England's natural environment is in decline and its deterioration is harming the economy, an independent advisory group has told the government.

The Natural Capital Committee says pressures will rise with population growth and has called for a 25-year investment plan.
Its report said measures like investing in improved air quality and greener cities would bring economic benefits.
Defra said it had set "long-term goals" to halt "decades of decline".
The committee also advised that creating hundreds of thousands of hectares of woodland and wetlands would lead to multi-million pound benefits, including avoiding flooding and improving health.
It says the government, businesses and society as a whole should be involved in the 25-year strategy to protect England's "natural capital" - its assets which include forests, rivers, land and wildlife.
Committee chairman Professor Dieter Helm said in the introduction to its third and final report: "There is now a great opportunity to improve the wellbeing and prosperity of both urban and rural populations and restore some of the natural capital that has been lost.
"This will enhance prospects for long-term sustainable growth and therefore bequeath to the next generation a set of properly maintained and enhanced natural assets."
The report said air pollution reduces productivity and also causes some 40,000 premature deaths each year. It also called for investment in urban green areas to improve physical and mental health for those living in cities.
The report calculates that health costs can be reduced by cleaning up dirty air; floods can be tempered by creating new wetlands; and better green spaces in cities can tempt people outdoors to improve their physical and mental well-being.
The NCC puts numbers on the benefits of environmental investment. It says planting woods near cities of up to 250,000 additional hectares can generate a benefit to society of £500m per annum as people exercise and enjoy nature.
It says restoration of around 140,000 hectares of upland peat bogs would deliver net benefits of £570m over 40 years in storing carbon.
Restoring commercial fish stocks, particularly white fish like cod and shellfish, would cause short-term problems for the industry, but bring long-term gains for generations to come, the report maintains. The cost of restoring some stocks of shellfish could be outweighed 6:1 by the benefits, it says.
A Defra spokeswoman said: "We have set long-term goals to stop the decades of decline in wildlife and habitats and have already seen some improvements.
"Since 2010 we have helped to create over 150,000 acres of field margins, wetlands and woodlands, and woodland cover is at its highest level in 700 years.
"Economic growth and improving the environment go hand in hand."
She said the department would analyse recommendations made by the committee and respond later this year.
Analysis
By Roger Harrabin, Environment Analyst
When the government came to office ministers said they wanted to leave the environment in a better state than before. They set up a committee to report on the state of the UK's natural assets.
Their report says the elements of the natural environment which provide valuable goods and services to people - like clean air, clean water, food and recreation - are in long-term decline.
That's the bad news. The committee says the good news is it can be put right. They say a 25-year investment plan will bring returns comparable to other infrastructure projects.
Good value investments include saving on health spending by cleaning up dirty air, preventing floods by restoring peat bogs and creating wetlands, improving fisheries and improving green spaces in cities to get people outdoors and improve their mental and physical health.
Shadow environment secretary Maria Eagle said: "David Cameron pledged to lead the 'greenest government ever' but the reality is that we have had almost five years of non-stop degradation and decline of the natural environment under this Tory-led government.
"This report makes it clear that improving the natural environment provides valuable goods and services to people such as clean air, clean water and recreation in both urban and rural populations, and can save our NHS billions."
She said a Labour government would "make public access to green spaces a priority" and "take real steps to give communities power to protect and improve the natural environment."
The document has been welcomed by some environmental groups. "Nature is priceless," said Martin Harper from the RSPB.
"But you can't make good economic decisions without taking nature into account.
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All broadcasters transmitting from Zimbabwean soil, and many of the main newspapers, toe the government line.

The main pro-government dailies, the Harare-based Herald and the Bulawayo-based Chronicle, are tightly controlled by the Information Ministry. The private press, which is relatively vigorous in its criticism of the government, has come under severe pressure.
Newspaper cover prices are beyond the reach of many readers and publishers have been hit by escalating  costs.
Draconian laws and institutions, along with prison sentences for "publishing false news", are used to clamp down on critical comment. Journalists who fail to register with a government body risk imprisonment.
Radio is the main source of information. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) operates TV and radio stations under the umbrella of state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH).
Two national private FM radio stations are licensed - one to a company owned by a supporter of Mr Mugabe, the other to a majority state-owned publisher.
Overseas-based radios transmit into Zimbabwe: Voice of the People, set up by former ZBC staff with funding from the Soros Foundation and a Dutch organisation, leases a shortwave transmitter in Madagascar.
From the US, government-funded Voice of America (VOA) operates Studio 7, which aims to be a source of "objective and balanced news".
Radio broadcasts by foreign stations deemed hostile to the government have been subject to deliberate interference.
There were around 6.7 million internet users by November 2015 (Internetworldstats.com). US-based Freedom House says the internet is nominally free from government interference. However, the medium is relatively expensive and prone to disruption because of power cuts.


A professional skier from America had a lucky escape when she took a big tumble down a mountain in Alaska.

28 January 2016 Last updated at 14:57 GMT
Angel Collinson was doing a stunt for a winter sports movie, when she hit an icy patch and lost control.
A video of her fall has been seen 350,000 times on YouTube and is being used to promote ski safety.
Amazingly, she only suffered injuries to two fingers, and some bruising.
Angel is a professionally trained stunt person, this is not something anyone should try themselves.
Video courtesy of Teton Gravity Research/Paradise Waits


Work has begun on a permanent home for the last Concorde to take to the skies.

The jet has been parked on a runway in Filton since its farewell flight over its home city of Bristol in 2003.
Pilot Les Brodie, who flew her for the final time in 2003, said now everybody would be able to see the "wonder of Concorde".
Concorde 216 will be the centrepiece of the new Bristol Aerospace Centre, which will also explore the development of aviation.
The Â£16m museum will be built around a listed WW1 hangar and will include a purpose-built exhibition hall for the jet.
Project director Lloyd Burnell said the building being built to house Concorde would be completed in about March 2017.
He said it was "great to see diggers on site" and added the main steelwork structure would start being constructed in a month to six weeks' time.
"It's about 90 metres long, about 40 metres wide and about 16 to 20 metres high, so it's a really massive building to contain Concorde," he said.
Les Brodie, who flew Concorde 216 into Filton for the final time in 2003, said it was a "big day".
He said: "It's going to be wonderful to see the aeroplane under cover eventually next year. It's been sat out all these years, since November 26th 2003 when we landed here.
"It's good now to know that it'll be under cover and accessible to the public as well. Now people can come and see the wonder of the Concorde.
"It's a unique means of transport and it hasn't been followed since in all these years."


The family of a man who killed himself in prison has been asked to help the Government prevent inmate suicides.

Dean Saunders, 25, died at HMP Chelmsford in Essex in January 2016 and an inquest jury found he was "let down" by mental health services.
Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, met his relatives at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire and said she had asked them to be involved in policy-making.
She also announced plans for 2,000 new prison officers and improved training.
Speaking during the visit, Ms Truss said: "Certainly it wasn't good enough what happened in the Dean Saunders case.
"We have looked at the case and learnt lessons for the Prison Service and the NHS - but there is more we need to do.
"Recruiting those extra officers will mean that we're able to have one officer for every six offenders and that will help keep those people safe, but also give them the encouragement to get into work, to get the training they need to turn their lives around."
Dean's father Mark said: "I welcome the chance to help change the prison system."
Mr Saunders, from Basildon, was a stay-at-home father, described by his friends as a "generous man" who loved his family.
He had been briefly held in a mental health secure unit in Rochford.
After he was released from hospital, he became "paranoid and confused" and attacked his brother and father in December 2015.
He was then charged with attempted murder and electrocuted himself at HMP Chelmsford, Essex, in January 2016.
An inquest jury concluded he killed himself "while the balance of his mind was disturbed, contributed to by neglect".


US Vice-President Mike Pence has been accused of hypocrisy after it emerged he used a private email as Indiana governor to conduct state business.

He contacted advisers on terrorism and homeland security via an AOL account during his four years as governor, though he did nothing illegal.
The new Indiana governor has released 30 pages of emails after a public records request, but withheld others.
Mr Pence was a vocal critic of Hillary Clinton's private email server set-up.
His email account was hacked last summer when many of his contacts received emails saying Mr Pence and his wife had become stranded in the Philippines and urgently needed money.
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Mr Pence apologised to his contacts and changed his email address.
But on Thursday he rejected any suggestion that his email situation had been the same as that of the former Democratic presidential candidate.
"No, there's no comparison whatsoever between Hillary Clinton's practice of having a private server, mishandling classified information, destroying emails when they were requested by the Congress and by officials," said Mr Pence.
"We have fully complied with all Indiana's laws. We had outside counsel review all of my private email records to identify any emails that ever referenced or mentioned business, state business-related activities.
"And, as Indiana law requires, we transferred all of those to the state of Indiana, subject to the public access laws."
Is Pence a hypocrite? - Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington
Cue the "lock him up" chants by Democrats still raw over Republicans who excoriated Hillary Clinton amid the private email story in 2016.
As with Mrs Clinton's case, there are now concerns that Mr Pence did not rigorously comply with government archiving and open-records guidelines.
There are a few key differences between the former secretary of state and current vice-president, however. Where Mrs Clinton used her own private email server, Mr Pence - just like your grandparents - relied on an America Online account.
There is no evidence that Mrs Clinton's email was illegally accessed, while Mr Pence's account was hijacked by hackers who sent out correspondence to the governor's contacts saying he was stranded in the Philippines and in urgent need of money (to be wired to the hackers, of course).
Although Mr Pence did use his AOL account for messages about state security and discussions of FBI correspondence, there currently are no allegations he dealt with highly classified information. Mrs Clinton had at least some top secret information on her server.
Still, it seems that while Mr Pence was throwing rocks at the Democratic nominee last year, he was living in a digital glass house.
His successor as governor, Eric Holcomb, declined to release an unspecified number of emails from Mr Pence's account, stating that they contain sensitive or confidential information, including that related to homeland security.
But former US President Bill Clinton's adviser, Paul Begala, said Mr Pence was guilty of "staggering" hypocrisy.
"I'm trying to choke down the vomit," Mr Begala told CNN. "I'm sickened. It's too spectacular. Irony has not only died, it drank a gallon of antifreeze, climbed to the top of the Washington Monument and  threw itself off.
"There is no more irony in America."
Indiana law does not prohibit the use of a private email account.
But the legislation is generally interpreted to mean that communications related to official government business must be retained for public records, according to the Indianapolis Star, which broke the story.
Government transparency campaigners say Mr Pence's AOL account missives would not have been automatically recorded for public record-keeping purposes.


A Conservative MP has denied claiming expenses for driving in the UK whilst he was abroad on official visits.

Official records suggest David Morris, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale in Lancashire, claimed mileage 25 times while travelling on foreign trips.
Twelve of those claims relate to either the day he left the UK or arrived back.
Mr Morris said the information the records are based on is inaccurate. The dates on the system are those "the MPs give us," the expenses watchdog said.
The Mail on Sunday alleged Mr Morris claimed Â£1,400 in expenses over four years while on "fact finding" trips abroad.
Mr Morris said he was in the country on 12 of the 25 occasions referred to by the newspaper and called for an overhaul of the "antiquated" MPs' expenses system.
MPs' declarations of interests show that in April, Mr Morris visited the United Arab Emirates as part of a delegation to strengthen business links, BBC research found.
But on the dates he was there, four expense claims were submitted to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) for using his own car in the UK - one in his constituency and three for travel between London and Lancashire, totalling Â£390.
In February, while Mr Morris was in the Falkland Islands, there were three claims for UK mileage at Â£151.
Mr Morris issued a statement on Tuesday saying half the allegations were either before he was flying out of the country or just after he had returned to the UK.
He blamed the expenses watchdog's computer system for other claims, saying a five were a result of it "automatically" selecting "the wrong date".
Mr Morris said three claims "are in dispute" but that these are also down to computer error and "will be investigated with Ipsa."
"I think this exercise highlights the need for a new computer system for MPs' expenses as it appears that the current system is antiquated, resulting in errors that have the potential to do great harm to MPs' reputations", he said.
An Ipsa spokesman said: "We cannot comment on individual cases but the dates we have on our system are the dates the MPs give us."
Mr Morris said solicitors are advising him on "potential legal action against the Mail on Sunday".


When Bernard Clark saw a car unexpectedly pull up outside his home in Greenock in 2011, it marked the beginning of a remarkable chapter in his life.

Out stepped two men he had never met but instantly knew. They had tracked Bernard down against the odds, mainly thanks to sheer determination.
Bernard said: "When I met George and Jim - when them two walked into the house - nobody had to tell me. When I saw them even getting out of the car, before they came to the door, they were my brothers."
Bernard was close to his sister Joan as they were growing up. The pair were removed from the family home in 1956, along with their four-month-old sister Sandra.
The authorities found the children in squalid conditions and covered in lice, in what was described in press reports from the time as a "drinking den".
Their mother Elizabeth Clark was jailed for six months after the depute fiscal at Greenock Sheriff Court called it "one of the worst case of child neglect" he had ever seen.
However, what Bernard had forgotten - he was not even two years old at the time - was that five other siblings had also been living in the house.
Bernard said: "As far as I knew, it was just Joan and I. I was never told about any other brothers and sisters."
Both Bernard and Joan were fostered together, while Sandra was later adopted to another family in Ayr.
But life did not improve for the pair, who suffered regular beatings in their new household, with Bernard later sexually abused.
George Clark was the sibling who had set out to find out more about his family.
He and his older brothers Tommy and James had also been living in the family home in 1956 when they were "boarded out" to a farm in the Highlands as a result of the neglect case.
Boarding out was a practice that began in the 1870s and was used by social services to send neglected children out of densely-populated urban areas into the countryside.
However, two of the brothers, James and George - aged just eight and six - suffered sustained physical abuse and were treated as slaves at the hands of their new guardians.
They were eventually removed by social services after their living conditions, in a dilapidated outbuilding, were discovered.
For more than 40 years, George worked to uncover the truth about what had happened to his other brothers and sisters.
He first found his younger brother David, who had been given up for adoption by his mother Elizabeth at 10 months old to a Salvation Army home.
David had been brought up under the name Ian McLean. He found out at the age of 18 that he had been adopted, but was completely unaware that he had any brothers or sisters.
George later discovered another younger brother, Peter. He too had been given up for adoption and his name changed. He grew up as Ian Savage.
Ian McLean said: "We were both adopted separately. We grew up without knowing anything about each other, or in fact anything about any of the others."
He added: "George was the driving force to bring the family together."
Before his death in March 2015, George was able to discover the incredible truth that there were in fact 17 children in his family.
Among them were six children, John, Isobel, Ruth, Anna, Elizabeth and Peter, who all died in childhood - some at just a few days old.
George did, however, find his sister Sandra living with her family near Ayr, despite being told by the authorities that she had been taken to Australia.
Sandra too was completely unaware that she had any brothers and sisters. Sadly a few months after she met George, Sandra died.
He also tracked down his older sister Mary Ann in Dundee. Born in 1937, she died in 1993 before she could be reunited with all her living siblings.
According to her sons, she had never got over the loss of her brothers, including her older brother Billy, who was sent to a children's home in Aberdeen and very little heard of since.
George was only ever able to discover the fate of 15 of his siblings. Two - Tommy, born in 1945, and Andrew, born in 1957 - he never found.
However, the family were later able to trace Andrew, the youngest child. He was the only child who grew up with his mother Elizabeth and his father William.
He has the sole photograph of Elizabeth, taken when he was about three years old.
Andrew was also completely unaware that he had brothers and sisters.
He was found by the family living in England thanks to numerous local newspaper adverts they had placed.
The family has struggled to come to terms with the neglect they experienced as children, however, their anger at the authorities is palpable.
Bernard said: "They lied to us. What were they trying to achieve?
"What kind of life would I have had if we'd all stuck together. Would it have been better? Who knows? But we never had the chance."
James, who worked with George to find information on the family, said it took the pair four-and-a-half years to get access to their files from Inverclyde Council.
He added: "This is not just one family. There are hundreds of families that have been put through the system and left in a mess. It's got to stop.
"What the system has done to this family is pull it apart in immeasurable ways."
Ian Savage, formerly Peter Clark, added: "I think it's very sad that families can be kept apart and not know that other members of the family exist.
"You should have a right somehow to know that you had a family. It should be your choice as you get older."
The family has been told that the Data Protection Act 1998 bars the authorities from freely releasing all records connected with their case.
The act prohibits the release of personal information to third parties and has directly stopped family members from accessing details that would have helped them trace their brothers or sisters.
A spokeswomen for Scotland's Information Commissioner said: "The Data Protection Act does not prevent councils releasing personal data.
"However, before disclosing any information in cases like this, councils are required to consider all the circumstances involved.
"They would need a legal basis for disclosing the personal details; they should consider whether disclosing the information is fair and lawful and also check if any other laws apply before complying with a request."
In a statement, Inverclyde Council said it was working with the family to overcome some of the difficulties they had faced gaining access to their information.
It said: "We recognise and fully understand the family's disappointment. In recent years we have strived to address the barriers experienced by the Clark family."
A Family Divided, which tells the story of the Clark family's struggle to find each other, will be broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday, 11 April on BBC2 Scotland.


All legal claims brought against the BBC and BBC Spotlight's Editor, Jeremy Adams, by Frank Cushnahan have been dropped.

Mr Cushnahan was one of the key figures in the controversy over the sale of National Assets Management Agency's Northern Ireland property portfolio.
The former banker tried to stop the BBC from reporting on his involvement in the sale.
He has now withdrawn his claims against the BBC.
The claims related to two major Spotlight investigations into NAMA, which were broadcast in February and September 2016.
NAMA took effective control of a property loan portfolio in Northern Ireland worth more than Â£1bn after the financial crisis.
It set up a committee to advise it on Northern Ireland issues and Mr Cushnahan was recommended for appointment by the Democratic Unionist Party.
He served on the committee from 2010 to 2013.
Both Spotlight programmes investigated the circumstances surrounding the sale of NAMA's remaining Northern Ireland loan portfolio, known as Project Eagle.
They also examined the role which, amongst others, Mr Cushnahan played in advising NAMA, commercial bidders for Project Eagle and Northern Ireland-based debtors, whose assets were controlled by NAMA.
Mr Cushnahan's claim for an injunction was rejected in its entirety by the senior judge of the Queen's Bench Division, Mr Justice Stephens, in a judgment dated 10 March 2017.
In his judgment, the judge recognised that "there could be no sensible contention" that the broadcast of the programmes was not in the public interest and that there was a "clear public interest in publication."
Several parts of the claim were also struck out by the judge as an abuse of process, including an attempt to bring action against the Editor of BBC Spotlight for contempt of court.
Following nine months of legal action, Mr Cushnahan dropped his appeal against Mr Justice Stephens' decision on 21 June.
Reporting restrictions put in place at the outset of this case in September 2016 have now been lifted by the court, allowing the BBC and other media organisations to report the matter for the first time.
The BBC has not apologised, paid damages, or any of Mr Cushnahan's legal fees.
In a statement,  Mr Cushnahan acknowledged that his court action against the BBC had not  been successful,  but said he had co-operated at all times with the investigation into Nama.
He also said he now intends to  bring a case against the UK government  to the European Court of Human Rights because he believes that UK law does not provide adequate safeguards to allow him to protect his reputation.


York's horrendous run of form extended to 16 without a win in all competitions after a convincing defeat at Bromley.

Jack Holland advanced from the back to give the Ravens the perfect start, flick-heading Blair Turgott's free-kick across the diving Kyle Letheren.
York's wretched run of luck was then emphasised by Charlie Cooper's header, which came back off the inside of the Bromley post.
Before half-time, George Porter broke down the left and fired in from an acute angle to double York's trouble.
After the break, Turgott was again the provider as Neil Smith's men secured victory. The winger's corner was headed in nicely by substitute Adam Cunnington.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 3, York City 0.
Second Half ends, Bromley 3, York City 0.
Goal!  Bromley 3, York City 0. Adam Cunnington (Bromley).
Substitution, Bromley. Louis Dennis replaces George Porter.
Substitution, Bromley. Adam Cunnington replaces Tobi Sho-Silva.
Substitution, York City. Alex Bruton replaces Robbie McDaid.
Substitution, Bromley. Ben Chorley replaces Rob Swaine.
Substitution, York City. Callum Rzonca replaces Yan Klukowski.
Substitution, York City. Scott Fenwick replaces Charlie Cooper.
Second Half begins Bromley 2, York City 0.
First Half ends, Bromley 2, York City 0.
Dave Martin (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alan Julian (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Bromley 2, York City 0. George Porter (Bromley).
Goal!  Bromley 1, York City 0. Jack Holland (Bromley).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Police investigating the "horrendous" rape of a woman in Uddingston have said an operation at the scene of the attack one week on was "worthwhile".

The 20-year-old was raped at about 22:15 on 24 March in a wooded area close to Castle Gate near the South Lanarkshire town's railway station.
Police interviewed people in the area between 21:00 and 23:00 on Tuesday in an attempt to gain further information.
Officers said they identified possible new witnesses.
Det Insp Tom Carty, of the specialist crime division, said: "Last night's stop and interview operation was definitely a worthwhile exercise.
"Officers were able to speak to people in the area, identify potential new witnesses and acquire new information.
"I would continue to encourage anyone who has information about this incident to contact police."
The victim was attacked from behind as she walked home from the railway station.
The suspect was described as being white, aged 30-50, and about 5ft 9in tall. He had red hair, red facial hair and was wearing dark clothing, including a hood.
Police said previously they wanted to trace a man walking his dog in Main Street at about 21:30, a couple walking in nearby Castle Avenue and a man seen running in Kylepark Avenue at about 22:40.
Det Insp Carty said officers were "doing everything we can to find the culprit".


A residential school for boys with emotional and behavioural problems has been temporarily closed while police investigate physical abuse claims.

The principal of Chelfham Mill in Barnstaple said it would stay shut for at least six weeks, and Ofsted has suspended its registration to operate.
The privately-run school provides residential and day care for 41 pupils aged seven to 18.
Chelfham Mill normally provides some day care during the summer.
Councils have been instructed by Ofsted to find alternative provision for boys in their care while the investigation takes place, and parents have been informed of the situation.
In a statement, Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were "working closely with partner organisations including social services as this investigation takes place".
The principal of the school, Katy Roberts, said: "The school has been closed for an initial period of six weeks pending investigation by an external agency, but I can assure you I am committed to supporting the investigation process."
An Ofsted spokesperson said: "Ofsted has suspended the registration of the setting pending further inquiries - this will be kept under review as the investigation continues."
Alistair Dewhirst, Devon county councillor for Teignbridge South, told BBC News he had asked the chief executive of the council for an urgent report about the "scandal" at the school.
He said he had previously raised safeguarding issues with the authority.
Mr Dewhirst has asked the council how many children are affected by the closure and for an "assurance that they are now in a safe location".
He also questioned "what will be done to make our inspection regime robust enough to ensure that this sort of Dickensian scandal does not happen again".
Devon County Council said in a statement: "Private schools are registered and regulated by Ofsted. We have worked with Chelfham Mill in the past to help them make improvements following Ofsted inspections.
"Senior officers are preparing a reply to Mr Dewhirst's questions."
The regulator's latest report on Chelfham Mill, in February 2015, found young people were not being adequately safeguarded and the school had "declined in effectiveness".
"The senior leadership team are not successfully managing this home," it said.
The school's "mission statement" is to "provide a secure, caring environment in which each boy can realise his full educational and social capabilities and become a better adjusted individual ready to cope successfully with life's demands".


Ecuadoreans are growing impatient at the slow pace of vote counting with the results of the presidential poll delayed until Wednesday or Thursday.

It is still not clear whether there will be a second round or if governing party candidate Lenin Moreno will gain the 40% of the votes needed to win outright in the first round.
With 95% of the votes counted, he fell just short with 39.23%.
His closest rival, Guillermo Lasso, said the delays "did not smell right".
Mr Lasso is trailing more than 10 percentage points behind Mr Moreno but is confident he could beat him in a second round in which opposition supporters are likely to unite behind him.
National Electoral Council President Juan Pablo Pozo said there was a "marked trend" and that a run-off looked "inevitable" with only 5% of votes still to be counted.
But he called on Ecuadoreans to "wait for the results with calm".
He assured Ecuadoreans that "not one vote will be stolen from anyone".
Lenin Moreno:
Guillermo Lasso:
Third-placed candidate Cynthia Viteri has already said she would throw her weight behind Mr Lasso in a run-off.
"How can they take three days to count 12%?" Mr Lasso asked referring to the unprecedented slow pace at which the last remaining votes were trickling in.
In previous elections, official results were announced on the night of the election.
Supporters of Mr Lasso, some of whom gathered outside the National Electoral Council on Monday, were not convinced.
"It seems like democracy in this country has disappeared and this government does whatever it likes with our vote," Mateo Mendez told Reuters news agency.
"It's very strange that here in the 21st Century the results aren't known the same day as the election," Mr Lasso said while calling on his supporters to stay mobilised.
Mr Moreno was critical of Mr Lasso's call for Ecuadoreans to take to the streets if there was no second round.
"It's striking to me that there is a loser politician out there calling for violence,'' he said.
Mr Moreno has said that while he is confident he will gain enough votes to stave off a second round, he is ready to carry on fighting.
"A revolutionary is a revolutionary for life," he tweeted [in Spanish].


The British government will match the first £2m of public donations to an emergency appeal for people affected by the conflict in Gaza.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said the Israel-Hamas conflict had left hundreds of thousands "desperate" for food, water, shelter and medical care.
Minister Justine Greening echoed that and said government matching meant DEC donations would "go twice as far".
A three-day ceasefire in Gaza is in its final day, with indirect talks ongoing.
The talks, about a long-term truce, are taking place in Cairo
Israeli officials say they are willing to extend the ceasefire before it expires on Friday morning but Hamas, which controls Gaza, says there is no agreement and there is a big gap between the sides' positions.
Ms Greening, the UK's International Development Secretary, said: "Four weeks of violence have left people in Gaza in desperate need of food, shelter and medical supplies.
"The British people have shown immense generosity in situations like this and the UK government will help that generosity go twice as far.
"For people wanting to help civilians in Gaza caught up in this crisis, giving now means every pound they donate will buy twice as many food parcels, provide twice as many blankets and help twice as many people to get through this crisis."
The UK government said the £2m commitment would take its total support for the people of Gaza since the start of the crisis to £17 million.
Saleh Saeed, chief executive of the DEC, an umbrella organisation which brings together 13 UK aid charities to deal with international crises, said this was a "vital moment" for Gaza.
"Hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes, and whilst many are now returning the situation they are returning to is very grave," he said.
"They have limited access to even the most basic human needs including food and water.
"The healthcare system is on the verge of collapse."
He said work by major aid agencies was being scaled up "as the ceasefire continues to hold", but DEC members "urgently need money".
Four weeks of fierce fighting between Israeli forces and militants in Gaza claimed more than 1,900 lives.
Palestinian officials say at least 1,875 people have been killed since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on 8 July.
Israel's government says 64 soldiers have been killed, along with two Israeli civilians and a Thai national.


Researchers believe they are closer to developing a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer's.

There is no definitive test for the brain-wasting disease. Doctors rely on cognition tests and brain scans.
A technique published in the journal Genome Biology showed differences in the tiny fragments of genetic material floating in the blood could be used to identify patients.
The test was accurate 93% of the time in trials on 202 people.
One of the main goals of Alzheimer's research is to find ways of detecting the disease earlier.
It starts years before symptoms appear and it is thought that future treatments will need to be given before large parts of the brain are destroyed. This will require new ways of testing for the condition.
The team at the Saarland University, in Germany, analysed 140 microRNAs (fragments of genetic code) in patients with Alzheimer's disease and in healthy people.
They found 12 microRNAs in the blood which were present in markedly different levels in people with Alzheimer's. These became the basis of their test.
Early trials showed it was successful and was "able to distinguish with high diagnostic accuracies between Alzheimer's disease patients and healthy" people.
However, more research to improve accuracy and to see whether it would work in the clinic is still needed before the test would be considered as a way of diagnosing patients.
Dr Eric Karran, from the charity Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "This is an interesting approach to studying changes in blood in Alzheimer's and suggests that microRNAs could be playing a role in the disease.
"The findings highlight the importance of continuing research efforts to understand the contribution of microRNAs to Alzheimer's, but the translation of this into a blood test for Alzheimer's in the clinic is still some way off.
"A blood test to help detect Alzheimer's could be a useful addition to a doctor's diagnostic armoury, but such a test must be well validated before it's considered for use. We need to see these findings confirmed in larger samples and more work is needed to improve the test's ability to distinguish Alzheimer's from other neurological conditions."


They say Arran is like Scotland in miniature.

Goatfell's handsome peak, the standing stones at Machrie Moor, and the doily-laden tea rooms with million-pound views and humbly-priced homemade Victoria sponge, are perhaps partly responsible for the island's tourism boom.
Another is that the cost of getting there is a lot cheaper than it used to be. Since the road equivalent tariff (RET) was introduced by the Scottish government in 2014, the cost of a return car journey on the ferry has fallen from £70 to £30.
Indeed, since fares were slashed there's been a 51% increase in car bookings on the Ardrossan-Brodick ferry and 60% on the Claonaig-Lochranza route.
It's great news for the island's 5,000 residents many of whom at least partly rely on tourism. In fact this year, they're expecting to host between 250,000 to 300,000 visitors.
So now would seem a good time to close all nine public toilets across the isle. Wouldn't it?
Rewind back to last spring and North Ayrshire Council announced that it was to close the conveniences to save £35,000 a year.
Many are decrepit after decades of use and are in need of repairs worth tens of thousands of pounds.
The local authority's justification included estimations that it cost "tens of pounds per pee" to maintain public loos in rural North Ayrshire.
Cue panic. Locals protested and an online petition to save the toilet blocks was launched.
Some villagers even offered to take the council up on its offer of a "community takeover" of their nearest toilet.
They enthusiastically debated the virtues of taking matters into their own hands to re-plumb, to replace doors, plunge blocked bowls and stock loo rolls. All for the sake of keeping Arran a "welcoming place".
Bill Calderwood who is chairman of Arran Community Council said there have been positive discussions which could see more than half of the conveniences reprieved thanks to volunteers.
"It's part of this making sure that Arran is seen as a welcoming and a good destination," he said.
"It's also a good thing for health and safety.
"That's the other thing - there is a requirement on councils to provide dog facilities but not for humans.
"It's a bit ironic for a tourist island to be faced with that."
Still at least three of the facilities appear doomed. For example, come April, good luck if you're out in Lamlash or Lochranza, and you get that sinking feeling.
Lochranza at the northern tip boasts the island's second (and very modest) ferry terminal. A mile away is a community hall.
Kate Hartley, who looks after it, said: "If the ferry has just left and you've arrived there you're going to have about an hour and a half before it comes back in again.
"People are not going to want to leave the queue in the ferry to go and find a toilet.
"So I think it's going to have a major implication, more on people visiting Arran which is what our livelihood is on the island nowadays."
As Ms Hartley spoke, there occurred an auspicious and comical interruption. The postman, who'd been circumnavigating the island's perimeter road in his red van all afternoon - dashed with haste into the hall and directly into the gentlemen's.
It's never polite to interview a fellow emerging from a toilet about unmentionable things like toilets. But postman Chris graciously weighed in to the debate.
"I think it's ridiculous, I really do," he said.
"What are you supposed to do if you need the toilet, like anybody who's disabled or on holiday here and can't find anywhere to go.
"If it wasn't for opening hours at the community hall just now, that'd be me. You'd have to tie a knot in it!"
Drive south to the island's largest village Lamlash, and you can drink in views of the breathtaking Holy Island which shelters the bay to the east, as well as a decrepit, dank and depressing block of toilets on the shoreline.
North Ayrshire Council is closing them and no-one is planning a replacement. The community balked at an estimated £6,000 for the initial refurbishment and about £6,000 a year for running costs.
Jane Howe owns the Pierhead Tavern directly across the road.
She said: "The consequences for us will be that everybody will come and use the toilets inside here which doesn't seem fair.
"The sailors will come and change, the children will come running in from the beach across the road, and people hiking in the hills come in.
"Once the business is closed at night time people are going to be using the street or the back of the car park to go to the toilet.
"Who's going to be responsible for cleaning the mess up?
"Indeed if the council says it costs £30 a pee, perhaps they could take that off our rates bill."
Ms Howe said a few years ago VisitArran approached North Ayrshire Council about a possible "comfort stop" scheme, where local businesses could gain something off their business rates if they allowed the public to use their facilities.
However, the proposal "went nowhere".
Craig Hatton, executive director of place at North Ayrshire Council, said there was major pressure on budgets.
"Since 2010, we've had to save £73m which is a considerable amount of money," he said.
"In terms of toilets we really value these facilities but we have a number of competing demands.
"The closures on Arran will save £35,000 a year.
"But we're hoping that in the longer term that most or all of these facilities will be transferred through community take-overs to remain open."
In the meantime an online petition calling for a rethink - with 1,600 signatures - has been submitted to North Ayrshire Council.
Are the cuts of £35,000 value for money or a false economy?
Whatever happens, islanders seem determined to do whatever it takes to keep up their reputation as a convenient place to visit.


The International Bomber Command Centre has been targeted by thieves for the second time in a matter of weeks.

Thieves stole a 5m (16ft 4in) flagpole - complete with Union Jack - at some point over the weekend.
Earlier this month, items intended for an open day, including two generators, food and drink were stolen.
Last year, a memorial to the thousands of crewmen who served in Bomber Command during World War Two was damaged by trespassers.
Director of the centre Nicky Barr said it was "extremely frustrating".
She said: "I had great faith in the human race, but it has been somewhat diminished -  I don't understand why someone would want to target a memorial."
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The Lincoln attraction is to honour the air crews' efforts with exhibitions, information and accounts from service personnel and survivors.
The centre - set to open in September - still needs Â£2m in donations and events are being held to raise the cash.
125,000
Aircrew served in Bomber Command in World War Two
364,514 operational sorties flown
55,573 aircrew killed in action
25,611 killed flying from Lincolnshire
70% of aircrew were killed, taken prisoner or injured
Mrs Barr said fundraising efforts were being hampered by the break-ins.
She said: "Whether it was done as high jinks, or whether there is a market for second-hand flag poles, I just don't know.
"The reality is the sacrifices made by these guys [Bomber Command crews] allows for the freedom whoever is doing this has got today."
Officials have launched a petition in a bid to get further funding from the government to complete the project.


The biggest change to student finance in Wales in a generation has been unveiled by the education secretary.

All students will get £1,000 a year before a means-tested grant to help with living costs.
But it will be less generous to those from better off families than a threshold suggested by an independent review.
Students from households earning more than £59,200 now - not £80,000 - will only be eligible for the basic £1,000.
The tuition fee grant of £5,100 will be scrapped and replaced with a maintenance grant of just over £8,000 for students from the most disadvantaged families.
Course fees will be paid back with a loan which students will repay once they have graduated and started earning more than £21,000.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams was responding to Prof Sir Ian Diamond's recommendations in September, following a three year review.
£1,000 grant each year for all students
£9,113 maximum level of additional support towards living costs
£7,000 average support with living costs students would receive
£5,100 existing tuition fees grant to be scrapped
£59,200 family income bracket to receive basic £1,000 grant
Ms Williams said the Welsh Government was looking to introduce "the most generous and progressive system anywhere in the UK".
She added: "If you want to go to university, this system will allow you to do so. Academic ability should determine whether you go to university, not your social background."
The changes, which should take place in the academic year 2018-19, mean:
Government sources said around a third of students would be entitled to the full grant and less than a third will get the minimum of £1,000.
About 10% of UK households have an income of over £59,000 but Welsh Government officials were unable to give a figure for the number of households in Wales earning that amount.
But Ms Williams said they had decided to limit the threshold to £59,200 "as we feel it would be sensible and prudent given the current financial outlook for the public sector in Wales".
Officials believe the changes could save at least £40m by the fourth or fifth year of operation, which would then go back into higher and further education.
Ms Williams said: "Our proposals are a fundamental shift so that Wales can develop a higher education funding and student finance system that really does provide for all."
Conservative education spokesman Darren Millar welcomed "the direction of travel" in the announcement but said there would be "an impact on the squeezed middle".
Plaid Cymru education spokesman Llyr Gruffydd welcomed many aspects of the proposals, including the central point that full-time, part-time and post-graduate study would be considered equally and would have access to similar support "that would create a more comprehensible landscape for many people".
The changes come amid concerns the current system is unaffordable.
Universities can charge a maximum of £9,000 for a full-time undergraduate course but, at present, Welsh students only cover the first £3,900.
The rest has been paid for by the taxpayer - at a cost of £237m in 2015-16.
Speaking at the time, Prof Diamond said higher education funding needed to be a "partnership between wider society and the individual".
He added: "In contrast to England, where maintenance support for students will be based on loans, we propose a significant universal element of maintenance support for full-time students."
Prof Diamond, vice-chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, said it would mean students from Wales would face a "significantly lower average level of debt on leaving university than those from England."
Figures from the Student Loans Company show that the average loan balance for Welsh students who started repayments in 2015/16 was £16,120 - much lower than the £24,640 for English students.


Rare fragments of a medieval stained glass window, which had been forgotten about for 70 years, are to be returned to the church they were removed from.

The pieces, dating to the 14th Century, were removed from the Lincolnshire parish church, considered to be one of the finest in England, in 1946.
Heckington's St Andrews Church now needs to raise thousands of pounds to install the pieces in a new window.
Only 5% of all medieval stained glass survives today, according to experts.
The fragments are believed to be about 700 years old, dating back to when the church was founded by Richard de Potesgrave, a chaplain to Kings Edward II and Edward III.
Keith Barley discovered the fragments at his glass studio in York, where they had been stored 70 years ago after the west window of St Andrew's Church was replaced.
"This is a chronicle of the destruction of the period of the Reformation and Puritanism subsequently," he said.
"That makes these pieces such a remarkable survival."
Lesley Pinchbeck, from the church, said returning the fragments to the church will let visitors know "what a beautiful monument there is here".
But the project could cost thousands of pounds, she added.
Dr Jim Cheshire, art history lecturer at the University of Lincoln, said medieval fragments were very rare.
"We probably have about 5% of the stained glass we had in the Middle Ages," he said.
"But, to get fragments we know originally came from a parish church is really very valuable."


GPs in Northern Ireland have voted to take another step closer to leaving the health service.

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) agreed at a meeting in Belfast on Wednesday that practices could leave at a future date.
In December, hundreds of individual GPs signed undated resignation letters.
Senior doctors have been warning for some time of a "perfect storm" over recruitment, workload and funding.
Wednesday's vote, by the BMA's Northern Ireland's General Practitioners Committee (NIGPC), will not trigger immediate action, but will be banked and could be used at a later date in negotiations with the government.
GPs opting to go private could mean charging a consultation fee of around Â£45 for patients - similar to the system in the Republic of Ireland.
The BMA predicts about 20 practices will close within a year due to lack of investment.
The NIGPC has called for three measures "to prevent the collapse of general practice across the country":
NIGPC chair Dr Tom Black said the decision to proceed with undated resignations was taken "with deep regret".
"General practice is on the brink in Northern Ireland and we feel we have no alternative to proceed with collecting undated resignations from our members," he said.
"Continued inaction to save general practice has forced us into this situation.
"The work of the Northern Ireland government may have stalled, but the need to provide safe and efficient healthcare to patients has not stalled. General practice is being delivered under unsustainable conditions that we can no longer tolerate."
Health Minister Michelle O'Neill said that in the Delivering Together report she had "set out the actions that will support the long-term sustainability of general practice here".
She said there was investment in technology to "help transform" the way general practice works and to improve the service to patients as well as a "substantial increase" to 111 GP training places over the next two years.
"These commitments, which will help to ease GP workload pressures and attract more doctors into general practice, will build on the already significant investment in general practice," Mrs O'Neill added.
In 2016-17 an investment of up to Â£7m in GP services was agreed following contract negotiations, building on an investment of up to Â£5m made in the last financial year.
"Recognising the immediate pressures that GPs are under I can also now confirm that I have agreed to provide relief from some of the administrative tasks that face our doctors - by removing reporting requirements for the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) until the end of the financial year," said Mrs O'Neill.


Syrian rebel activists have disputed accounts of mass casualties and abductions in an attack on the eastern city of Deir al-Zour by Islamic State.

Reports by Syrian state media and an opposition monitoring body spoke of hundreds of people being killed and abducted.
However the activists told the BBC there had been no killings or abductions on a large scale.
The IS attack took place on a government-held area on Saturday.
The focus of the reports is the village of Baghiliya, on the north-western outskirts of Deir al-Zour.
Large parts of the city have been besieged by IS for the past year.
At least 135 people were killed in the attack on Deir al-Zour, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - the biggest organisation tracking developments on the ground - reported earlier.
Syrian state media put the toll even higher, saying about 300 civilians had died.
One activist told BBC regional analyst Sebastian Usher that IS went into Baghiliya - an area of farms - with lists of pro-government fighters.
Around 20 were arrested and some killed, he said.
Some families were rounded up by IS and taken away to another area.
However this was not on anything like the scale suggested by the Observatory of 400 family members being abducted.
Syrian government forces backed by Russian airstrikes are reported ot have mounted a counter-offensive.
The UN recently warned of "sharply deteriorating" conditions in parts of Deir al-Zour, one of a number of towns under siege as a result of Syria's five-year civil war.
What's happening in Syria?
More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in almost five years of conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a brutal civil war. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels opposed to his rule battle each other - as well as jihadist militants from Islamic State.
Why are civilians under siege?
All parties to the conflict are using siege warfare, encircling populated areas, preventing civilians from leaving and blocking humanitarian access in an attempt to force opponents to surrender. Shortages of food, water, medicine, electricity and fuel have led to malnutrition and deaths among vulnerable groups.
Where are the sieges?
Government forces are besieging various locations in the eastern Ghouta area, outside Damascus, as well as the capital's western suburb of Darayya and the nearby mountain towns of Zabadani and Madaya. Rebel forces have encircled the villages of Foah and Kefraya in the northern province of Idlib, while IS militants are besieging government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zour.


Apple chief executive Tim Cook says the FBI's court order to access the mobile phone of San Bernardino killer Syed Farook is "dangerous", "chilling" and "unprecedented".

The FBI says Apple's lack of co-operation is hindering its investigation.
Here's a plain English guide to the debate, and an explanation of what may happen next.
Before we begin, let's establish what the FBI isn't asking for: it doesn't want Apple to break the encryption on the device. Why? Because it can't.
Apple made the conscious choice in 2014 to remove itself from being able to access encrypted devices, mainly to avoid ethical dilemmas like this. So...
Here are the FBI's specific demands, as outlined in court documents.
The FBI wants Apple to alter what is known as a SIF - System Information File. In this context, the FBI is basically referring to the software that runs on the device. The FBI wants Apple to create a new SIF to place on Farook's iPhone that will allow it to carry out several functions normal iPhones do not allow.
The FBI wants to be able to:
As this row goes through the courts, expect that final element to be a key point the FBI makes - it will argue that the SIF will only work on Farook's phone, and will be known only by Apple, who could choose to destroy it.
In a letter to customers, Apple boss Tim Cook said he did not want to introduce what is known in IT security as a "back door". Like a literal back door, it's simply a different way in. In this case, a different way to get into the phone other than by using the passcode, i.e. the front door.
Back doors are a big deal in security. Hackers make their money from finding them - a back door into a major piece of software or popular device can be highly lucrative. Buyers range from criminals to governments looking to spy or obtain data they otherwise wouldn't be able to reach.
Apple says introducing a back door into the iPhone wouldn't just make Farook's phone insecure and accessible to the US government - it would make every iPhone inherently weaker.
"You can't have a back door that's only for the good guys," Mr Cook said in an interview in 2015.
"Any back door is something that bad guys can exploit."
Most experts the BBC has spoken to think it is possible to access Farook's phone without harming the data. And significantly, Apple hasn't denied it's possible either, instead choosing to discuss the merits of why it thinks it shouldn't.
An in-depth explanation of how it could be done was posted by security research firm Trail of Bits.
By using the same technique that enables "jailbreaking" - the practice of forcibly removing restrictions and security measures within the iPhone's software - you could force new software onto the iPhone, researcher Dan Guido wrote.
He said that by using security signatures that only it possesses, Apple is capable of creating modified software that would work just on Farook's iPhone.
"This customized version of iOS (*ahem* FBiOS) will ignore passcode entry delays, will not erase the device after any number of incorrect attempts, and will allow the FBI to hook up an external device to facilitate guessing the passcode," he wrote.
"The FBI will send Apple the recovered iPhone so that this customized version of iOS never physically leaves the Apple campus."
On Wednesday, Apple's peers in the technology industry - also eager to keep reputations over security intact - gave their backing to the iPhone maker.
Jan Koum, the creator of Whatsapp, which is owned by Facebook, wrote: "We must not allow this dangerous precedent to be set. Today our freedom and our liberty is at stake."
The Information Technology Industry Council, a lobbying group that represents Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Samsung, Blackberry and a host of others, put out this statement: "Our fight against terrorism is actually strengthened by the security tools and technologies created by the technology sector, so we must tread carefully given our shared goals of improving security, instead of creating insecurity."
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said: "Forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users' privacy."
Edward Snowden, whose revelations about US government spying provoked Apple's stance on passcode-protected data, said the FBI was "creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around".
White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday that the FBI was "simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device".
The FBI, he said, had the full support of the White House in the matter.
Potential Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he agreed "100% with the courts".
"We should open it up," he told Fox News.
While much of the technology community has backed Apple's stance, some commentators say the company is framing the debate poorly.
On mic.com, writer Jack Smith argued: "The truth is that there is a protection in place: a warrant.
"We should fight to make warrants difficult to obtain. But the real unprecedented feat is the idea that a corporation like Apple should be able to prevent our law enforcement from carrying out a lawfully obtained warrant."
In the UK, the family of murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby told the BBC Apple was "protecting a murderer's privacy at the cost of public safety".
Apple has a few more days to file its formal response to the court, which can be summed up as: "No."
After a series of briefings at this local level, if neither side is happy, the case will be passed on to the District Court.
Still no solution?
The case would then be escalated to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the court which handles these sorts of issues on the US West Coast.
If that court backs the FBI, and Apple again refuses, it could eventually reach the US Supreme Court, whose decision will ultimately be final, and in this utterly fascinating case, precedent setting.
That could take several years.
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Conor McAleny scored a hat-trick as Oxford's pursuit of a play-off place gathered momentum with a convincing win at relegation-threatened Chesterfield.

Oxford began confidently and McAleny wasted two chances inside a minute from 12 yards before the visitors went ahead in the 17th minute.
Toni Martinez got behind Chesterfield on the left and pulled the back to Hall, who held off a defender before slotting the ball in from close range.
Chesterfield responded with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake releasing Kristian Dennis whose 20-yard shot was beaten away by Simon Eastwood, but Oxford scored again nine minutes before the interval.
Hall pounced on a loose clearance and set up McAleny, who sent a swerving shot from the edge of the box past Thorsten Stuckmann.
Stuckmann kept Chesterfield in the game by keeping out a Phil Edwards header after the break, but he was beaten again just after the hour mark as Oxford moved further ahead.
McAleny was allowed to run inside unchecked before firing a 25-yard shot inside Stuckmann's right post.
Chesterfield fell apart in the 69th minute when Ian Evatt gave the ball away and McAleny scored his third from just inside the area as Oxford cruised to victory.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Chesterfield 0, Oxford United 4.
Second Half ends, Chesterfield 0, Oxford United 4.
Attempt blocked. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Antonio Martínez (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Osman Kakay.
Attempt saved. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Sam Hird.
Attempt blocked. Conor McAleny (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).
Conor McAleny (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Chesterfield. Conceded by Joe Rothwell.
Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Ángel.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Rai Simons replaces David Faupala.
Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Thorsten Stuckmann.
Attempt saved. Antonio Martínez (Oxford United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner,  Chesterfield. Conceded by Cheyenne Dunkley.
Corner,  Chesterfield. Conceded by Philip Edwards.
Attempt missed. Conor McAleny (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ángel (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Ruffels (Oxford United).
Goal!  Chesterfield 0, Oxford United 4. Conor McAleny (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor McAleny (Oxford United).
Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Liam Sercombe (Oxford United).
Substitution, Chesterfield. Ched Evans replaces Dan Gardner.
Attempt missed. Dan Gardner (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Goal!  Chesterfield 0, Oxford United 3. Conor McAleny (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Martínez.
Corner,  Chesterfield. Conceded by Philip Edwards.
Foul by Liam Grimshaw (Chesterfield).
Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Oxford United. Joe Rothwell replaces Robert Hall because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.


Is the referendum on Britain's EU membership turning into a re-run of Scotland's independence vote?

Many of the arguments have a familiar ring to them - but there are some crucial differences and, perhaps, lessons to be learned.
Scots were warned of the risks of leaving the UK in 2014. The UK government claimed "going it alone would be costly", suggesting homeowners could face higher mortgage payments and ruling out a currency union.
Now, voters are being told of the potential economic consequences of leaving the EU. Prime Minister David Cameron has said: "A vote to leave is the gamble of the century. And it would be our children's futures on the table if we were to roll the dice."
Campaigners in favour of Scottish independence and those who back leaving the EU have been accused of understating the risks of change.
In both debates the risks of the status-quo were also highlighted. In the Scottish campaign, pro-independence activists said the NHS would be under threat if the union continued, while pro-Brexit campaigners warn of security threats staying the in the EU and a worsening migration crisis.
During Scotland's debate, some business leaders wrote open letters urging Scotland to remain in the UK. That's happened again with the EU debate, with bosses of companies including BT, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone signing a letter saying an EU exit would deter investment in the UK.
Lloyds Banking Group said during the Scottish campaign that it would relocate to London if Scotland chose independence. Standard Life also threatened to move.
This time, HSBC has warned it will move jobs to France.
Speaking months before Scotland went to the polls in 2014, US President Barack Obama said the US wanted to retain a "strong, robust, united and effective partner" in the United Kingdom.
The Spanish prime minister fired a warning at Scotland, saying it would have to negotiate its way into the EU if it left the UK (though he had a vested interest, given independence movements in Spain).
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed that he wanted to see a "united" United Kingdom.
This time the EU has a vested interest in the UK staying. A number of leaders from the bloc have said they want the UK to stay.
President Obama has previously said the UK must stay in the EU to continue to have influence on the world stage and will visit the UK soon (pro-leave figures have warned him against an intervention).
The term "project fear" was coined by a staffer from the pro-UK Better Together campaign during the independence vote.
Then Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond urged Scots to embrace the "hope of yes" rather than the "fears of no". Project Fear became a byword for negative campaigning from the pro-union side.
And the exact same term has already become one of the key phrases of the EU debate. Boris Johnson has slammed "the agents of project fear", while a spokesman for Leave EU told me "project fear" was all the UK government had to offer.
The prime minister has said he believes he is presenting "project fact". Downing Street has also sought to portray some of the the PM's speeches as focussing on the positive economic advantages of EU membership.
Just days before Scotland voted on its future in the UK, The Queen said she hoped "people will think very carefully about the future" to a well-wisher outside church near her Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire.
The comment came after reports suggested she was worried about the vote. Royal officials insisted her comment did not breach the monarch's constitutional impartiality.
Buckingham Palace has again insisted the Queen is "politically neutral" over the EU referendum, following a claim in the Sun that she "backs Brexit".
The newspaper quoted sources, one of whom claims to have witnessed a "bust-up" between the Queen and pro-EU former Deputy PM Nick Clegg in 2011, where the monarch is said to have told Mr Clegg the EU was "heading in the wrong direction".
Mr Clegg called the story "nonsense".
Labour MP Kate Hoey, who is co-chair of the Labour Leave campaign, says negative campaigning turns people off referendums. And she can see parallels with the Scottish "fear factor".
"There's no doubt about it, that there was this fear factor up there, again being pushed by the prime minister and the chancellor," she says.
She adds the leave campaign will look to "build on what happened in Scotland".
Robert Oxley, head of press for Vote Leave, says his side has been looking at the lessons of the Scottish vote.
"The lessons are that you do have to have a positive vision," he says. "You do have to engage people on the ground, you have to be prepared for last minute government interventions - and not necessarily playing by the rules."
Alex Salmond was the figurehead of the pro-independence 'Yes' campaign.
He agrees with Leave campaigners that people are put off by negative campaigning. But he says both sides are guilty of it this time around.
"In the Scottish referendum campaign one side was presenting hope and the vision of a better future, which is ultimately the thing that mobilises people," he says.
"When you have two fear-ridden campaign at the end of the day they fight to a no score draw".
No. The UK government says its campaign is positive and argues it is pointing out the benefits of staying in a reform EU, as well as the potential dangers of leaving it.
Michael Fallon, the Scotland-born defence secretary, says the campaign this time will be "slightly different".
There was more emotion in the Scottish debate, he adds, but this is more about where is Britain strongest and best off.
"It will be based more, I hope, on the facts," he says.


In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draw thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out.

It is a world few Americans are aware of. But tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually exploited every year.
It's believed that every night hundreds are sold for sex.
The FBI says child sex abuse is almost at an epidemic level, despite the agency rescuing 600 children last year.
"Trafficking" often conjures images of people from other countries being smuggled over land and across the sea and then forced to work against their will in foreign lands. People are trafficked into America from Mexico, Central and South America. But the vast majority of children bought and sold for sex every night in the United States are American kids.
We have heard from a number of women from the East coast to the Mid-west who have frighteningly similar and horrific stories. Neglected, abused, exploited and often ignored starting from a young age - sometimes even prosecuted by the very people who should have protected them.
A handful of good souls, the kindness of a few strangers and the good work of some law enforcement agencies and the FBI offer some relief to America's most vulnerable. But the stories we have heard suggest they are only scratching the surface of one of America's best-kept and darkest secrets.
In Minnesota, I met with former sex workers who had sought support through an advocacy group called Breaking Free. Half of the women in the group were under the age of 18 when they first were sold for sex. Many of the others were not much older than 18.
One woman says she was bought by her aunt at the age of 14.
"She gave my mom $900. Told me I was going shopping at the mall."
The aunt would bring her to drug dealers' houses, where she was raped and given drugs.
"She would leave me...and then [was] like 'You were messed up, you wanted to stay'," she recalls. She soon believed the abuse was her fault and her choice.
Another woman says she was 17 when she was kicked out of the house.
"I wanted to get high," she says, and turned to working as a prostitute. She later started using the classified adverts website Backpage.com to make more money to keep up with her addiction.
A third was 14 when she was kidnapped by "a guy I thought I liked". She didn't return home for two years.
Jenny Gaines, who leads the group discussion at Breaking Free, says many "manipulate and take advantage of underage girls".
One woman said of her abuser, "He knew I was 14, he had to know that I was underage," despite her attempts to pretend to be 18.
"When he actually found out how old I was it didn't stop him... he wanted me even more."
A woman who was first trafficked at 14 says she is living in a shelter right now and is struggling to not return to prostitution.
"There's tricks' names still on my phone, I haven't even deleted them yet and I need to delete them," she says. "Because when I get down, when I'm feeling really yucky it's almost like I want to have that number there."
But she says she doesn't want to return to that life.
"It's just a big circle, you get high, you get tricked, you get the money and you just keep going around and going around, and you have to break off all of them to even be doing okay."
It is an uphill battle.
"I just need the support and to believe in myself that I can make it. It's a funny spot I'm in."
Another woman says she hasn't been on Backpage for eight months.
"I'm not perfect.  I'm just trying," she says. She finds it difficult to provide for her daughter without the money she made working as a prostitute.
"I stopped when I was 22 and had my first son," the woman says, detailing her "off and on" experience. She's been away for seven months, partially because she is pregnant with her fourth child.
She hopes attending Breaking Free will prevent her from returning.
"I'm going to have a daughter," she says. "I don't want her to do like what I did."
Another woman likens it to an addiction.
"It's like I have this hole like whatever it is it's not enough, that fills it for me, my kids get what they want," she tells the group. "I don't ever have to ask nobody for nothing,"
Many of the women in the Breaking Free yearn for sense of normalcy.
"I just want my freedom back," one woman says. "I just want to look out for my kids, and live my life, live a normal life."
But for women who were sold for sex as children, abuse, drugs and sex work is normal.
One woman we spoke to in Minnesota was not at Breaking Free. She was on the streets, still working at five months pregnant.
She says was groomed from age 12 by a neighbour, who enticed her with a garage full of toys and games. He offered her money for topless photos.
"I see more and more younger girls out here now and it's really sad," she says.
"It's not a choice. At 12, it was not a choice."
Some of the groups that helped the BBC during the reporting of this story include Breaking Free, The Samaritan Women and Angels of Addiction.


The body representing judges in Chile has made an unprecedented apology for the actions of its members under military rule in the 1970s and 1980s.

In a statement, it said that the judiciary at the time had abandoned its role as protector of basic rights.
"The time has come to ask for the forgiveness of victims... and of Chilean society," said the judges.
More than 3,000 people were killed under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990.
The statement by the National Association of Magistrates of the Judiciary comes a week before the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought General Pinochet to power.
It said its members, and in particular the Supreme Court, had failed in its duty to protect victims of state abuse.
The magistrates' association acknowledged that the Chilean judiciary could and should have done much more to safeguard the rights of those persecuted by the dictatorship.
It said the judges had ignored the plight of victims who had demanded their intervention.
Chilean courts rejected about 5,000 cases seeking help on locating missing loved ones abducted or killed by the authorities.
Critics say their usual response was they had no information about their fate.
Chile's current centre-right government has said the country will officially recognise the anniversary of the coup.
President Sebastian Pinera said last month that the coup on 11 September 1973 was "a historical fact" and its 40th anniversary should be a time of "reflection."
The announcement came after the conservative senator and former president of the Independent Democratic Union, Hernan Larrain, apologised for his party's actions.
"I ask for forgiveness," he said. "This is my voice for reconciliation."


Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger could miss the European Championship finals through injury, according to Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal.

The midfielder, 31, injured a knee during training with Germany before the 3-2 friendly defeat by England.
"The expectations are not so good in relation to the Euros," said the United manager.
Van Gaal also revealed that United and England full-back Luke Shaw will resume training "on the pitch" next week.
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Full-back Shaw, 20, suffered a double leg fracture in United's Champions League group stage defeat by PSV Eindhoven in September.
Van Gaal said: "Luke shall start the first training sessions on the pitch next week. Now he can train with his bodyweight."
However, he added it was unlikely that Shaw would regain match fitness in time to play in the FA Cup final, should United get there.
West Ham host the 11-time FA Cup winners in a quarter-final replay on Wednesday, 13 April.
The Dutchman also provided an update on the fitness of United captain Wayne Rooney, who has been sidelined since mid-February with a knee problem.
"Wayne is doing great," he said. "You cannot say he can play next week. He has strength and a lot of skills with the ball for the first time since the injury. That is very important."
Before Sunday's home match against Everton, Old Trafford's South Stand will be renamed in honour of the club's record goalscorer, Sir Bobby Charlton.
Van Gaal acknowledged Charlton's importance to the club and said he was grateful for his support.
"He is always backing me, so I am very happy with him," he said.
"I met him on my first day as manager, and was guided through the stadium by him," he added. "He was also my idol when I was young, so I have known him in my mind for a lot of years."
"I'm proud he can get such an honour because not many clubs are doing that."


Larne teenager Conor Ferguson was outside the Olympic standard as he was 13th in the 100m backstroke semi-finals at the European Championships.

The 16-year-old's time of 54.99 in the Olympic pool in London seconds was 0.63 outside the Rio standard.
Ferguson was only 0.05 outside the Rio mark at the recent Irish Open tests.
His new Irish team-mate Shane Ryan did progress to Tuesday night's final as he clocked 54.39 seconds to clinch the eighth and last qualifying spot.
Ryan, competing for Ireland for the first time since he qualified to swim for his adopted country after switching allegiance from the USA, set a new Irish record of 54.21 to qualify third fastest from the morning heats.
Ferguson, making his senior international debut for Ireland, was fifth in his heat in a time of 55.06 seconds.
With the championships representing Ferguson's last chance to achieve the Olympic 100m backstroke standard, the Larne swimmer will now focus on the European Junior Championships in Hungary in July.
Speaking on his Facebook page, Ferguson said that he was "gutted" to miss out on the Rio Olympics.
"However, it has been a really exciting year for me, especially two weeks ago going 54.41," added the 16-year-old.
"Can't wait to represent Ireland at the European Junior Championships in July.
"Good luck to the guys going to Rio, especially to my bro Shane Ryan. Without this guy, none of this would have happened this year. Roll on 2020."
Ferguson's clubmate Danielle Hill was 29th overall in the women's 200m backstroke in a time of 2:21.55.
Hill was also making her senior debut for Ireland at the age of 16.
Sycerika McMahon will chase the 200m individual medley Rio standard in London while Curtis Coulter and Jordan Sloan will also compete.
McMahon, who competed at the London Olympics, is said to have produced impressive times in training and will also compete in other events at the Europeans.
Hill is focusing on the 100m backstroke in London with Sloan's events including the 200m freestyle and Coulter selected for the medley relay squad.


More than 60 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes on an Islamic State-controlled Iraqi town that is close to the Syrian border.

Witnesses said unidentified jets had targeted the centre of al-Qaim, about 300km (186 miles) north-west of Baghdad, late on Wednesday afternoon.
One strike had missed a mosque used by IS militants as a headquarters and hit residential buildings, they added.
Nineteen children and 12 women were among the casualties, a medic said.
The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency published video purportedly showing the aftermath of what it called a "massacre perpetrated by Iraqi aircraft" in al-Qaim.
The footage showed vehicles on fire on a main road lined with shops, damaged buildings, and the bodies of several children.
Amaq said that more than 120 people had been killed in the air strikes.
One Iraqi MP said he also believed the Iraqi Air Force had carried out the attack.
Ahmed al-Salmani, a member of the Coalition of Iraqi Forces parliamentary bloc, said in a statement that he based the claim on the reported inaccuracy of the strikes and high number of civilian casualties.
There was no immediate comment from the Iraqi military or government.
The US-led multinational coalition that is supporting the government in its fight against IS has also carried out air strikes around al-Qaim.
Al-Arabiya TV put the death toll at 70, but did not say who was thought responsible.


New boulders have been placed at the entrance of a small Aberdeen harbour in an ongoing row between fishermen and the landowner.

Pralhad Kolhe has ordered fishermen not to use Cove Harbour, but he was told to remove boulders blocking access to the harbour by the council in January.
New boulders across the road to the site have now been installed.
The fishermen have collected more than 9,500 signatures on a petition and raised Â£3,300 to fund a legal campaign.
Locals say the harbour has been used for fishing for hundreds of years, but the landowner insists boat owners have "no right" to store their equipment on his property.
The dispute dates back to April 2014, when Mr Kolhe issued a legal notice to the fishermen ordering them to remove their boats from the beach.
A further notice was issued in September 2015 after the fishermen insisted they would be staying put, before the boulders were put up blocking off the pier in December.
Council officials wrote to Mr Kolhe in January about the boulders, but on Saturday new stones were seen being placed across the access road.
Mr Kolhe's representatives have not yet responded to a BBC Scotland request for a comment on the dispute.


More than £13,000 has been pledged to a campaign to save a rare bandstand on the Dorset coast.

The roof of Swanage's 96-year-old sunken bandstand was removed following storm damage in 2012.
Campaigner Alan Houghton said residents were "incensed" at its condition. It is a rare example of a bandstand sunk below ground level.
The town council previously said the bandstand would be dismantled unless a realistic solution was found.
Lead campaigner Mr Houghton said he was delighted with the amount raised in pledges so far and had big plans for the future.
He is planning to form a trust to bid for lottery and local business funding to meet the estimated £100,000 cost.
Mr Houghton said "It's a super feature - it's ours and I'm determined we're going to save it".
In March, the town council set an ultimatum that the site would be filled in unless it was repaired.
Following the recent fundraising, town council mayor Steve Poultney said he was now "cautiously optimistic" about its future.
He said: "I'd like to see a case built up for its use where people commit to using it rather than spending a great deal of money on a white elephant."
A decision on the future of the bandstand is likely to be made later in the year.
Liz Roberts, of the town's brass band which continues to perform at the site, said: "It's got a great ambience and acoustically, with a roof, it would be a better place to play - we're fully behind it."


A prominent environmentalist suffering from cancer died after not being given a dose of blood thinning medication following surgery, an inquest heard.

Morgan Parry, 56, of Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, died at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire from a pulmonary embolism in January 2014.
North Wales coroner John Gittins recorded a conclusion of natural causes at Friday's inquest in Ruthin.
He said there was no doubt "things might have been done differently."
A spokesman for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said: "Although we welcome the coroner's verdict, we recognise that some aspects of care could have been better in this case
"We would like to reiterate our condolences to Mr Parry's family for their loss."


A car has crashed into a 12-tonne pile of rubble left dumped on a road.

The mound of soil, stone bricks and kerbs, discovered at about 07:45 GMT on Wednesday, has completely blocked Back Lane in Tibberton, Shropshire.
Telford and Wrekin Council says it appears to have been fly-tipped and it is now clearing up the mess. An emergency road closure is in place and police are on the scene.
The driver of the car was left shocked but uninjured.
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Angela McClements, the council's cabinet member for transport, customer and neighbourhood services, said it was a "disgraceful environmental crime" as she asked people with information to get in touch.
"Whoever has done it has acted with a complete lack of responsibility, blocking a road and resulting in significant clear up costs for the council," she said.
Back Lane in Tibberton remains closed while the road is cleared. Diversions are in place.


Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey will be out for three weeks with a calf strain, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

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Ramsey limped off in the first half of the Gunners' 2-1 defeat to Watford in midweek, having already missed 10 weeks of the season with a hamstring strain.
"Overall from the other night we lose Aaron Ramsey," Wenger confirmed.
"He is expected to be out for 21 days. We are a bit short at the moment but we have young players who can do well."
However, ahead of Arsenal's visit to Stamford Bridge, Wenger denied having any regrets on letting fellow midfielder Jack Wilshere join Bournemouth on a season long loan.
"Well yes (we could do with Wilshere now) but I would like to reiterate he wanted to go out and play," he said.
"There is a huge level of competition and we accepted to let him go so we have to deal with the consequences."
Ramsey's injury will be a concern for Wales boss Chris Coleman, with Wales next in action on 24 March. Coleman has previously criticised Arsenal's handling of Ramsey.


A fire in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo has destroyed parts of a historic 19th Century railway station housing a popular museum.

The museum, which documents the history of the Portuguese language, was severely damaged.
The blaze destroyed the roof of the "Station of Light" which was originally built by the British.
It was constructed in 1901 during the coffee boom to transport the beans to the Atlantic port of Santos.
One fireman was killed in the enormous blaze which raged unchecked for hours despite a heavy downpour.
The suburban railway line next to the burning building was closed for safety.
The "Station of Light" was named after the neighbourhood it was built in.
It was designed and built in 1901 by a prominent British railway station architect, Charles Henry Driver.
With its railway clock tower and its classic steel arched roof it was thought to have been modelled on British railway stations of the same period.
However, some historians say it was inspired by Finders Street station in the Australian city of Melbourne.


The founder of a classic car restoration company has given the business to his employees.

Peter Neumark said he wanted to turn Classic Motor Cars Ltd in Shropshire into an employee-owned trust, meaning the 60 staff will own and run the firm.
It follows the John Lewis department store model, in which staff share benefits and profits from the business.
Mr Neumark said he "couldn't think of a better set of owners" to run the firm he started 23 years ago.
"If I keel over tomorrow - which I'm not planning to, but you never know - then it was important to me that this business had a good home and I can't think of a better set of owners than the employees themselves," he said.
The Bridgnorth-based company, which turned over more than Â£5m last year, has restored numerous classic vehicles, including many famous Jaguars.
New chairman, David Barzilay, it was important the skilled workforce was able to continue.
"Restoring cars in a traditional manner has been something of a dying art." he said.
"Classic Motors Cars is one of the companies that has brought that back from the brink.
"We have just over 60 people here but we have seven apprentices - one for every 10 members of staff - because we believe these skills are very important and should be maintained."
Mr Neumark said the move was "great for the staff, great for Shropshire and the West Midlands and great for the classic car world, which every year creates several billions for the British economy and is respected worldwide".


Anti-fracking campaigners have written to North Yorkshire County Council to say they believe the decision to allow fracking in the county may be unlawful.

Friends of the Earth and Frack Free Ryedale claim the authority failed to consider the environmental impact of burning the gas extracted to create electricity at a nearby power station.
An application to frack at a site near Kirby Misperton was approved in May.
The council said it had considered every aspect of the application.
Campaigners say they may seek a judicial review of the authority's approval of energy company Third Energy's application.
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at rock to release the gas inside.
Opponents say it can cause water contamination and earthquakes. Planners they say should also take account of the increase in noise and traffic pollution at such sites.
The protestors say their challenge focuses on the council's alleged failure to consider the impact of gas extracted through fracking being burned off at Third Energy's power station in Knapton.
In a letter to the authority they say they may seek judicial review if they do not receive "a satisfactory reply".
Jake White, legal adviser to Friends of the Earth, said legal action was the only course of redress open to campaigners.
"Given that we have legitimate legal concerns it is only right that the court may be called upon to decide them.
"Because the decision appears to have been arrived at without properly considering climate change, we believe it to be unlawful," he said.
In a statement, the authority said: "North Yorkshire County Council's planning committee gave proper regard to all material planning considerations before approving the application by Third Energy to undertake fracking for shale gas in the vicinity of Kirby Misperton.
"The County Council's legal team will consider the pre-action letter from Friends of the Earth. The Council will usually have a period of 14 days to respond formally."
The council passed the application on 23 May following a two-day hearing of the planning committee.
More than 4,300 objections to the application were received and 100 people gave evidence. The council revealed 36 representations were received in support of the application.
Third Energy, who were granted environmental permits in April to begin fracking, has previously said it is confident it can carry out the process safely.


Connor Newall has had a meteoric rise from Glasgow schoolboy to international model whose "unique beauty" stares out from the front covers of style magazines around the world.

The 18-year-old from the Govan area has been catapulted into the upper echelons of the fashion world.
Almost since the moment he was discovered he has been in constant demand from fashion magazines such as GQ and Vogue and clothing brands such as Dsquared and Stone Island.
Connor has been in the studio with a roll call of the top photographers working in the industry today, constantly shuttling between Paris, Milan, New York and London.
According to those in the know, his "ugly-beautiful" face can look hard or angelic and its angular features are endlessly fascinating for photographers looking to create something special.
"I just see myself as a normal guy," Connor tells the documentary Scotland's Model Teenager, part of BBC One's Our Lives series.
"People see things I have never seen in my face."
The story of how an unassuming lad from Govan became a top model began when he was spotted by casting agent Claire Catterson.
She was looking for new young talent for a Scottish government-funded public service film on the dangers of knife crime.
Claire had been visiting Connor's school but hadn't found what she was looking for.
She says: "I was on my way out of the door, saying goodbye to the head teacher, when the school bell rang.
"My boy came down the stairs just as I was about to leave and I quickly asked the head teacher 'can you stop that boy?'"
Ms Catterson cast Connor in the Knife Crime Scotland film but she also sent his picture to Michael O'Brien at Model Team Glasgow.
She says: "Within seconds of pressing send on the email my phone rang and Michael said 'Where is he? I want him in the office'."
O'Brien says as soon as he opened the email the hairs on his arm stood up.
"He just looked completely different to everybody," he says.
Connor was feeling worse for wear on a Saturday morning when he got his first call from O'Brien.
"I thought he was joking," says the teen model. "I was going to hang up the phone."
O'Brien wasted no time in signing him up and sent a taxi to collect straight away.
He says: "Before I'd even met him I sent the images down to some friends in London."
"Then the phone started ringing and, to be honest, it has never stopped."
Within days, O'Brien had to phone up Connor while he was doing a Maths test at school and tell him to make his excuses to his teacher because he had a GQ magazine photo-shoot in London.
Within weeks, he was shooting "editorial" for magazines in Paris, Milan, and Barcelona.
In the fashion word, editorials are a photo-shoot that often includes magazine front covers and several pages of differing fashion looks inside.
Connor was thrust into the big time immediately and admits it was a strange world to find himself in.
Before his big break, Connor was considering joining the Army like his older brother Andrew.
Their mother is a home-help and their father works in the Govan shipyards.
Connor's dad is concerned that modelling is not a career that will last.
He says: "It does not take much talent to become a model.
"If you've got the look and know how to stand for the camera then fair enough. I don't look upon it as a career.
"Maybe I should but I wouldn't like it to last five years and then he's dumped and suddenly he's packing shelves in Asda."
Connor's older sister Denise is amazed that someone from Govan can be a top model.
She says: "It does not really happen to people from round here."
Connor can hardly believe it himself.
He says he first realised the scale of it when he was walking around the Duomo Square in Milan and started to browse the magazine racks.
It is a strange feeling, he says, to look at stars such as Ben Stiller, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rihanna and Justin Bieber and then see your own face alongside them.
However, for some reason this young Scottish lad suddenly had model agents around the world vying for him.
International fashion designers Dean and Dan Caten, from the global brand Dsquared, chose Connor for their "classic collection".
Dan says: "It was because the collection is quite tailored and proper. By using a face like his, it is a contrast. "
According to Dean: "He's not the bad boy he looks like. He's the sweetest boy with a bad boy face."
The BBC documentary follows Connor to Madrid where he works with photographer Eugenio Recuenco.
The photographer says: "Because he has such an angular face, any small gesture he makes in front of the camera can give such completely different sensations.
"He can be someone sweet but equally he can be someone strong."
"With a simple small movement of his face and then add lighting into the mix. With him the sky is the limit."
Recuenco adds: "He plays a kind of character. He's more of an actor. You can make him play whoever you want him to play."
Acting is something Connor wants to get into and he has been taking lessons but for now he is continuing to ride the wave of modelling fame.
Michael O'Brien says: "He became a phenomenon. He's probably one of the most successful boys Scotland has ever produced."
But despite his phenomenal success Connor says he could never be "arrogant or stuck-up".
"Even if I wanted to be my mum would kick my arse," he says.
Scotland's model teenager is on BBC One on Monday 14 August at 19:30.