighthouse Board and local historians to ensure we capture the pioneering spirit that Robert Stevenson represents.
"The centrepiece is the new bust of Robert Stevenson and we were delighted that his direct descendants were here as it went on show for the first time.
"It has been made locally by sculptor Clare Flatley and is a copy of one that belongs to the family today, so a real talking point for guests as they arrive at the hotel."
Mike Bullock, from the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), added: "It is has been a very exciting prospect for NLB to have one the most important buildings in its history brought back to life and I am very grateful to the Chris Stewart Group for allowing the new hotel to tell the story of the Stevenson family and their amazing contribution to the safety of mariners in Scottish and Isle of Man waters."


London City Airport has been bought by a consortium led by a major Canadian pension fund.

The price paid has not been disclosed, but the airport's value has been put at about £2bn.
City Airport, which is near Canary Wharf in London's Docklands, is popular with bankers and City professionals because of its proximity and its small size.
Last year, a record 4.3 million passengers used the airport.
The deal involves Alberta Investment Management Corporation, and investment funds the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Wren House, part of the Kuwait Investment Authority.
They already own a string of airports, including Belfast International Airport, Birmingham Airport, Bristol Airport, Brussels Airport and Copenhagen Airport.
They described London City as "a highly attractive infrastructure investment in the UK".
"The airport represents a unique opportunity to invest in an integral part of the London airport system and offers a service proposition based around location, convenience, speed and customer service".
It promised to increase the number of routes flown from the airport and said it would have a "positive economic impact for all of London and the local community, in particular".
London City was last bought in 2006 by Global Infrastructure Partners, when it carried two million passengers a year.


A filly foal of racing legend Frankel has sold for an Irish record of 1.8 million euros (about £1.45m).

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The horse, a daughter of Finsceal Beo, was bought at Goffs sales by Dermot Farrington for an unnamed Irish client.
It is the highest amount paid for a foal at public auction in Ireland.
Frankel was retired in 2012 after winning all 14 of his races, while Finsceal Beo (which means 'Living Legend' in Gaelic) won the 1,000 Guineas in England and Ireland in 2007.
The first foal of Frankel to be sold at auction went for £1.15m in London in June. The European record for a foal belongs to My Typhoon, a half-sister to Galileo and Sea The Stars, who sold for 1.8m guineas (£1.89m) at Tattersalls in 2002.
Six foals were initially due to go through the sales ring on Thursday, but there were two late withdrawals.
Two of the remaining foals went unsold with bidding at 350,000 and 650,000 euros respectively, while another fetched 550,000 euros.
Another four Frankel foals will go on sale next week at Tattersalls in Newmarket, just a few miles from where the stallion was born and now stands at stud for a breeding fee of £125,000 a time.


Sir Elton John described Graham Taylor as "like a brother to me" following the former England manager's death at 72.

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Sir Elton appointed Taylor as Watford manager in 1977, a year after the singer took ownership of the club.
Within five years, Taylor took the Hornets from the old Fourth Division to runners-up in the top flight, going on to reach the 1984 FA Cup final.
"We will cherish Graham and drown our sorrows in the brilliant memories he gave us," Sir Elton wrote on Instagram.
"This is a sad and dark day for Watford. The club and the town. We went on an incredible journey together and it will stay with me forever.
"I love you Graham. I will miss you very much."
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Taylor, who managed England between 1990 and 1993, died on Thursday morning following a suspected heart attack, his family said.
He was a highly successful club manager who also worked at Lincoln, Wolves and Aston Villa, guiding the latter to second place in the First Division in 1990.
After resigning as England boss in 1993 following the team's failure to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, he managed Watford for a further five years, between 1996 and 2001.
He retired from football in 2003, later becoming a respected BBC pundit.
Sir Elton sold his stake in Watford in 1987, the year Taylor left for Villa, but he returned again as chairman in 1997.
"I am deeply saddened and shocked to hear about Graham's passing. He was like a brother to me," he added.
"He took my beloved Watford from the depths of the lower leagues to uncharted territory and into Europe. We have become a leading English club because of his managerial wisdom and genius."
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Watford will hold a minute's applause in honour of their former manager before Saturday's home Premier League match against Middlesbrough, and their players will wear black armbands.
They will also organise additional tributes, involving officials and supporters from the club.
The club say they are "inviting supporters to tweet their tributes to the club's most successful manager by using the hashtag #thankyouGT".
The EFL said a minute's applause will be held before this weekend's fixtures, while clubs will have the option of wearing black armbands.
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke described Taylor as "a hugely popular and respected figure in the game".
He added: "He had an exceptional knowledge and a love for the game that never diminished over the years. He will be much missed by us all at Wembley and St George's Park."
Match of the Day host and former England international Gary Lineker said Taylor was "an outstanding manager, lover of football and thoroughly decent man".
He added: "He made me his England captain and I will be eternally grateful to him for giving me that honour."
Former England striker Alan Shearer, who made his international debut under Taylor in 1992, said he was "completely shocked" by the news of Taylor's death, adding he "held him in the very highest regard".
Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore said: "You will struggle to find a more decent individual in football, one who cared passionately about all levels and aspects of the English game."
Howard Wilkinson, chairman of the League Managers' Association - of which Taylor was the first president, paid tribute to his "lifelong friend".
"I greatly admired Graham for his honesty, tenacity, professionalism and his capacity for innovation, which earned him richly deserved success," he said.
"Football has lost one of its greatest servants and our thoughts and condolences are with his wife Rita, his daughters Joanne and Karen, and the rest of his family."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche, who was given his first managerial job by then Watford chairman Taylor, said: "For such a legend at Watford to be helping you have that chance, and helping me along the way as a young manager, I'm absolutely devastated."
Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne said Taylor's "enthusiasm for life and football was incredible".
Professional Footballers' Association chairman Gordon Taylor said he had known Graham Taylor since they were both aged 15 at England schoolboy trials.
"He was a real quality human being. He cared about his fellow pros and the good of the game. He should be remembered as a man who added to the game, who really showed his ability as a manager," he said.
"I'm proud and privileged to have been able to call him a friend."


Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has named his sixth child Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher.

The backbencher announced the new arrival on Instagram, where attention focused on the eye-catching name.
The name Sixtus is shared with five popes, most recently in 1590.
"Helena and I announce with great joy that we have a baby Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, a brother for Peter, Mary, Thomas, Anselm and Alfred." Mr Rees-Mogg said.
The other children's full names are Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius, Thomas Wentworth Somerset Dunstan, Peter Theodore Alphege, Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam and Mary Anne Charlotte Emma Rees-Mogg.
The Tory MP for North East Somerset, who recently joined Instagram, has become something of a cult figure on social media, with dozens of Facebook pages devoted to him.
"I am a late convert to social media and it's turned out to be great fun," he told BBC Trending recently.
"We've put up some jolly photographs. You hear a lot about unpleasantness but it's reassuring that there is a lighter touch."


The world's largest uncut diamond has failed to sell at a London auction after bids did not reach the minimum reserve price.

The Lesedi la Rona, almost the size of a tennis ball, was unearthed in Botswana in November.
The rough diamond is 1,109 carats and believed to be more than 2.5 billion years old.
It had been expected to sell for more than £52m ($70m) but the highest bid was about £45m ($61m).
The auction at Sotheby's was the first time a rough diamond of such a size has gone on public sale.
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The auction house had called its discovery "the find of a lifetime" and earlier said that "every aspect of this auction is unprecedented".
The Lesedi la Rona, which means "our light" in the Tswana language spoken in Botswana, was discovered by Lucara Diamond Corp's Karowe mine.
After it failed to sell, the Canada-based company - which has retained possession of the diamond - saw its stock fall more than 14% on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
According to a study by the Gemological Institute of America, the rough diamond's colour and transparency "exemplify" type IIA diamonds.
Stones in this group are said to be "the most chemically pure and often show extraordinary optical transparency".
In terms of its size the rough is exceeded only by the Cullinan Diamond, mined in South Africa in 1905 and presented to King Edward VII.
That 3,106-carat diamond was cut into nine stones, many of which are in the British Crown Jewels.


The leader of UKIP in Wales has claimed climate change is not man made.

Speaking on BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement, Nathan Gill also said it was "complete stupidity to think by sticking a bunch of wind turbines all over Wales that we are somehow going to stop the weather from changing".
His comments were criticised by Labour, Tories, Lib Dems, Plaid and the Greens who say humans affect climate change.
Mr Gill said it was simply an excuse to tax people.
He told the programme: "We don't agree that man is responsible for changing the climate.
"We think it's hubris and we also think that governments have realised this is a great way of taxing people and people will say 'thank you for taxing us because you're going to save the world'."
He said it was "ridiculous" to think man could change the climate, saying: "A volcano eruption will produce more CO2 than man has ever been able to produce in the short time since the industrial revolution."
Pippa Bartolotti, leader of the Green Party in Wales, told BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme climate change was man made.
She said: "The CO2 which is being burnt every time we use fossil fuels goes into the atmosphere and is heating up the planet.
"Greenhouses gases are going to cause global warming of up to six degrees if we don't do something about it now."
On twitter, Labour's Carl Sargeant, the Welsh government's environment minister, said it was "bonkers" to suggest climate change wasn't affected by humans.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davie said: "Like many other UKIP policies, what Nathan Gill's comments reveal is simplicity of thinking. We all accept that climate change needs to be dealt with without conspiracy theorism"
Roger Williams, deputy leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats said: "It's staggering to hear that UKIP deny the existence of man-made climate change.
"Once again, UKIP is trying to take us backwards, rather than forwards."
And Plaid's parliamentary candidate for Pontypridd, Osian Lewis, said: "Like any other sensible party, Plaid Cymru looks to the experts for evidence on policy.
"More than 95% of experts agree that climate change is a man-made reality that poses danger to our communities.
"As a man-made problem, it is also within man's gift to slow the effects of climate change."


Prime Minister Theresa May is to take a three-week walking holiday in the Alps with husband Philip, Number 10 says.

Mrs May is to spend five days in northern Italy next week, before attending the commemoration of the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele in Belgium.
She will then resume her holiday with two weeks in Switzerland.
It is the second consecutive year that the couple have taken a walking holiday in the country.
She joked on Wednesday that fellow Conservatives may be relieved that she is not returning to Wales, where she made the decision to call a snap election while walking in Snowdonia with husband Philip at Easter.
Mrs May has previously said that she loves holidaying in Switzerland because she can get some "peace and quiet".
"I think there are many people who are grateful I'm going to the Alps and not to Wales again," she told LBC radio.
Her choice of holiday destination and activity contrasts with predecessors, including David Cameron who regularly holidayed in Cornwall, but also went to foreign destinations including the Canary Islands, Italy and Portugal.
The prime minister will represent the UK alongside the Prince of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the ceremony marking the First World War battle of Passchendaele on 31 July.
A Number 10 spokeswoman said that "various ministers will be on duty over the period" and Mrs May will be "constantly updated" on developments.
She will return to the UK on 14 August.


Award-winning sitcom Outnumbered is to return for a fifth and final series on BBC One later this month.

The semi-improvised show stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as two stressed-out parents whose unruly children cause chaos wherever they go.
It had been rumoured that 2011's fourth series would be the last because its young stars were growing up.
But they reunited last year for a final outing, with producers saying further one-off specials may follow.
Tyger Drew-Honey, who plays eldest child Jake, is now 17, while his co-stars Daniel Roche (Ben) is 14 and Ramona Marquez (Karen) is 12.
"As we've all gotten older, everyone's matured; maybe with the exception of Hugh and Claire," said Drew-Honey.
"But Dan, Ramona and I are now able to work more professionally."
"It wasn't much different," added Marquez, who was five when she filmed the first series in 2007, "I saw a bit more of the script that's all."
Outnumbered is written by the creators of Drop The Dead Donkey, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin.
They said the filming process had changed slightly for the final series.
"Inevitably, as the kids get older, their minds go off on fewer absurd tangents, so, yes, there is a little less improvisation," they said in a statement announcing the new series.
"But they didn't get given scenes to learn overnight, they just skim-read them on the day.
"Two cameras are also used to record the children's performances because each take turned out to be different, and this adds to the documentary feel. The cameras always run on the children first because until they are recorded, no-one knows what they are going to say."
After making its debut on BBC One in 2007, Outnumbered has won several awards from the Royal Television Society, Broadcasting Press Guild and the British Comedy Awards.
Speaking to What's On TV magazine in 2011, Drew-Honey admitted the show had a limited lifespan.
"I think there is a chance of a fifth series, but I don't think it will go much further than that," he said.
"The point of Outnumbered is that it is set around the house with the school run and the madness of that. If everyone is mature I just don't think it will work."
The fifth series starts on 29 January, with guest appearances from Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey), Harry Shearer (The Simpsons) and Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It).


Any transitional arrangement with the EU after Brexit must end by the time of the next election, Liam Fox has said.

The international trade secretary told the BBC he had no ideological objection to interim arrangements to minimise disruption after the UK's exit in 2019.
But he said he did not want them to "drag on" beyond the date of the next general election, scheduled for 2022.
The cabinet is said to be united behind a transition although reports it could last four years have been downplayed.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is reported to support a lengthy transitional period to bring certainty to business, which is concerned about the impact on trade and employment of a "cliff-edge" departure.
Newspaper reports on Friday suggested ministers had accepted it could last anywhere between two and four years.
Mr Fox, who is in Washington for discussions on future trade relations with the US, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that it was "perfectly reasonable" for there to be a transition period to ensure the process was as "smooth as possible" for British business and foreign investors.
But he suggested that voters would want any "voluntary" arrangement to end by the time of the next general election, due to take place in May 2022.
And he said he would want the UK to be able to negotiate its own trade deals during that period so it could take "full advantage" of its new status.
"Having waited over 40 years to leave the EU, 24 months would be a rounding error.
"Whether that is 23 or 25 is not a huge deal and neither is it an ideological one.
"It is about the practical issues we would face, such as getting any new immigration system into place, getting any new customs system into place."
However, he made clear there would have to be clarity not only on the duration of any transitional phase but what limitations it would place on the UK.
Several Conservative MPs have suggested that any deal which required the UK to accept continued free movement for a limited period of time or the  jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in return for continued temporary membership of the single market would be unacceptable.
Mr Fox added: "I think we would want to get it out of the way before the election.
"I don't think people would want to have it dragging on. I think we would have to be very clear it was time-limited and limited in its scope."
"It is imperative that we leave the EU first and that any implementation period is done "voluntarily" alongside the EU to minimise any disruption."
The head of the powerful trade body representing German car manufacturers has told the BBC there will be a threat to jobs and investment in Britain if the UK leaves both the single market and the customs union.
Matthias Wissman, whose members include Volkswagen, BMW and Porsche, said his preferred option was for the UK to adopt a Norwegian-style membership of the European Economic Area but, failing that, a lengthy transitional period was a bare minimum.
"You need a transition period," he told Radio 4's The World This Weekend. "We hope that on the British side that gets deeper and deeper into the intellectual capabilities of those who decide."
Urging British politicians to put pragmatism ahead of ideology, he said a tariff-free trade deal with the EU was possible but only if "the UK understands what the preconditions are".
"Any kind of unwise, dramatic changes would have an effect on investment and jobs in the automotive industry. Hard Brexit would mean barriers, control of goods."
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he accepted the UK would be leaving the single market, as it was in his words "inextricably linked" with EU membership, but suggested he had not reached a final view on whether it would be better to remain within the customs union.
He also suggested future trade deals should be linked to commitments on environmental protection and human rights.
"What is interesting is that the EU has said quite clearly, and rightly in my view, that they would only do new trade agreements with countries that sign up to the Paris climate change accord," he said.
"The US has said it wants to leave... so it calls into question the whole of the UK government's strategy on a one-off trade deal with the US."


Mae cwest wedi clywed sut cafodd pensiynwraig ei gwasgu i farwolaeth o dan ei char, wedi i neb fethu a dod o hyd iddi am hyd at naw niwrnod.

Roedd Jane Marion Lord, 76 oed, wedi ceisio stopio ei char Vauxhall Corsa coch, rhag rholio i lawr y ffordd yn ei chartref ger Castell Newydd Emlyn, Ceredigion.
Fe gredir fod Miss Lord wedi marw ar 21 Rhagfyr 2016, ond roedd wedi ei chaethiwo o dan ei char nes i gŵn ei ffrind, ddod o hyd iddi ar ôl cyfnod y Nadolig.
Daeth y crwner yn y cwest yn Aberystwyth i'r casgliad bod ei marwolaeth yn un damweiniol.
Clywodd y cwest fod Miss Lord, wedi ei gweld yn fyw am y tro diwethaf am tua 19:00 ar 21 Rhagfyr, mewn parti yn nhŷ ei ffrind, Francesca Lis Ross.
Dywedodd Miss Ross ei bod wedi dechrau poeni am Miss Lord pan aeth draw i'w thŷ ar 23 Rhagfyr, er mwyn rhoi cerdyn Nadolig iddi, ond roedd y tŷ wedi cloi ac roedd y car yn dal tu allan.
"Roddwn yn cymryd yn ganiataol ei bod wedi mynd i ffwrdd gyda ffrind oedd gyda cherbyd, felly gadewais anrheg ar lawr ger y tŷ cyn gadael," meddai Miss Ross wrth y cwest.
Dychwelodd Miss Ross gyda'i gŵr a dau gi ar 30 Rhagfyr, ar ôl ceisio galw am Miss Lord y diwrnod cynt.
Fe dorrwyd drws y tŷ i geisio dod o hyd iddi, ac fe aethant i chwilio yn yr ardd, ond fe ddaethant o hyd i gorff Miss Lord pan sylweddolodd y cŵn ei bod o dan y car.
Fe ddisgrifiodd PC Matthew Fraser, o isadran fforensig Heddlu Dyfed-Powys, sut oedd Miss Lord wedi dioddef anafiadau i'w hysgwydd a'i chlun.
Ychwanegodd fod marciau llaw ar y car yn awgrymu ei bod wedi ceisio stopio'r car rhag rholio i lawr y lôn cyn disgyn a mynd yn sownd oddi tano.
Wrth ddyfarnu ei reithfarn, dywedodd crwner Ceredigion, Peter Brunton, na fyddai Miss Lord wedi goroesi'r noson ar y 21 o Ragfyr.


Autographs of Victorian worthies and jazz age stars have been sold at auction for £3,600.

The "mixed bag" of 75 signatures include Queen Victoria, writer Rudyard Kipling, nurse Florence Nightingale and band leader Duke Ellington.
Seller David Hill said he was "very pleased" with how much his late grandmother's autograph book sold for.
Auctioneer George Holtby said the sale price reflected a "very well-rounded and interesting collection".
Mr Hill, 72, from Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, said 80% of the autographs were collected by his grandmother who gave him the book about 50 years ago.
He said the remaining 20% came from his mother Barbara Nuttall, who is now 101, and reflected her "participation and interest in the jazz movement in the 1930s in this country".
Other autographs include artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, and authors and poets including TE Lawrence and William Wordsworth.
Another former monarch, King William IV, is also part of the collection.
Mr Hill said some of the autographs were from letters written to his family which included "quite a large proportion of Victorian worthies".
He remembered his grandmother telling him she also wrote to well-known people and "just asked" for their autograph.
Mr Hill said: "I've enjoyed having them but I am not really an autograph collector, I feel they could be of more value to somebody else.
"Autographs generally are becoming a thing of the past in the electronic age, and somehow the stamp of the individual, the aura of the person is kept in the autograph and the signature, I think."
George Holtby, from Charterhouse Auctions in Sherborne, Dorset said: "People such as Queen Victoria, who was alive for a hell of a long time, signed a lot of pieces of paper.
"Then you've got other people who are much rarer. There's a lot of very interesting jazz-related photographs signed and addressed to her [Mr Hill's mother] so they're personal, people like Louis Armstrong.
"Other big names [include] a 'little scrap of paper' with the name  Isambard Kingdom Brunel."


Art critic and author John Berger has died at the age of 90.

His best-known work was Ways of Seeing, a criticism of western cultural aesthetics, but he also won the Booker Prize for his novel G.
He donated half the prize money to the radical African-American movement, the Black Panthers.
His editor Tom Overton, who is writing Berger's biography, said the writer "let us know that art would enrich our lives".
Berger was born in Hackney, north London, and began his career as a painter.
Soon after his work was exhibited in the 1940s, he turned his hand to writing. His works ranged from poetry to screenplays, writings on photography, the exploitation of migrant workers and the Palestinian struggle for statehood.
Mr Overton, who edited Portraits: John Berger on Artists and Landscapes: John Berger on Art, said: "John Berger said his great themes were the experience of exile and the disastrous relationship between art and property.
"So it feels like we need him more than ever at the moment. But he also said some books get younger with time, and I know many of his will."
By Will Gompertz, BBC arts editor
John Berger's 1972 programme Ways of Seeing changed the way many of us saw.
He argued that the advent of mass media fundamentally altered our perception of art.
The programme was to become iconic and highly influential but would not, he told me a couple of months ago, be made today.
He challenged convention, the establishment and us. He had the eye of artist, intellect of an academic, and charisma of a born performer.
He was though, above all, a writer and story teller. He enriched our lives with his novels, poetry and criticism.
He showed us how to see, not as individuals, but together.
He added: "John Berger's legacy is one of encouragement and hope, and a massively diverse range of work in all genres.
"He showed us how to see art not as a relay race of individual geniuses but as a kind of companionship."
Berger's Bafta award-winning BBC TV series Ways of Seeing became regarded as one of the most influential art programmes ever made.
He died at his home in Paris.
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BT's sales and profits have risen, driven by record broadband demand and its new sports television service.

The company reported pre-tax profits of £617m for the last three months of 2013, on revenues of £4.6bn.
BT has moved aggressively into the TV sport business, taking on rival BSkyB, and now has 2.5 million customers using the service.
BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said the profit figures proved "our strategic investments are delivering".
The company has been expanding its sports coverage, and in November beat the dominant pay-TV service BSkyB to the rights to show Champions League and Europa League matches for three seasons from 2015-16.
The group said in a statement that it saw a record quarter for fibre broadband demand, and now had 1.9 million customers taking the faster and more expensive service, out of its 7.1 million broadband customer base.
With more people taking up superfast broadband, BT can offer a wider range of services.
BT said that strong demand for fibre broadband and sport had helped its consumer division grow revenues by 6% in the quarter, its best performance in a decade.
Meanwhile, the number of BT customers disconnecting lines was at 70,000, significantly down on the 173,000 who left BT a year ago.
"This is an encouraging set of results," said Mr Patterson. "Our strategic investments are delivering. It was another record quarter."
There had been worries over the financial impact of BT's recent sport deals after it spent almost £900m to secure the UK Champions League and Europa rights.
But investors appeared to be confident about the company's progress, sending BT's shares more than 3% higher by the close of trading on Friday.
Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, said: "BT is a company firing on all cylinders, with extra propulsion coming in the form of its high profile entry into the TV sporting arena.
"Quite apart from the 2.5 million customers who have already signed up to BT Sport, broadband demand and a strong performance beyond the UK have combined to produce the impressive trinity of growth in revenues, earnings per share and profits."


The sale of one of Scotland's most spectacular youth hostels has attracted potential buyers.

Carbisdale Castle, a former stately home dubbed Castle of Spite because of the part it played in a historic family feud, was shut three years ago.
The Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA) had to close it as a hostel because of rising repair costs.
The SYHA said the selling agents have received notes of interest and these were being considered.
The castle, which overlooks the Kyle of Sutherland, was shut as a hostel after suffering frost damage.
Historic Scotland lists the castle and its entrance gates as category B, which means they are structures of regional importance.
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland had Carbisdale Castle built between 1907 and 1917 following the death of her husband, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the Third Duke of Sutherland.
Lady Mary was the duke's second wife and after he died she became embroiled in a legal dispute over his will with her step son, the fourth Duke of Sutherland.
When the row was settled the duchess used her inheritance to have Carbisdale constructed.
According to geographical encyclopaedia, The Gazetteer of Scotland, the property became known as the Castle of Spite.
Its clock tower only has three faces with none that could be seen by the new duke as he passed by in his private train on his way to Dunrobin Castle, near Golspie, his family's property in Sutherland.
It is also said that he would have the blinds of his carriage shut so he did not have to look at Carbisdale.
The castle was bought by a Scots-Norwegian family in 1933 and was used as a refuge for the Norwegian royal family during World War II.
The gazetteer adds that the castle is haunted by a female ghost called Betty.


The United Nations has denied allegations it covered up child abuse by French troops in the Central African Republic, calling them "offensive".

A high-ranking UN employee has been suspended on suspicion of leaking an internal report on the allegations.
A UN spokesman said the report had not been made public in order to protect the identity of victims, witnesses and investigators.
The report alleged soldiers assaulted hungry children in exchange for food.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, said publication of the internal report risked making some of those named in it "extremely vulnerable to reprisals", the AFP news agency reports.
He said it was "frankly offensive and highly unlikely" that Mr Hussein would be involved in a cover up, pointing out that he had commissioned the report and was the author of the 2005 Zeid Report, which he called "the definitive UN report on sexual abuse in peacekeeping operations".
"The allegations of what happened to these children are abhorrent. The details obtained in interviews with alleged victims and witnesses by UN investigators... are utterly odious," Mr Colville said.
But he said the leak was a "possible breach of strict rules that exist to protect victims, witnesses and investigators".
France - whose troops were among those accused of committing abuses - was alerted by the UN in July 2014 and opened an investigation, the French defence ministry said.
AFP reports that 14 French peacekeeping soldiers - deployed to CAR help restore order after after a 2013 coup - are implicated by the report.
"If some soldiers have behaved badly, I will show no mercy," French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday.
Soldiers from Chad and Equatorial Guinea have also been implicated in abuses, but neither country has responded publicly to the accusations.
According to the report, children as young as nine were forced to carry out sex acts in return for food.
Anders Kompass, the Swedish employee accused of leaking the report, has been suspended on full pay while an investigation takes place.
France intervened in its former colony in December 2013, nine months after a rebel alliance, Seleka, captured the capital and ousted President Francois Bozize.
The country descended into ethnic and sectarian violence, with thousands of people fleeing their homes and the UN warning that there was a high risk of genocide.
The UN took over and expanded the African peacekeeping mission in September 2014.


A joint police and fire service investigation has been launched after a blaze destroyed a house in Dundee.

Fire crews attended the property in Lewis Terrace in Mill o' Mains shortly after 19:00 on Monday.
The housing association building was unoccupied at the time and is understood to have been in the process of being adapted for a disabled tenant.
Police Scotland said "extensive damage" was caused to the building and have appealed for witnesses.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue spokesperson said: "On arrival, crews were faced with a timber framed house under construction which was engulfed in flames.
"The heat from the fire was so intense that it began to affect the guttering, fascias and windows of two neighbouring properties.
"Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze using four jets and remained at the scene throughout the evening to dampen the area down."


Seven players have re-signed for the Belfast Giants as the Elite League team continues to build its roster for the 2016/2017 campaign.

Michael Forney, Jonathan Boxill, James Desmarais, Matt Nickerson, David Rutherford, Mark Garside and Brandon Benedict are staying at the SSE Arena.
It follows the announcement last week that captain Adam Keefe had signed a new deal to remain with the Giants.
Belfast finished fourth in the league standings last season.


The Welsh government wants to introduce a new law to protect the "well-being" of community life.

The sustainable development white paper was launched at a school in Blaenavon, Torfaen, dubbed a good example for helping the wider community.
However, the Conservatives said urgent action was needed amid growing environmental concerns.
And Welsh language campaigners feared their cause could fall lower down the priorities of public bodies.
Delegates from organisations including local councils were told that Blaenavon Heritage Primary School was chosen as the location for the launch as it provided a wide range of courses and services across the area for residents with a number of public bodies working together.
"Our approach is very much rooted in Welsh values, with a focus on fairness, pride in our communities and our heritage," said John Griffiths, environment and sustainable development minister.
"The proposals set out in this White Paper are about focusing on the social, economic and environmental well being for Welsh people and Welsh communities over the long term."
The Sustainable Development Bill includes:
For the Conservatives, shadow environment minister Russell George said: "While this consultation and its influence on future policy is extremely important, we have long called for Labour ministers to get a grip on sustainable development.
"With greenhouse gases on the rise, mobility policy failing, health inequalities getting wider and wildlife habitats in decline, it's more important than ever that we see urgent improvements."
Meanwhile, the Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) has concerns.
Sustainable communities spokesperson Toni Schiavone said: "The government's language strategy is completely clear that Welsh needs to be mainstreamed in all its departments, especially where the work affects the future of Welsh speaking communities.
"However, under this Bill, there is a risk that public bodies will downgrade the Welsh language as a policy consideration.
"The government intends to make sustainable development public bodies' central organising principle.
"In that context, it's essential that the welfare of the Welsh language is part of the definition of sustainable development."
The consultation runs until March with a number of public events from January.


Philippine mangoes, considered by some to be the best in the world, have emerged as the latest victim of the South China Sea ruling.

After an international tribunal on territorial disputes ruled against China and in favour of the Philippines, Chinese netizens used social media to call for a boycott of the Philippine fruit, as well as to make their feelings known through other memes and pictures.
Slogans like "If you want to eat mango, buy Thailand's" and "Starve the Filipinos to death" have been widely circulated on microblogging site Weibo.
"If you love China, don't buy Filipino imports", said one comment.
"I will eat Guangxi dried mango, drink Yunnan coffee and eat durian from Hainan. Anyway the point is, I'm making sure my money stays in China," another comment said.
Even some vendors on Taobao, China's largest e-shopping platform, pledged to boycott the Filipino snack.
"Our online shop will not sell Cebu mango from the Philippines and will not sell any snacks imported from the country anymore", a Shanghai-based vendor on Taobao told state media outlet Global Times.
The topics #SouthChinaSeaResult and #ChinaDoesn'tCareAboutYou have been among the top 10 trending topics on Weibo since the ruling.
This picture, shared more than 400,000 times on Weibo, reportedly originated from state media outlet People's Daily.
Repeating the government's official line on the tribunal, it says: "Won't accept, won't participate, won't recognise."
The 50,000 comments on the picture were largely positive, with users voicing their support for the Chinese government actions, leaving critical comments about the Philippines and its people.
Chinese media is heavily controlled and censored, which goes some way to explaining the noticeable lack of negative comments directed towards the Chinese government.
"No matter what the ruling is, we'll be behind you China," reads one comment.
"Philippines, stop humiliating yourself," says another.
Another trend was pictures of Guanyin, the Chinese goddess of mercy who is synonymous with peace and compassion.
The words in this picture read: "I heard someone is fighting with me for the South China Sea?"
China has always said its intentions in the South China Sea are peaceful, and has accused other countries, including the Philippines, of risking conflict by resisting what Beijing sees as its rightful claims.
China has said it will ignore the tribunal ruling.
Another widely shared image was this cartoon of a girl holding a fish in her hand.
The first picture of what appears to be a slightly confusing metaphor reads: "Do you see this fish from the South China Sea?"
It then follows up with: "I'd rather throw it away than give it to you."
The phrase on this Weibo meme is a play on a Chinese idiom meaning to "leave none behind".
In this case, the phrase reads "Not even a bit can be left behind". The word for "bit" in Chinese is also the same word as "dash", a reference to the infamous nine-dash line which China says defines its historic claims in the region. The tribunal disagreed with that assertion.
What is the nine-dash line?
The word Philippines is used as a verb in this image, with the caption reading: "I urge you not to be too Philippines."
What it means to "be Philippines" is up to the user to decide.
Filipino social media users, however, were not without their say.
"Chexit" - a combination of the words "China" and "Exit" and a play on the recent "Brexit" vote in the UK - became a top five Twitter trend in the Philippines.
The image above quickly went viral on social media, with users commenting that the result of the tribunal should be honoured and China should scale down or end its activities in the South China Sea.
Reporting by Yvette Tan


A record number of people have visited the new Tate Modern in London in its opening weekend.

Tate said there had been 143,000 visits since the revamped and expanded modern art gallery opened on Friday.
On Saturday alone there were more than 54,000 visits - around double the usual visitor number and the highest ever attendance for a single day.
A new extension, a pyramid-like tower called the Switch House, increases the size of Tate Modern by 60%.
The structure, boasting panoramic views of London, was part of a Â£260m redevelopment project.
"We are absolutely delighted that so many visitors experienced the new galleries and performances at Tate Modern over the opening weekend," said Frances Morris, Tate Modern's director.
"Although we have almost doubled the number of regular visitors to the galleries during our opening weekend, we have space for it to feel comfortable even when busy.
"There has been a tremendous response from the public and we look forward to welcoming many more visitors over the coming months."
A weekend of special events to celebrate the opening included a specially-commissioned choral work by artist Peter Liversidge, performed on Saturday by more than 500 singers from community choirs across London.
Tate Modern's relaunch is accompanied by a complete rehang of the gallery's artworks which showcase more than 300 artists from about 50 countries. Half of the solo displays are dedicated to women artists.


A painting described as the "most famous image" of Jane Austen has sold at auction for £164,500.

The James Andrews watercolour was commissioned by the novelist's nephew in 1869 and a version will appear on the new £10 note from 2017.
Dr Gabriel Heaton of auction house Sotheby's said the painting had been "crucial in transforming her from a novelist into a national figure".
Sotheby's said it was bought by an anonymous private collector.
The Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire, said it did not bid because it could not raise the funds so soon after buying a ring that belonged to the author for £149,000 in September.
The painting had a pre-sale estimate of £150,000-£200,000.
The Reverend James Edward Austen-Leigh, Austen's nephew, asked artist James Andrews to create the painting for a biography.
It was based on the only confirmed portrait of Austen made before her death in 1817 - a sketch by her sister Cassandra, which is in the National Portrait Gallery.
He felt the sketch of his aunt did not do her justice, and used Andrews' painting for his book Memoir of Jane Austen.
Dr Heaton called the painting the "most important likeness of Jane Austen ever likely to appear on the open market".
"Seeing the most famous image of Jane Austen, for the first time, in a domestic sitting room was an astonishing experience," he said.
"This delicate watercolour is so much more than a piece of literary portraiture - it is part of our cultural history."
He said the portrait gave readers "an image with which they could identify and which even seemed to embody the character of her work".
Austen's novels include Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
At the same sale, an original pencil sketch by the Winne the Pooh illustrator EH Shepard sold for £58,750, just breaching its higher sales estimate of £50,000.
The basis for an illustration which later appeared in AA Milne's The House At Pooh Corner, it depicts Christopher Robin and Winne the Pooh playing Poohsticks.
Another early colour illustration by Shepard, entitled Christopher Robin's Braces, sold for £68,500.


It is a constituency that takes its name from a river, but politics here has never flowed quietly.

Those who represent this place at Stormont are either unionist or nationalist, and the battle for power in Upper Bann has often been a heated and divisive one, as the tension between the DUP and UUP camps showed at last year's Westminster election.
Upper Bann has also been the scene of electoral battles between Sinn Féin and the SDLP.
At present, Upper Bann is made up of two Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly members, two from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and one each from Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
The new year has brought a fresh election and a series of new names on the assembly ballot paper.
This year the local parties have all selected high profile women and their number includes Carla Lockhart, a DUP councillor who also works for sitting DUP MLA Stephen Moutray.
She defeated him in a selection contest and now wants his job.
Speaking to the BBC NI programme, The View, she said: "Stephen has decided at this stage to take a look at his own business interests, so I therefore will be putting my best foot forward and delivering for Upper Bann."
Like Ms Lockhart, Catherine Seeley of Sinn Féin is fighting her first assembly election and thinks she has a good chance of success in May.
"We are very much focussed on myself and [Education Minister] John O'Dowd getting two seats," she said.
"We came so close in the previous assembly election. It was a very small margin."
If Sinn Féin succeeds in taking two seats, the woman who might lose out is the sitting SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly.
A veteran of election campaigns, Ms Kelly has defied the critics before and thinks she will triumph again.
"Sinn Féin's real intent is to topple the SDLP from this constituency and I am not going to be the candidate that allows that to happen," she told the BBC.
"I am proud to represent this constituency and I intend to serve the people of Upper Bann for another five years."
Back in the 2011 assembly election, two of Sinn Féin's candidates outpolled the SDLP on the first count but the party only took one seat.
It means that transfers and vote management will be key in this constituency.
Veteran journalist Victor Gordon has covered many electoral campaigns in Upper Bann.
"Sinn Féin will have to manage their vote very carefully because they got quite a good first preference but the transfers did not come to them last time and they are going to have to split their vote 50/50 throughout the constituency to make it," he said.
The Ulster Unionists are fielding three candidates, including sitting MLA Jo-Anne Dobson.
She welcomes her female rivals, saying: "I think it shows we have a variety of excellent candidates going forward."
Even though her party normally only secures two seats she rejected any suggestion that the UUP are running too many candidates.
"I think we are offering the electorate choice, a fantastic choice, and I am very much looking forward to taking to the doorsteps," she said.
In the coming weeks economic matters, health care and Troubles legacy issues are all expected to surface during the election campaign.
The four larger parties are expected to face challenges from the other parties including Alliance, Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) and the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).
This constituency is always worth watching. The election may be three months away but Upper Bann is already making headlines.
The View will be broadcast on BBC One NI at 22:45 GMT on Thursday, 4 February.