He's labelled a fellow Australian MP a "dumb heap of parrot droppings", has put forward a law inspired by notorious criminal Mark "Chopper" Read and unleashed profanities to silence his critics on Twitter.

David Leyonhjelm, a cat-loving former veterinarian and Liberal Democratic senator for New South Wales, has twice been elected to federal parliament, and is one of a disparate group of cross-benchers who hold the balance of power in an unpredictable upper house.
He is his libertarian party's sole representative in Canberra, and has been branded "the nastiest, most sexist politician in Australia" by Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter FitzSimons.
FitzSimons, a former rugby union international, told his readers a story about an elderly female reader who had taken exception to the senator's relaxed view on Donald Trump's crass remarks about women.
She complained and received a brusque response saying she was "not fit to use a computer".
"Apparently a constituent wrote to me and made some fairly silly remarks.  I have a fairly low tolerance for idiots," Senator Leyonhjelm told the BBC from his offices in Sydney.
"It was fairly idiotic email, so I wrote back to her and called her a bimbo.  I had no idea [but] it turns out she is in her 70s or 80s or something like that and she complained to this sports writer."
"He contacted my office and asked for a comment and one of my staff replied we had no comment for him about the particular matter butâ€¦ said 'well, usually he [the Senator] tells people like that to [profanity]-off, and he didn't in this case, so we're worried that he is mellowing.
"Apparently that enraged this guy."
It sure did. A fired-up FitzSimons added that "with such personal abuse, the Senator disgraces the office he holds".
This is not the first time the Liberal Democratic MP has been castigated in the press. In August, the Herald labelled him a "hate-speech apologist" and "a boorish, supercilious know-all with the empathy of a [concrete] besser block".
At issue is the senator's push to repeal section 18C of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act, which outlaws behaviour that is likely to "offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate" someone because of their race or ethnicity. Here is where he channels memories of "Chopper" Read, who died in 2013 after serving 23 years in jail in Australia for kidnapping and malicious wounding.
"Our right to free speech is not a frivolous matter, but it is time for sooks and whingers to take a leaf from Chopper. It's not the government's job to protect us from hurt feelings," Senator Leyonhjelm said on his official website.
Feelings were certainly singed following a tweet soon after the death from cancer of the celebrated sports journalist Rebecca Wilson.
"Doubt there'll be many #WSW [Western Sydney Wanderers] fans at Rebecca Wilson's funeral #innocentlivesdamaged," he tweeted in reference to the late reporter's identification of fans allegedly on a banned list for poor behaviour, most of whom were followers of Western Sydney Wanderers.
"He takes bluntness to a higher level. He can be obscene at times but it is in Australia's more rough and tumble tradition," explained Dr Peter Chen, senior lecturer in the department of government and international relations at the University of Sydney.
"He originally was a member of the Labor Party. He joined the Liberal Party and he fell out with both sides of politics, most recently with his membership of the Liberal Party over the introduction of gun laws in Australia following the Port Arthur shooting about 20 years ago," Dr Chen added.
Senator Leyonhjelm is broadly in favour of immigration, supports same-sex marriage, lower taxes and assisted suicide, but it's restrictions on firearms that make his blood boil.
"I find that distressing because it is wrong and it is very unkind to me and 800,000 licensed shooters in the country, who are absolutely vilified, treated like we are criminals-in-waiting and whose sporting implements are constantly under threat," he explained.
His critics argue that his stance on guns ignores the opinions of most Australians, who back tough laws.
"He is using extreme tactics to push through his quite dangerous agenda," said fellow New South Wales Senator Lee Rhiannon, from the Greens, who is her party's gun control spokesperson. "He has been provocative, blunt, extreme, at times rude."
She concedes, however, that Senator Leyonhjelm and Pauline Hanson's right-wing anti-immigration One Nation Party are tapping into anti-establishment rage in Australia.
"We're seeing a real anger build up within the community with regard to machine politics, the political class, whatever name you want to call it, who are worried how their kids are going to buy a home and feeling left out of how society is working," Ms Rhiannon told the BBC.
"They think that globalisation has robbed them of a life that they think is fair."
The Liberal Democrats say they have recruited hundreds of disaffected former supporters of the governing Liberal Party and hope to mount a show of force at the next year's state election in Western Australia.
That campaign promises to be anything but dull. Lampooned by TV comedians in June, Senator Leyonhjelm reacted in trademark fashion by swearing at the crew and telling them to leave.


Two child sex abuse victims complained about a South Yorkshire Police officer before he was fatally injured in a car crash, their lawyer has said.

David Greenwood, of Switalskis Solicitors, said two clients asked him to complain to South Yorkshire Police about PC Hassan Ali.
PC Ali died nine days after being hit by a car in Sheffield on 28 January.
Mr Greenwood said the complaints were about PC Ali's "unwillingness to pursue complaints of exploitation".
A report published by Professor Alexis Jay in August said about 1,400 children were abused by gangs of men, mainly of Pakistani origin, from 1997 to 2013 in Rotherham.
In September, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it was investigating 10 South Yorkshire Police officers referred to the watchdog by the force over the handling of child sexual exploitation in the town.
It said it would not comment on the investigation relating to Mr Ali.
Mr Greenwood, a child abuse solicitor at the Wakefield law firm, said allegations or complaints regarding PC Ali must be investigated and "got to the bottom of", regardless of his death.
"These are allegations of inappropriate activity by a police officer who is tasked and has a duty to investigate crimes," he said.
"If this has in the past caused girls to be exploited then we need to know about it."
He added: "The story of PC Ali is only one part of the whole story of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
"It's important that this element of the story is investigated properly so we can fit all the pieces together and understand what was happening and what allowed the exploitation to happen over such a long period."
The 44-year-old police officer was a neighbourhood officer based in Rotherham who had 18 years' service with the force. He was not on duty at the time of the crash.
South Yorkshire Police said the force was treating PC Ali's death as a "tragic accident". Officers are continuing to investigate the collision, which happened on Staniforth Road in Darnall on 28 January. No-one has been arrested in connection with the crash.
David Crompton, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, said Mr Ali was a "well-liked officer" and colleagues had been left "devastated" by his death.


Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is confident there will be no trouble between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas when the 2017 season gets under way in March.

Bottas landed the drive alongside Hamilton after Nico Rosberg retired five days after winning the 2016 title.
Hamilton and Rosberg's relationship deteriorated when they were team-mates but Wolff does not expect a repeat.
"They respect each other and so far from what I have seen, Valtteri has settled in well," said Wolff.
"The balance between Valtteri and Lewis works. They are two very different personalities. Nico had a certain role in the team and Valtteri pretty much fits into that.
"We believe the interaction and dynamics between the two drivers is going to work well."
Bottas, who has joined Mercedes after four seasons at Williams, has been at the team's Brackley headquarters since Monday, working in the simulator and meeting his new colleagues.
Mercedes won 19 of 21 grands prix last season en route to their third consecutive drivers' and constructors' titles, but with sweeping rule changes in play for 2017, Wolff is in cautious mood.
"The guys are pushing flat out in order to bring the car and engine in to meet the performance targets we have set ourselves," he said.
"I am most excited to see how the new car is going to go because we all expect them to be much faster and look spectacular plus much more physical for the drivers.
"We have set aggressive targets for where the car should be going, also with the engine, and we are pushing flat out to achieve those targets.
"Will those targets be enough or will other teams get out of the blocks better than us? We don't know."


A 91-year-old man has been injured after being dragged out of his car by a man who then stole it.

He was targeted by two men on the driveway of his home in Shotton Colliery, County Durham at 21:00 BST on Friday.
His blue Renault Clio was stolen and he suffered a cut to one of his arms, and was treated by paramedics.
Durham Police later arrested a man in his mid-twenties and another aged 19 in connection with the robbery.


Confidential documents, passwords and health data have been inadvertently shared by firms using Microsoft's Office 365 service, say researchers.

The sensitive information was found via a publicly available search engine that is part of Office 365.
Security researchers said many firms mistakenly thought documents would only be shared with colleagues not globally.
Microsoft said it would "take steps" to change the service and remove the sensitive data.
Security researcher Kevin Beaumont discovered the sensitive information after using the search engine on Docs.com - a website that is part of the Office 365 online software service.
Many firms use Microsoft's well-known suite of office productivity programs by subscribing to Office 365 which also gives them access to online services including Skype as well as a document-sharing and storage system.
In a series of tweets, Mr Beaumont revealed some of the sensitive information he had found via the Docs.com search engine.
"People clearly don't understand how the service works. It defaults to publicly accessible, which is the problem," he wrote.
Other security researchers followed up his discovery and unearthed confidential business papers including lists of passwords and access codes as well as social security and National Insurance numbers.
Many users complained to Microsoft via social media about documents being exposed publicly. The software giant initially reacted by removing the search box from the main Docs.com page.
However, security experts following developments found that this did not remove all the exposed documents from view.
"Files were still cached in Google's search results, as well as Microsoft's own search engine, Bing," wrote Zack Whittaker from tech news site ZDNet.
Microsoft later took steps to block incoming searches from Google to stop information being found.
However, on 27 March, the search box returned to the homepage of Docs.com.
In a statement shared with several news organisations, Microsoft said: "As part of our commitment to protect customers, we're taking steps to help those who may have inadvertently published documents with sensitive information."
It added: "Customers can review and update their settings by logging into their account at www.docs.com."


A man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman as she walked home in Renfrewshire at the weekend.

Stanislaw Merdacz, 38, is accused of attacking the 40-year-old in Paisley at about 02:20 on Sunday.
Prosecutors claim the attack took place on a grassed area at the junction of Shortroods Road and Mosslands Road.
At Paisley Sheriff Court, Mr Merdacz, who is originally from Poland, made made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
Mr Merdacz is accused of grabbing the woman, forcing her to the ground, punching her on her head and clamping his hand over her mouth.
He is then said to have pulled off her lower clothing, pulled rings from her fingers and raped her.


Facebook has blocked an Australian auction house from advertising an acclaimed artist's painting depicting nude figures.

Charles Blackman's oil work Women Lovers features two nude women resting on a bed beside a cat.
Art broker Mossgreen tried to promote it on Facebook, but the social media network rejected it for "advertising adult products or services".
Mossgreen chief executive Paul Summer said the decision was "ridiculous".
"This is a very beautiful image that is not overtly sexual in any shape or form," he told the BBC.
"It's like going back to the 1950s. It's ridiculous to censor this sort of thing."
Facebook said its decision was final, although Mossgreen has since reposted images of the work.
"Such ads lead to negative user sentiment and we have zero tolerance towards such advertisements," Facebook said in a message.
Last month, a French teacher took Facebook to court after it suspended his account for posting an image of a nude woman painted by 19th Century artist Gustave Courbet.
Mr Summer said Women Lovers was expected to sell for more than A$45,000 (Â£28,000; $34,000) at auction next week.
"Nobody said a single thing until Facebook suddenly decided it was going to offend somebody," he said.
"I don't know who they're protecting because I have two teenage daughters myself and if I said to them that this painting has been banned I think they would have laughed at me."
Now aged 88, Blackman has been described as "the last man standing" from one of the great eras in Australian art. His contemporaries included modernist painters Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker.
Last year, Blackman's painting The Game of Chess was sold by Sotheby's Australia for A$1.78m.
"Charles Blackman is the most well-regarded and respected living Australian artist," Mr Summer said.


Fake Australian bank notes bearing Chinese characters are being used in a scam in Darwin, according to police.

Several pubs have been given imitation $A100 (Â£57; $74) currency since Sunday, Northern Territory Police said.
The notes, designed to train bank tellers in China, can be bought cheaply online.
Police said six of seven known scams had been carried out by the same man and woman, usually to buy cigarettes, alcohol and to receive change.
The Chinese words roughly translate to: "Training Money. Sample. Only for practice. Circulation forbidden."
"The pair collects change from the transaction before quickly leaving the scene," said Acting Senior Sergeant Glenn Leafe.
Police said the deception was foiled at one venue on Monday night.
"Upon examining the note, staff challenged the pair who fled the store," Sgt Leafe said.
Police have urged locals to check currency as a search for the perpetrators continues.


Tucked away in a little guest house next to a manufacturing firm in Glengormley, County Antrim, members of the Japan Society of Northern Ireland chat away - some easily switching in and out of Japanese and English.

Smells of fresh sushi fill the meeting room, and Japanese artwork covers the walls of the house.
Outside, traditional Japanese plants and water features make it feel more like Japan than Northern Ireland.
Set up nearly two decades ago, in 1996, the group was formed to help Japanese people new to Northern Ireland to integrate, but its members say the society is about much more than that too.
On Saturday, the society held its first meeting of the year.
The society's secretary, Séan Greer, said many members joined because they had lived in Japan for a time.
"I used to live in Japan, for about nine years in total, and I came back just at the end of 2003," he said.
"I wanted to keep my contact with Japan, I heard about the society and looked them up. People are interested in Japanese culture for a lot of different reasons.
"It might be the language, for a lot of people it's food, for a lot of younger people it's the animation and manga (Japanese cartoons). Everything they do seems to be a little bit different or sometimes very different from our own and therefore it's sort of endlessly fascinating."
There was plenty of culture on show at the meeting, including a performance by a group of Japanese taiko drummers from Londonderry.
One of the group's founders, Fiona Umetsu, said it was an exciting art form, mixing both music and performance.
"Taiko is a part of nearly every Japanese festival that you see, and it's a brilliant part of their summer," she said.
"When I lived there I saw it and thought it was amazing, and was lucky enough to be able to join a local group."
The society was joined by a very special guest - students visiting Belfast from Rikkyo University in Tokyo joined in the festivities.
For many of them, it was their first time visiting Belfast and they told me they were keen to stay.
"Belfast is very fantastic and an exciting city, many students say they want to retire here in Northern Ireland," their professor said.
The Japan society's chairperson, Junko McNeely, said the group provides a way for people who are learning Japanese to practise with native speakers.
"The purpose is to introduce Japanese culture, anything like that to get local people interested in Japan, but it's also a place to communicate and have entertainment with Japanese people as well," she said.
Séan Greer said the society also allows Japanese visitors to find out how the western world views their culture.
"If you got to Japan the first question a Japanese person will ask you is:  "あなたは、日本どう思いますか", which means, 'what do you think of Japan?' and they're really curious about what others think of them," he said.
"So when they come here they can learn a little bit more about that, and realise what non-Japanese people find interesting about Japan.
"We ourselves are interested to know what other people think of Northern Ireland and we're keen to show them that it's a welcoming place as well."


US presidential hopeful Donald Trump says he has been asked to visit Downing Street - and expects to "do just fine" with Prime Minister David Cameron.

But No 10 said while it was traditional to meet US candidates visiting the UK, no invitations had been issued.
A spokeswoman said there were "no confirmed dates" for visits as party nominees had not yet been chosen.
The PM previously called Mr Trump's proposal for a ban on Muslims entering the US "stupid, divisive and wrong".
Last year Mr Trump, who is now the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidential election, said many Muslims nursed a "hatred" towards America and a ban should be in force "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on".
By Jon Sopel, BBC North America editor
While it is true that hopefuls like Scott Walker, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio met the prime-minister when they were passing through London - that was before they had declared they were candidates for the Republican nomination.
A senior source said the PM would be happy to see Mr Trump once he becomes the official nominee - that will happen after the Republican Convention in July.
Four years ago the then Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, visited Downing Street - and caused consternation when he criticised Britain's preparedness for hosting the London 2012 Olympics.
Responding to Mr Trump's comments at the time, Mr Cameron said: "I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong and I think if he came to visit our country I think it'd unite us all against him."
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In an interview with US news channel MSNBC, Mr Trump said: "I will do just fine with David Cameron. I think he's a nice guy. I will do just fine."
He added: "But they have asked me to visit 10 Downing Street - and I might do it."
Speaking on Friday, Mr Trump said he had been invited to Downing Street two days ago.
Downing Street said: "It's long-standing practice for the PM to meet with the Republican and Democrat presidential nominees if they visit the UK.
"Given the parties have yet to choose their nominees, there are no confirmed dates for this."


Volkswagen Group profits have soared in the first quarter as cost-cutting measures kick in, the German car giant has said.

Volkswagen Group also sold more models with higher profit margins, a spokesperson said.
Group profit before tax rose 44.3% to 4.6bn euros (Â£3.9bn), one of the carmaker's highest quarterly results to date.
Meanwhile, the group's troubled flagship brand also saw profits surge.
Volkswagen brand operating profits rose to 869m euros from 73m euros the year before, although accounting changes meant sales revenues declined 24% to 19bn euros.
Investors have said a turnaround at VW's namesake brand, which has had high fixed and research and development costs, is key to turning it into a more appealing business, although VW last year overtook Toyota as the world's biggest selling carmaker.
Since the VW diesel emissions scandal broke in 2015, the group has made a number of structural changes.
These include streamlining vehicle development, cutting material costs by reducing complexity in parts, dropping unprofitable models and shifting more power to brands and regions to respond more quickly to market needs.
"Our efforts to improve efficiency and productivity across all areas of the company are also paying off," chief executive Matthias Mueller said.
"The healthy quarterly figures strengthen our resolve to continue our chosen path," he added.
The group saw "solid earnings in Western Europe", he said, and also benefited from favourable exchange rates.
Quarterly profit at luxury division Audi slipped to 1.2bn euros from 1.3bn euros a year earlier as VW's biggest earnings contributor pushes into new models and technologies.


Here is a full list of Labour's shadow cabinet, following a reshuffle by Jeremy Corbyn.

Leader of the opposition - Jeremy Corbyn
Deputy leader and shadow culture, media and sport secretary - Tom Watson
Shadow chancellor - John McDonnell
Shadow foreign secretary - Emily Thornberry
Shadow home secretary - Diane Abbott
Shadow education secretary - Angela Rayner
Shadow work and pensions secretary - Debbie Abrahams
Shadow health secretary - Jonathan Ashworth
Shadow defence secretary - Nia Griffith
Shadow chief Treasury secretary - Rebecca Long-Bailey
Shadow secretary for exiting the European Union - Sir Keir Starmer
Shadow business secretary - Clive Lewis
Shadow international trade secretary - Barry Gardiner
Shadow secretary for international development - Kate Osamor
Shadow transport secretary - Andy McDonald
Shadow secretary for communities and local government - Teresa Pearce (Grahame Morris on leave)
Shadow secretary for the environment, food and rural affairs - Rachael Maskell
Shadow justice secretary - Richard Burgon
National elections and campaigns co-ordinator - Jon Trickett
Shadow attorney general -Baroness Shami Chakrabarti
Shadow Scotland and Northern Ireland secretary - Dave Anderson
Shadow Wales secretary - Jo Stevens
Shadow housing secretary - John Healey
Shadow women and equalities minister - Sarah Champion
Shadow diverse communities minister - Dawn Butler
Shadow voter engagement and youth affairs minister - Cat Smith
Shadow Cabinet Office minister - Ian Lavery
Shadow mental health and social care - Barbara Keeley
Shadow minister without portfolio - Andrew Gwynne
Shadow leader of the House - Valerie Vaz


Thieves are cashing in on the rise in heating oil prices by stealing supplies in north Wales, a BBC investigation has discovered.

The number of homes targeted in the area has almost tripled.
Between October and December 2010, 43 homes were burgled for oil, with many community halls, churches and village buildings also hit.
BBC Wales' X-Ray programme found the thefts are costing thousands of pounds.
During the three-month period, the price of heating oil rose from about 41p a litre to 73p a litre, meaning an average 500 litre tank would cost £365 to fill, compared to £205.
According to Consumer Focus Wales, 16% of people living in Wales are not connected to mains gas supplies, while in England it is only 9%.
X-Ray met Alice, a 97-year-old, who lives in one of the 143,000 homes in Wales which use domestic heating oil.
Last December, her daughter Sue Nicholls filled her heating oil tank while she was in hospital for a hip operation.
Two days later, the oil had gone. Just over 1,000 litres had been taken, at a cost of about £800.
Ms Nicholls told X-Ray: "I wonder if these people will do it to their own mothers if they knew the situation that they'd left my mother in.
"And what would have happened if she was at home. Then the house would have been cold. So in one respect it was good that she was in the hospital, but in another respect not very good at all".
North Wales Police have carried out a large-scale investigation.
Pc Gary Aldous added: "The individuals who we believe are doing this kind of crime, they know what they are doing, they have got all the equipment ready and obviously they've got an industry and are selling it on.
"We've only actually caught somebody in the process of doing it on the one occasion.
"It's not something that's definitely happening of a night time either, we've got a suspicion on one of the other jobs we've been at, that it's been as early as seven o'clock in the evening."
He added: "Having looked at the crime figures since November, I've had 32 thefts of oil, and over 12 village areas, which has had a massive impact on those communities."
The Reverend John Jones is responsible for churches at Nercwys and Treuddyn in Flintshire, which have been hit by heating oil thieves twice this winter
"It's been absolutely freezing at times. We've shortened services because the breath that was coming out my mouth at the altar was like icicles," he explained.
'Elderly and vulnerable'
"I truly wish they could appreciate the distress that they are bringing to communities and especially to the elderly and those who are vulnerable".
Despite the weather starting to warm up, and heating oil prices falling again, the thieves are not being put off.
Self-employed builder Ian Davies from Mold, who was targeted a few weeks ago, said: "It was about half past seven one night.
"I heard a little bit of knocking on the fence and didn't really pay much attention to it - until the next night when I turned my heating on and of course it didn't work," he recalled.
His tank had been drained dry of £200 worth of fuel.
He said he is now considering protecting it with a concrete wall and only fills it with 25 litres at a time.
"Cheeky people, they just don't care about anybody or anything. It's really low," he added.
X-Ray is on Monday 28 March at 1930 GMT on BBC One Wales.


German teenager Alexander Zverev stunned US Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka to claim his first ATP title at the St Petersburg Open.

The 19-year-old came from a break down in the deciding set to win 6-2 3-6 7-5.
Zverev is the first man to beat Wawrinka in a tour final since 2013 and also ended his 10-match winning streak.
Briton Dominic Inglot and Finland's Henri Kontinen beat Russia's Konstantin Kravchuk and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 6-0 to win the doubles title.
"I'm full of emotions. I just couldn't have chosen a better place to win my  maiden title," said Zverev.
"It was really hard when I was trailing 3-0 in the deciding set but I  forced myself to keep on fighting. And now I'm really happy with my win."


A football club says it has been left shocked and saddened at the death of one of its "popular" young players in an eight-vehicle crash in Berkshire.

Ethan Houghton, 13, from Dunstable, died, together with his mum and brother, in the crash on the A34 on Wednesday.
The teenager had played for the under-14 team at Dunstable Football Club.
The club said tributes would be paid at its next first team home match.
"The club is deeply shocked," said the club's Simon Reilly. "He was a very popular lad who will be sorely missed."
He said the players would wear black armbands in memory of Ethan during their Emirates FA Cup preliminary round match against Chesham United on 20 August.
A photo of Ethan will also be put on the front page of the programme and the under-14 team will walk on the pitch together with the first team.
The crash happened between Chieveley and East Ilsley at about 17:10 BST on Wednesday.
Ethan was with his mum Tracy Houghton, 45 and brother Joshua, 11, along with an 11-year-old girl.
Thames Valley Police declined to comment on reports Ms Houghton's partner was driving behind in a separate car at the time of the crash.
A 30-year-old man from Andover, who was driving one of the lorries involved in the crash, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been bailed until 5 October.
Thames Valley Police said a further 12 people were injured.


Pink Floyd's original singer and guitarist Syd Barrett is to be honoured with a "creative art installation" in his home city of Cambridge.

The artwork is planned for the Corn Exchange entertainment venue where Barrett, who died in 2006 aged 60, played his last live show in 1972.
Cambridge City Council is expected to approve the Â£10,000 funding.
Cambridge Live, which runs the venue, said the design - to be decided - would reflect Barrett's "genius".
Neil Jones, operations director for Cambridge Live, said: "Our starting point would be not to have a plaque or a bust, but something that would befit the creative genius of Syd Barrett and we are still working on the full form it would take."
Roger Keith Barrett, known as Syd, was Pink Floyd's main songwriter during their first flush of success in 1967, but he parted company with the band in 1968 at the time of their second album A Saucerful of Secrets.
He issued two solo albums and formed a short-lived band called Stars, which appeared at the Corn Exchange in 1972, before withdrawing from public life and living in Cambridge until his death.
Barrett had been an student at Camberwell School of Art in London prior to forming Pink Floyd.
His sister, Rosemary Breen, said: "We welcome this opportunity to commemorate Roger.
"He was bright, funny, quirky and witty and was an artist - not just in terms of music or paintings - but in a much wider sense.
"We look forward to working with Cambridge Live to create a lasting memory of an inspiring man."
The city council is due to fund the project using Section 106 money provided by developers for community facilities.
It is hoped the installation will be unveiled in sometime next year.


Business investment in the UK has fallen for the second quarter in a row, recording the biggest fall since 2009.

Spending by business fell by 1.4% in the fourth quarter from the previous three-month period.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) which collects the data said falling oil prices may be to blame.
The oil price has fallen by over a half since June last year, and oil companies have pulled back on investment in the UK and around the world.
"Given the recent steep fall in oil prices, it might be expected that investment by the oil extraction industry might also fall, as oil production becomes less profitable," the ONS said.
Earlier this week the industry body Oil and Gas UK said that after reaching Â£14.8bn last year investment was forecast to fall to between Â£9.5bn and Â£11.3bn in 2015.
Economists have said overall business investment in Britain might also be affected by uncertainty over the outcome of Britain's national elections in May.
On an annual basis, investment still increased by 2.1% on the same period a year ago.
But it marks a sharp slow down from the middle of last year when business investment was growing at an annual rate of 11%.
The ONS also confirmed last month's estimates that the economy grew 0.5% in the last quarter of 2014.
It follows a 0.7% rise in the third quarter.


Two Northern Ireland councils are launching their joint bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2023 on Wednesday.

Earlier this year, the BBC revealed preparations for a joint bid were being made by Belfast City Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council.
UK cities have been European Capital of Culture twice - Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008.
Belfast previously failed in a bid for the 2008 title.
Council officials from Belfast and Derry City and Strabane District have said a joint attempt would be a "stronger proposition" and "help share resources".
Leeds, Dundee and Milton Keynes have already declared their interest in the 2023 Capital of Culture title, which is shared by two European cities each year.
Cities have to submit initial bids to Westminster's Department for Culture, Media and Sport by October 2017, with the UK winner announced in 2018.
As well as prestige the title has given an economic boost to previous UK holders, which hosted a year-long programme of cultural events.
Belfast's Lord Mayor Nuala McAllister and Derry City and Strabane District Council Mayor Maolíosa McHugh will attend an event in Londonderry's Guildhall to mark the launch of the bid.
The chosen UK city will share the title with a city in Hungary in 2023.
In 2017 the position is being held by Aarhus in Denmark and Paphos in Cyprus, while Galway in the Republic of Ireland will hold the title in 2020.
It is understood that Britain's vote to leave the EU should not affect a UK city becoming European Capital of Culture.
Three non-EU cities have held the title in the past - Istanbul in 2010, Stavanger in Norway in 2008 and Reykjavik in Iceland in 2000.
The European Capital of Culture scheme is separate from the UK City of Culture, a title which was held by Londonderry in 2013 and is held this year by Hull.


Ex-world number one Victoria Azarenka and rising American star Madison Keys have confirmed they will play at this year's Aegon Open Nottingham in June.

The week-long WTA event is being held in Nottingham for the second successive year and finishes just 15 days before Wimbledon begins on 27 June.
Two-time Australian Open winner Azarenka said: "I've heard great things about what great preparation it was.
"It's so important to get time on this surface ahead of Wimbledon."
Azarenka, 26, is currently ranked 15 in the world and has twice reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon, while 21-year-old world number 24 Keys is a former quarter-finalist at the All England Club.
The Nottingham Open will see two tournaments take place in June, with the women's tournament from 4-12 June and the men's ATP event being staged from 18-25.


Firefighters have rescued five adults and two children from a fire at a flat in Glasgow.

The alarm was raised at 04:30 on Saturday after the property in a tenement block in the Cathcart area caught fire.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building in Holmlea Road to rescue the group.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said six people were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
A spokeswoman for the fire service said: "Both children went to the Royal Hospital for Children, two adults were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and two went to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
"They were treated for slight smoke inhalation. The seventh person did not require hospital treatment."
A total of four fire engines and one high-reach appliance were used to fight the blaze in the four-storey block of flats. The fire was extinguished shortly after 05:00.
The surrounding properties were evacuated and the road was closed during the incident.


You may not have heard of him but Mike Davies can justly lay claim to helping shape modern tennis into the global success story it is today.

As Wimbledon builds to a thrilling finish this weekend, the 78-year-old Welshman can proudly look back at how he helped create a game suitable for the television age.
The self-described tennis rebel - who grew up in Swansea and played at Cwmdonkin Park, a place more closely associated with Dylan Thomas - was no mean player either.
He became the only Welshman to reach a Wimbledon final when he lost in the men's doubles final in 1960 with Bobby Wilson.
But in what was an amateur era, he turned professional putting him at odds with the tennis authorities in Britain and leading to him being kicked out of GB's Davis Cup team.
It turned out to be the making of him as he joined many of the world's top players on a global circuit before becoming a promoter and administrator who would drag the game into the late 20th Century.
As executive director of the World Championship Tennis professional tour from 1968, he staged tournaments and sold sponsorship and television rights, taking professional tennis to big stadiums and major cities.
Davies, who lives in Florida these days, made this happen through radical innovations that are now accepted as part and parcel of the modern game.
The yellow ball comes as standard nowadays but white was the colour before Davies intervened.
"We were the first to get rid of the white ball because we were trying to get on television," he said.
"People were saying they had a lot of trouble following the white ball.
"Because we were playing on a blue indoor court, they said we should try orange but it evolved into a yellow tennis ball.
"It took 10 years for Wimbledon to do it after we did it."
There were other changes designed to appeal to a television audience too.
"The American public wanted to tell the difference between players so we said we were going to bring in coloured clothing," he said.
"It was the first time coloured clothing was used because it was all traditional white then."
Other innovations included the 30-second maximum time between points and the 90-second changeover every two games, which meant enough time for commercials to be shown on TV.
Tie breaks during tournaments? Yes, he was ahead of the pack there too.
He also led the way in developing big television contracts for tennis and fondly remembers the thrilling World Championship Tennis final in 1972 between Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver which drew a huge TV audience in the United States.
Davies, who was inducted into the international tennis hall of fame in 2012, was quick to realise that the sport could not stand still if it was to thrive in an age where success was measured by TV ratings.
"I basically understood very, very fast in my career, as a sport, if we weren't on television we weren't going to be a major sport in the world," he said.
It all seems a far cry from when he started playing on the courts of Swansea, including Cwmdonkin Park close to Dylan Thomas's childhood home and where the poet played as a boy.
Davies said: "I used to play on the courts at Langland Bay, Rosehill and Cwmdonkin Park.
"I came back to Cwmdonkin Park in January this year and walked on those courts for the first time in over 60 years. I felt good about it.
"They used to try to get me off the courts at nine o'clock at night because I wouldn't come off!"
His career was to take him far away from Swansea as he headed overseas to create a lasting mark on the game that he still adores and plays three times a week.
"I love the game and have always loved the game. It's been my life and passion," he said.
"It's been everything to me."


US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon.

The mission is planned for late 2018, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, adding that the tourists "have already paid a significant deposit".
"This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years," he said.
The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which is set for its first unmanned test flight later this year.
Mr Musk said the co-operation of America's Nasa space agency had made the plan possible.
He said the two passengers "will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them".
Mr Musk declined to reveal their identities, only saying that they knew each other and that "it's nobody from Hollywood".
"Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration.
"We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initial training later this year."
The first mission would be unmanned, and the next one - with crew - was expected in the second quarter of 2018, the billionaire entrepreneur and inventor said.
He also said the first passengers "are entering this with their eyes open, knowing that there is some risk here".
"They're certainly not naive, and we'll do everything we can to minimise that risk, but it's not zero."
The space tourists would make a loop around the Moon, skimming the lunar surface and then going well beyond, Mr Musk said.
The mission will not involve a lunar landing.
If Nasa decided it wanted to be first to take part in a lunar flyby mission, then the agency would have priority, Mr Musk said.
The US has not sent astronauts to the Moon since the early 1970s.


A window of a Polish man's house in north Belfast has been smashed in what police say is a suspected hate crime.

It follows two similar incidents in recent days on the same street, Mountcollyer Avenue in Tiger's Bay.
A man who lives in the house said: "I noticed my window was broken so I went outside and saw two guys walking towards North Queen Street.
"They were quite relaxed and without any embarrassment - they were wearing hoodies so I couldn't see their faces."
Police have said "initial investigations indicate that the crime is hate motivated".
"Hate crime is unacceptable and I appeal to anyone with any information relating to this particular hate crime, please contact York Road police on the non-emergency number 101," a police spokesman added.
On Monday night, a group of men attacked two houses and threatened residents at the street in what police described as a racially motivated hate crime.
Windows in two of the houses were smashed with bricks and one man was reported to have been carrying a pick axe.


Rural housing campaigners are warning that the government's plan to extend right to buy legislation could decimate the provision of affordable housing.

Ministers intend to allow housing association tenants in England to buy their homes at a discount.
But the plans have been criticised by rural housing groups, who say they will further restrict the already scarce supply of affordable homes.
The government says it is listening to the concerns of campaigners.
Exact details of the scheme will be announced in the autumn.
The founder of the Glastonbury Festival, farmer Michael Eavis, told BBC News the plans were "absolutely dreadful."
Mr Eavis has donated several acres of land over the past two decades to allow a housing association to build 22 affordable homes near the festival's site in the village of Pilton in Somerset.
"It would be absolutely fatal for this village.  They'd be sold off in no time so they'd go to people who come in from outside."
And Michael Eavis says he wouldn't donate any more land if right to buy was extended to villages like Pilton.  "It defeats the whole object of the exercise, which is to provide low cost housing to local people."
Extending right to buy to housing association tenants was a key commitment in the Conservative manifesto.
The scheme would allow tenants to buy their homes at a discount, which would be financed by councils being forced to sell their high value homes when they become available.  The government says each house sold will be replaced on a one for one basis.
Social housing makes up just 12% of rural properties, according to the Rural Policy Housing Review, 7% less than in urban areas.  Rural house prices are also, on average, 26% higher than in urban areas as competition from commuters, retirees and second home owners push up prices, according to a survey by the Halifax in November 2014.
Housing associations often rely on local farmers being willing to donate land or sell it below market rates in order to build homes.
Ed Buscall, a farmer in Saham Toney, Norfolk was approached by Hastoe Housing Association and the local parish council a few years ago.
"They came to me and said the village school was under threat and that locals were finding it increasingly difficult to find houses here because of people retiring from London and pushing up prices."
The arable farmer sold the land cheaply and the housing association built eight homes, but like Michael Eavis, he wouldn't do it again under the government's plans.
"I wouldn't have sold the piece of land if I knew that in a few years time people could just sell it on to anybody."
One of the houses built on Mr Buscall's land is now occupied by Sarah Green, her husband and 2 daughters.  A teaching assistant in the local school, she found it difficult to find a house in Saham Toney - buying a property in the village is not an option, she says, as prices are too expensive.
Ms Green is in theory the sort of tenant right to buy is aimed at helping.  But she's not interested.  "I don't think it's my right to have one of these houses.  Where is everyone else going to go? And the younger generations coming into the village? Well, they won't be able to will they, as there won't be any homes like this."
Around 465,000 council houses have been sold in rural England since right to buy was introduced for council housing tenants in the 1980s, according to the National Housing Federation.  Coupled with transfers of stock to housing associations, it means that 65% of rural local authorities don't own any housing stock.
Campaigners wonder therefore who'll compensate rural housing associations forced to sell their homes.  The government say they're still consulting on the details but the housing minister, Brandon Lewis, strongly hinted to BBC News that urban councils will help fund rural sales.
"The government will fund that discount using high value sales," said Mr Lewis.
"Central government will ensure that housing associations are able to do 1:1 funding.  We will make sure we support the discounts that housing associations will give, ensuring people can buy a home of their own.  We will outline the details when we publish the housing bill in the autumn."
The smallest rural areas are already exempt from existing right to buy legislation - and the government is considering extending those restrictions.
But that might not be enough for rural campaigners, who fear that some villages will be overrun by second home owners and retirees snapping up former housing association properties as they come onto the market.


A 19-year-old man is being treated for serious injuries after being hit by a car in Dumfries town centre on Christmas Eve.

The man was walking at the junction between Galloway Street and Glasgow Street at 21:30 when he was struck by a green Vauxhall Adam.
He was taken to hospital in Dumfries before being transferred to Edinburgh Western Infirmary.
Staff have described his condition as serious.
Police have asked anyone who saw the incident to contact them.


Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended death sentences passed by controversial new military tribunals, until it rules on the legality of the sentences.

The move directly affects six militants who were facing imminently execution.
In December Pakistan ended a seven-year moratorium on executions, after militants killed more than 150 pupils and staff at a school in Peshawar.
Since then about 60 death-row inmates have been executed on the orders of civilian courts.
More than 8,000 people have been sentenced to death in Pakistan, human rights groups say.
In March the government announced that all of those who had exhausted the appeals process and pleas for clemency would be executed.
But on Thursday, a 17-judge panel headed by Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk suspended executions carried out by the military, after the Supreme Court Bar Association challenged the constitutional amendment that created the tribunals.
It said that the tribunals would not be allowed to handle terror cases, which can carry the death penalty, until it makes it final ruling.
It is not clear when the court will do so, but it has directed the attorney general to file a reply in the cases of condemned prisoners by 22 April.
Human rights lawyer Asma Jehangir has criticised the secrecy of the military tribunals, arguing that defendants are given few details of the alleged offences.
Senior lawyer and retired Colonel Inam-ur-Rehman - who has defended cases before the military courts - told AFP that Thursday's ruling was a "great achievement".
"It shows that the judiciary is performing its role independently and no parallel judiciary can be allowed to work in the country," he said.


Bolton Wanderers have signed midfielder Chris Taylor on a free transfer on a two-year deal.

The 29-year-old was released by Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season after three seasons.
The former Oldham man spent the second half of last season on loan at Millwall where he helped them reach the League One play-off final.
He is the first signing for new manager Phil Parkinson as Bolton prepare for life in English football's third tier.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Connacht won a battle of attrition against 14-man Glasgow at a raucous Sportsground to secure a home Pro 12 semi-final against the same opponents.

The Irish province led 7-0 at the break courtesy of a converted Bundee Aki try, Glasgow levelling it when Gordon Reid piled over early in the second half.
The champions had Sila Puafisi sent off in the 50th minute for a reckless use of the head in a pivotal moment.
Tiernan O'Halloran then claimed a cross-kick to score the winning try.
Connacht protected their lead thereafter, ensuring Glasgow must now return to their Galway fortress for the semi-final in a fortnight, with Leinster overtaking them both for top spot on the final day.
Never in the history of the Pro12 has an away team won a last-four clash.
Glasgow began brightly enough, putting Connacht on the back foot and forcing the home team into conceding three penalties in the opening six minutes. Leone Nakarawa, the great orchestrator in Glasgow's second row, was prominent, careering away for two line breaks in the early stages.
It was the kind of day - wet and dank - that was always going to come down to narrow margins. Finn Russell missed a kickable penalty and then missed another midway through the half. The misses were costly because by then Connacht had the lead - a try coming with their first proper visit to the Glasgow 22.
A line-out maul put them in position to strike. Kieran Marmion then linked with AJ MacGinty, who found Aki coming in on a devastating line for the score. MacGinty converted to send the diehards in Connacht's raucous Clan Terrace into delirium.
The hosts were murderously intense in the collisions, battering Glasgow back in the tackle and denying them any chance to launch their offloads to their big runners who can do such damage given the freedom to play.
They didn't have any in that first half, but they found themselves at the start of the second, when Reid got them back in the game.
The visitors turned down a kick at the posts and instead went for the line-out, a decision that reaped a reward when Glasgow stayed patient in possession in Connacht's 22 and Reid barrelled over round the side of a ruck.
Russell converted and Glasgow were level. The game then took a dramatic turn when Puafisi was red-carded for a reckless use of the head on Marmion. It was the right call and one that was to prove ruinous to Glasgow.
Now Connacht stepped it up again and retook the lead with a precise cross-field kick from O'Leary - on for MacGinty - that was beautifully plucked out of the air by O'Halloran, who timed his run and leap to perfection ahead of Stuart Hogg. The conversion was good from O'Leary and Connacht had the advantage again.
The longer it went on, the more frenetic it got. Front-row forwards dropped like flies amid the attrition. Connacht ran out of scrummagers and the scrums went uncontested. Then they were contested again and there was a fracas. It was a battle of wills. Ugly and beautiful at the same time.
Connacht attacked and got repealed. Glasgow attacked and met the same fate.
The 14 men tried to pull it out of the fire but Connacht weren't having it. This was not the free-flowing rugby we'd expected, but it was compelling all the same.
Connacht deserved it. In their fortress they once again proved unbeatable.
Connacht: Tiernan O'Halloran, Niyi Adeolokun, Robbie Henshaw, BundeeAki, Matt Healy; AJ MacGinty, Kieran Marmion; Ronan Loughney, Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham; Ultan Dillane, Aly Muldowney; Sean O'Brien, Jake Heenan, John Muldoon (capt).
Replacements: Dave Heffernan (for Loughney, 55), JP Cooney (for Ah You, 51), Rodney Ah You (for Bealham, 2), Quinn Roux (for Dillane, 74), Eoin McKeon (for O'Brien (62), John Cooney (for Marmion (66), Shane O'Leary (for MacGinty, 53), Peter Robb (for Aki, 73).
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar, Peter Horne, Lee Jones, Finn Russell, Ali Price, Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Sila Puafisi, Leone Nakarawa, Jonny Gray (capt), Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson, Josh Strauss.
Replacements: Pat MacArthur (for Brown, 56), Jerry Yanuyanutawa (for Reid, 56), Zander Fagerson (for Harley, 53), Tim Swinson (for Gray, 27-33, for Nakarawa, 77), Simone Favaro (for Wilson, 20-26, 66), Grayson Hart (for Price, 69), Mark Bennett (for Dunbar, 14), Sean Lamont (for Jones, 53).
Sent Off: Puafisi (50).
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales).


A Methodist chapel in Cornwall, sometimes known as the Miners' Cathedral, will close next year it has been announced.

St Just Chapel - completed in 1833 - will close its doors for worship in August 2017.
The church joins a list of closures in the county due to falling congregation numbers and rising maintenance costs.
President of the Methodist Conference, Reverend Steven Wild, said the decision reflected a "changing society".
"It is really sad. They built it so everybody in the community could fit in it to hear the gospel message.
"Times have changed. The way that people worship is different now... Unfortunately secularisation has crept in in our country in quite a big way that we don't see in other parts of the world."
Julian Drew, superintendent minister for West Penwith, said the costs of maintaining the building were "quite huge".
"It's a big building... [The costs] are beyond the size of the congregation that's here".
Mr Drew said the church council would be looking at "a number of options" for the future of the chapel over the coming months, but that if no group came forward to support its upkeep the building would have to go on the market.
The Miners Cathedral got its name in remembrance of 20 people who lost their lives when the West Wheal Owles mine flooded in 1893.


Thousands of people gathered in Gloucestershire for the traditional cheese-rolling races on Cooper's Hill.

The unofficial event was organised by rebel cheese rollers, after plans for an official contest were axed in 2010.
Several thousand spectators turned out to watch thrill-seekers chase an 8lb (3.5kg) wheel of double Gloucester cheese down the 1:2 gradient hill.
All four races were won by cheese-chasers from the Brockworth area, who once again chased real cheese.
In 2013, in a bid to make the race safer, revellers had to chase a foam imitation of a double Gloucester 656ft (200m) down the hill at Brockworth.
The fake fromage was then binned again in favour of a real wheel of cheese.
In total, four 8lb (3.5kg) and three smaller 3lb (1.5kg) cheeses were used - made by Smarts Cheese, which has been producing them for the event for more than 25 years.
The winner of the first race was Chris Anderson, from Brockworth, who won a second double Gloucester cheese bringing his tally to 15 cheeses in ten years.
The second men's race was won for the third year running by local veteran cheese chaser, Ryan Fairley, 25, from Brockworth.
"I took a bit of a tumble... I had a plan where I was going to go but it didn't happen."
The women's race was won by first timer Keavy Morgan, 16, also from Brockworth.
Cheese rolling dates back to at least the early 19th Century.
In 2009, the official event was scrapped after more than 15,000 people turned up, sparking safety fears over numbers at the site.
Every year since then unofficial races have been organised during the late spring bank holiday by local enthusiasts.


Cardiff Devils overturned a 4-2 deficit to beat Dundee Stars 6-5 on aggregate in the Elite League play-off quarter final.

Andrew Lord's team won 4-1 in Dundee to earn themselves a semi-final against Coventry Blaze in Nottingham on Saturday, 2 April.
Devils trailed 5-4 on aggregate going into the final 10 minutes in Scotland.
Carl Hudson levelled the tie on 51:52 and Tomas Kurka scored the winner less than five minutes from the end.
Kurka scored twice on the night with the Devils' other goal coming from Lord. Doug Clarkson was on target for Dundee.


UK shares have risen for a third day, after Bank of England governor Mark Carney hinted at fresh stimulus measures following the Brexit vote.

The FTSE 100 index closed 1.13% higher, while the FTSE 250 was higher by 1.19%.
On Thursday, Mr Carney said a  deteriorating outlook meant action from the Bank was likely this summer.
Share prices were further boosted after Chancellor George Osborne indicated the government would abandon its commitment to achieve a budget surplus by 2020.
This suggested that the austerity policies of the last six years might be eased in the wake of the referendum result.
The FTSE 250, which had started the day 0.41% higher, fell in mid-morning trade before recovering by lunchtime.
During the campaign, Mr Osborne had warned of the need for a combination of Â£30bn of spending cuts and tax rises if the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Despite the rally on the FTSE, bank shares were still under pressure, with Royal Bank of Scotland receiving the greatest amount of punishment from investors. The bank's shares fell a further 3% by lunchtime before finishing 1.11% higher.
Elsewhere, building supplies firm Travis Perkins saw its share price fall 1.4%.
Meanwhile, 10-year UK government bond yields fell on the prospect of the Bank of England pumping more money into the economy.
Earlier in Asia, stocks also rose for a third day, as investors bet policymakers would take steps to prevent further market uncertainty following the UK's decision to leave the EU.
The broad-based MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.5%, bringing its gains this week to more than 3%.
In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 closed 0.68% higher, while the Topix gained 0.69%.
South Korea's Kospi rose 0.9% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.25%.
In China, the Shanghai Composite closed 0.1% higher.
Hong Kong and Thailand's stock markets are closed for holidays.
Gold, considered a safe haven investment in times of uncertainty, headed for its fifth week of gains, with bullion for immediate delivery trading at $1,322 an ounce.
The pound was down against both the euro and the US dollar at $1.3283 and â‚¬1.192, up from the lows that it hit on Thursday in the immediate aftermath of Mr Carney's speech.
However, sterling remains well below the $1.50 rate it touched on Thursday last week, before the outcome of the referendum became clear.
The past week has seen huge swings on the world's financial markets as traders and investors struggled to assess the impact of the UK's Brexit vote.
After two days of heavy falls following the referendum outcome, shares spent two days recovering, and on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 ended above the level it had closed at on Thursday last week.
However, the FTSE 250 index - which contains more UK-focused companies - still remains well below its pre-referendum level.


European Space Agency controllers will not give up on Philae.

They will continue to listen for the little probe in the days ahead, hopeful that it will somehow become active again.
On each pass overhead, the Rosetta satellite will try to detect and lock on to any sort of blip being transmitted from below.
The mission has faced up to the odds before, and won. It bounced and probably scraped across the surface during its historic touchdown on Wednesday.
Philae survived all that. People will now want to believe it can hunker down in the darkness and ride out its present predicament.
It would be very useful to know where exactly the probe is right now on the surface of Comet 67P.
This would give controllers a better sense of whether it is ever likely to come back to life.
The robot's own pictures show it to be rammed up against walls that throw a deep shadow over its solar panels for most of 67P's 12-hour day.
But the conditions that currently prevent Philae from charging its batteries could change.
It is not inconceivable that as the comet moves in closer to the Sun, the amount of light made available to the probe will increase, in amount and in intensity.
There could be structural changes on the comet, too. Obstructions that look hard and imposing today could crumble in time as 67P warms and becomes more active.
The jets of gas and dust that are generated as the comet's internal ices are heated could disturb the robot in such a way that it is bumped to a more favourable lighting location.
For sure, Philae will be very cold in the long nights it is experiencing, but the assessment of the thermal status of the probe is encouraging. It can survive.
If this is the last we hear from the robot, history will be very quick to judge this mission as an astonishing success.
Yes, the robot had some systems failures in its landing mechanisms, but it would be churlish in the extreme to dwell on these shortcomings.
The robot delivered almost 100% of its primary goals, returning the first-ever pictures and other science data from the surface of a comet.
And it has been a blast. This past week's events really caught the world's attention.
So how about we do it again? This is the dream certainly of many who control Philae's mothership, Rosetta.
It will continue to orbit and observe 67P for at least another year, but after that there is a desire to put the satellite on the surface of the comet as well.
"I would like to land on the surface of the comet with the full spacecraft - definitely," says European Space Agency flight director Andrea Accomazzo.
"In the end, we can design an approach trajectory to the comet. We just slow down the spacecraft and it falls on to the comet.
"The touchdown will not be as soft as the lander. There's no landing gear; the spacecraft would be mechanically damaged. But we can do it."
And Paolo Ferri, Esa's head of mission operations, added: "We would plan such a manoeuvre so that we could follow Rosetta down to the surface. But once it touches down, we cannot control anymore the attitude. So, the antenna will not be pointing to the right direction.
"We would lose the contact when it touches down, but we would still be able to control it down to the last metre, to get signal, measurements and pictures. It would be spectacular. That's the right way to die."
You can hear more from Accomazzo and Ferri in the BBC Radio 4 Frontiers special we recorded from mission control on Wednesday night - if you haven't already caught the programme.
And there'll be a special Sky At Night edition dedicated to Philae's exploits on BBC Four television this Sunday at 2100 GMT.


A pregnant woman due to be sentenced over the death of her baby daughter has been taken from court by ambulance.

Claire Riley, 23, was due to be sentenced at Northampton Crown Court over the death of six-month-old Molly-Mae Wotherspoon, killed by an illegal American pit bull in Daventry in 2014.
Earlier her family clashed with media as she arrived under an umbrella.
The child's grandmother, Susan Aucott, 55, remains at court, with sentencing due to take place later.
The pair have admitted being in charge of an out of control dog.
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The court previously heard Aucott was looking after her granddaughter at Riley's former home in Morning Star Road, Daventry, when dog Bruiser attacked her.
Molly-Mae suffered severe blood loss from head wounds. The dog was put down at the scene.
Aucott, 55, of Alfred Street, Northampton, admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog resulting in death in June, as did Riley, of Merrydale Square, Northampton, on the first day of her trial the same month.
Claire Riley's pregnancy halted sentencing last month after she was too unwell to attend court.
Sentencing has been adjourned until 14:00 to see whether Riley is allowed out of hospital.
The judge in the case, Justice Susan Carr, said it was preferable to sentence the pair together.


US President Donald Trump says he will turn to tax reform, following his failure to get his healthcare bill through Congress on Friday.

The draft bill would have scrapped the Affordable Care Act of his predecessor Barack Obama, which was opposed by Mr Trump's Republican party for years.
Obamacare requires all Americans to have health insurance but offers subsidies to people on low incomes.
Mr Trump's bill was withdrawn because of a lack of support from Republicans.
They control both houses of Congress, and the withdrawal is a major setback for the new president.
Mr Trump campaigned on his skills as a dealmaker.
"I would say that we will probably start going very, very strong for the big tax cuts and tax reform. That will be next," Mr Trump told reporters at the White House.
However, the tax cuts were supposed to be paid for by savings from the withdrawn healthcare bill.
Without the spending cuts in the failed bill, any tax cuts will add to the federal budget deficit.
Mr Trump lashed out at Democrats in Congress after the bill was withdrawn, blaming the opposition party for not backing his legislation.
But it was House Republicans who ensured it was shelved, after Speaker Paul Ryan decided he could not get enough backing from his own party.
"Doing big things is hard," Mr Ryan said.
The president refrained from criticising Mr Ryan, whose job as speaker of the House involves rallying support for controversial bills.
"We learned about loyalty; we learned a lot about the vote-getting process," he said.
On Saturday Mr Trump repeated his claim that Obamacare would "explode", tweeting "we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!"
Obamacare has been troubled by increases in insurance premiums. It also imposes tax penalties on uninsured Americans - many of them low- to moderate-income earners.
However, it also bans insurance companies from denying health coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions and allows young people to remain on their parents' plans until age 26.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday that tax reform was "a lot simpler" in many ways than healthcare reform.
Mr Mnuchin said that his goal remained to get tax measures through Congress by August this year.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer admitted that this goal was "an ambitious one", but one that the administration was "going to try to stick to".


A woman has been arrested after a five-vehicle crash in Holywood on Friday morning.

The crash happened on the city-bound lane of the A2 Holywood bypass and caused serious disruption.
Three people were taken to hospital where they were said to be in a stable condition.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash to contact them.
They particularly want to talk to anyone who saw a silver Volkswagen Golf travelling on the A2 before the crash.


A water company which supplies about 260,000 customers in north east Wales and Cheshire is being sold.

Severn Trent has agreed to buy Dee Valley Water for about £78.5m.
The company has now suspended talks on an alternative takeover bid with the investment firm Ancala, which had bid roughly £71.3m.
Severn Trent said it would invest in the firm and help vulnerable customers but MPs in the area have raised concerns about the takeover.
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas said: "Dee Valley Water has been a small and quietly efficient company, which has gone about its business serving our area well in the past few years.
"It is now facing a takeover by a multinational company and I am concerned that profits, rather than service, will be put first."
Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones said it was "vital that reassurances are given about people's jobs and that local people's concerns are listened to - and acted upon".
Severn Trent played down the concerns.
A spokesman said: "Customers will share in half of any wholesale cost efficiencies achieved, which will be reflected in future bills."


A student housing developer is planning to build around 150 apartments on the Dublin Road in south Belfast.

It is a joint venture between Lacuna Developments, based in Holywood, County Down, and the Welsh firm Watkin Jones.
They have bought the former Willis insurance offices, close to the junction with Botanic Avenue.
The same joint venture is currently converting the former Belfast Metropolitan College building at College Square East into student flats.
It is also planning a student development at the former Athletic Stores building in the city centre.
There are currently plans for more than 4,000 student 'beds' to be developed in Belfast over the next few years.
The latest application, which was filed last week, is for more than 700 units in a development on Donegall Street.
It will form part of the bigger Northside regeneration scheme which includes a hotel, social housing and commercial space.
Most of the planned student accommodation is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the new campus of the Ulster University.
The latest Watkin Jones/ Lacuna plan is the first private sector scheme close to Queens University, Belfast.
The scheme represents an investment of around Â£10m and the developers are aiming to deliver it by September 2017.
It will be managed by Fresh Student Living, which is involved with the other two schemes.


One day after the Hillsborough disaster - as the people of Liverpool struggled to comprehend the enormity of the tragedy - a remarkable service attended by 9,000 people took place at the city's Roman Catholic cathedral.

Just over 24 hours after Britain's worst football stadium tragedy, Monsignor Vincent Malone surveyed Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral with a growing anxiety.
A requiem Mass had been hastily arranged in the aftermath of the disaster at the Liverpool v Nottingham Forest FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield, which would eventually cost the lives of 96 people.
"People were heading to the cathedral like ants," recalled parishioner Rita Pinto.
Press photographer Tom Murphy added: "People who claimed not to believe in God or faith just came to the cathedral because there was nowhere else to go."
As a priest, Monsignor Malone might be expected to be glad to see so many turning to the church in their hour of need but there was one snag - the cathedral looked to be reaching its 3,000 capacity nearly 90 minutes before the Mass was due to start at 18:00.
"People started arriving around 4:30 and it soon became pretty clear we seemed to be getting over-full," he recalled.
"This was the worst possible situation," he added.
He decided to close the cathedral immediately and conduct a simultaneous service on the piazza at the building's rear.
Consulting with the police he had an urgent request - for a megaphone.
So as fans, councillors and Liverpool first team members gathered inside for the start of a service, Monsignor Malone was walking to the rear of his cathedral where more than 6,000 people had massed.
In a freezing wind on a piazza, where in joyful times Pope John Paul II had gone on walkabout in 1982, the people had waited for the service as the Salvation Army band played.
"What sticks in my mind most is, as I walked round to the piazza, I could hear waves of applause and wondered if the Salvation Army Band were still playing like they had been for most of the afternoon," he said.
"When I got there I was very moved to see that the people were applauding as individuals placed their football scarves on the outdoor Altar.
"It was a very unusual experience, I thought my megaphone would be one where I held a talk piece to my mouth but instead I had to speak into the trumpet directly.
"I wish I had had the foresight to get a copy of Archbishop Derek Worlock's sermon - I could have read it out. The cathedral seemed to be the only place outside of Anfield where people could come together that day to express their corporate grief."
Electrician Tony Zeverona had initially been outside the cathedral with a friend who was begging to be let inside because he had lost a relative.
"The man on the door agreed and asked did I want to go with him and I said 'yes' - to be honest it was a bit of a  blur," said Mr Zeverona, who had been in the stands at Hillsborough the day before.
Earlier he had visited an injured friend in a hospital in Sheffield before going to the Anfield stadium where fans were laying tributes.
"I got home and my wife told me about the cathedral service - I had to go. I think it helped a lot of people. The people of Liverpool really came together."
For Liverpool players, the Mass was the first of many services they would attend as the club arranged for at least one player to attend each victim's funeral.
Midfielder Ronnie Whelan said: "I attended the Catholic cathedral service but my memory is a bit hazy. I have stronger memories of the service at the Anglican cathedral [the following week].
"It was so sombre. Very, very emotional - especially when You'll Never Walk Alone was sung," he said. "It was very, very difficult - although much more difficult for the families.
"I attended two funerals. You feel a little bit guilty. What can you do? The families seemed to appreciate it though."
In the blue half of the city, some Everton fans felt awkward in the tragedy's aftermath.
"We were caught between not wanting to intrude almost - and perhaps be seen as a bit phoney or insincere - and not wanting to appear unconcerned," said Evertonian Greg Murphy.
"I often say that the city as a whole didn't know how to react until late on the Sunday.
"The cathedral service was a great catalyst for focusing everyone's attention, because by that stage people knew how big a disaster it had been and were coming to understand that this was a global news story and so the cathedral event served to validate people's grief.
"I recall people saying 'I don't know why I feel so bad, I don't even like football, I don't know anyone who was there, I didn't even know where Hillsborough was until yesterday - but I feel dreadful'.
"The cathedral event pulled all that together - for everyone."


Scotland head coach Vern Cotter felt his side "didn't get the rub of the green" as they were beaten 23-22 by Australia at Murrayfield.

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Tevita Kuridrani's converted try snatched victory for the Wallabies in the final four minutes of the match.
"We'll always come back to the old saying of fine margins," said Cotter, whose side outscored their visitors three tries to two.
"I wouldn't necessarily say the best team won."
This was a second agonising defeat for Scotland against Australia in 13 months after their controversial World Cup quarter-final exit at Twickenham.
Centre Huw Jones scored two first-half tries and Jonny Gray's score made it 22-13 to the Scots after 48 minutes.
However, a Bernard Foley penalty closed the gap to six points and Kuridrani's 76th-minute try, converted by Foley, proved decisive.
Choosing his words carefully, Cotter lamented the second-half penalty count that tipped heavily in Australia's favour, but said his team showed tremendous character.
"I'm incredibly proud of the way the players played that game," he said. "There are things we can and can't control and we'll focus on the things we can.
"I just think we didn't get the rub of the green at times. I thought the team adapted well to injuries and it might have just come down to... I've got to be careful what I say.
"There were eight penalties against us in the second half and only two for us; there were a number of things. But that is something we can't focus on."
Cotter added his players were "a little bit emotional, once again".
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Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw felt his side were on the wrong end of several marginal decisions, with flanker John Barclay conceding two contentious breakdown penalties.
"I think we got harshly penalised on a few occasions and that just gave them easy field position," said Laidlaw.
"There were a couple of times we kicked the ball out and I reckon we should've just kicked long and tried to get the chase rather than give them set-piece in our half.
"Some of the discipline and decisions went their way and we gave them field position in our half."
Despite the frustration, Laidlaw believes the team are growing more fluent, cohesive and confident on the field.
"We believe we're so much better and more organised and know what each other are doing," said the scrum-half. "I think that's starting to come through in our performances.
"We're pretty much in every single game we play now; it's just about getting a little bit of luck to get over that line.
"One of my conversions just clipped the inside of the post; the thickness of a lick of paint and that goes through and we're probably home and hosed - and, unfortunately, we cough up a try at the end.
"We feel so close and we're massively frustrated we've not won."


Joe Leach made his first century in three years while Joe Clarke reached a career-best 194 as Worcestershire amassed a big total against Derbyshire.

Having made 255-6 on the first day, Worcestershire batted a lot faster on day two, claiming a fourth bonus point inside the 110-over cut-off, then declaring on 475-7, with Leach on 107.
After adding 157 with Clarke, Leach was only seven shy of his own career-best.
Bottom club Derbyshire reached 15-0, before a weather-hit early finish.
After the players initially went off for rain, play was eventually ended at New Road by bad light.
Left-arm seamer Greg Cork, son of former England Test all-rounder Dominic Cork, sent down 16 overs without reward on his first-class debut.
England Lions batsman Clarke struck a six and 25 fours in his 328-ball knock, while Leach's hundred came off 138 balls - his first since hitting 114 against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in July 2013.
Worcestershire centurion Joe Leach told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"It has been a long time coming. I've got a few 80s and 90s and it has been disappointing not to convert into hundreds but sometimes, batting at number eight, you can't.
"It was nice to have the opportunity to bat with Joe Clarke for a long time and then Ed Barnard and not have to get into a mode where I was batting with the tail.
"Jack Shantry might just have to be a little bit quieter now because he was 2-1 up in terms of hundreds scored. We are  2-2 now thankfully. I can't have him beating me.
Derbyshire skipper Billy Godleman told BBC Radio Derby:
"Worcestershire getting 475 was a lot more than we would have hoped. Once you do a whole day in the field, the first hour the next morning, sometimes runs can leak and that's what happened.
"We could have exploited the conditions in the first session on Tuesday better. We bowled a bit wide and short, but we came back excellently in the last session and a half of the first day to keep us in the game.
"It's a young attack, but it's a great opportunity for the young guys to show what they can do at first class level and gain experience."


League Two side Stevenage have signed Tottenham Hotspur defender Connor Ogilvie and Crystal Palace goalkeeper Chris Kettings on loan.

Ogilvie can play at left-back or centre-back, but has yet to play a first-team match for Spurs.
The 19-year-old played 16 times in the Under-21 Premier League last term and has joined on a one-month youth loan.
Former Manchester City and Blackpool youngster Kettings, 22, has moved on a one-month loan.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


More than 2,000 health service staff have been assaulted by patients in the West Midlands during 2012/13, new figures reveal.

The figures, released by NHS Protect, show an increase on the 1,900 patient assaults on health service staff in the region during 2011/12.
Nursing union the Royal College of Nursing said the figures were "concerning".
It said employers "must do more" to prevent the attacks.
NHS Protect, which was set up to identify and tackle crime across the health service, said that national figures of assaults on staff during the last year had topped 60,000 for the first time in eight years.
In many cases, the assaults were "medically related", which can include patients lashing out at staff after coming out of anaesthetic, or assaults from elderly dementia patients.
Their figures show that 2,486 members of medical staff were assaulted between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, across Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley and Solihull's NHS Foundation Trusts, mental health hospitals, PCTs and ambulance services.
Peter Carter, chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said: "We are concerned that frontline staff might be at greater risk because of additional pressures on services, leading to growing frustrations from some patients.
"But there is no excuse for taking these frustrations out on hard-working, frontline staff.
"Employers must create environments where staff do not feel threatened by assault."
A spokeswoman for Birmingham Women's Hospital said that counselling was available to workers and that the hospital's priority is to take a "zero tolerance stance" against violence towards staff.


Jersey and Guernsey's women's teams are both through to the second round of the EH Trophy after first-round wins.

Jersey made it past the opening round for the first time in their history after coming back from a goal down to beat Salisbury 2-1.
Josie Steinson put Salisbury ahead before half-time, but two goals from Fiona Anderson, the second in the final minutes, sealed the win.
Meanwhile, Guernsey won 4-1 away at Warminster-based West Wilts.


Donald Trump has denied that he will work on the new series of reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice after becoming US president.

It had been reported that he would continue to be an executive producer of the show he helped create.
He tweeted on Saturday that he would "devote zero time" to the new series, which will be hosted by actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger.
However, Mr Trump did reaffirm that he has a "big stake" in the show.
Mr Trump fronted the series, which is owned by MGM and aired by NBC, until 2015, when his political career took over.
There have been concerns about a conflict of interest because of The Apprentice's advertising deals and because NBC also runs various news productions.
"I have NOTHING to do with The Apprentice except for fact that I conceived it with Mark B & have a big stake in it. Will devote ZERO TIME!" Mr Trump tweeted, referring to the show's creator, television producer Mark Burnett.
He described the reports that he would be working on the programme during his presidency as "fake news".
Mr Trump will be sworn in as US president on 20 January, 18 days after the new series begins.
Variety magazine, which first reported the story, had claimed he would be paid at least "in the low five-figures" per episode. MGM declined to comment on the financial arrangements.
Some observers have questioned whether the connection could affect the reporting on Mr Trump by NBC's news division.
In June 2015, NBC said it had ended its business relationship with Mr Trump because of "derogatory statements" he made about immigrants during his presidential campaign.
On the links between the president-elect and The Apprentice, the liberal Media Matters blog wrote: "NBC will invite scepticism into how NBC and MSNBC can fairly cover the sitting president when there is a financial incentive to protect his reputation and the ratings of the Celebrity Apprentice.
"Furthermore, Trump and NBC should address the conflict of interest concerns raised by the fact advertisers may help to personally enrich President-elect Donald Trump by purchasing ads during Celebrity Apprentice."
However, the new series was recorded in February, before NBC severed its ties with Mr Trump and before his election.
Mr Trump's supporters have defended the president-elect, comparing his Apprentice credit to royalties received by Barack Obama from his books.
Mr Trump is due to hold a news conference next week outlining how he plans to leave his business "in total in order to fully focus on running the country".
The new series of Celebrity Apprentice features stars including singer Boy George, Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil and Jersey Shore personality Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.


Russia's Chelyabinsk region is gripped by a kind of meteor fever, with thousands combing through fields trying to find meteorite fragments.

Near the villages of Deputatsky and Pervomaysky, an hour's drive from Chebarkul city, whole families of meteorite hunters are hard at work.
The meteorite passed over the area before reportedly crashing into the Chebarkul lake,  and the snowy fields are covered with human footprints.
The nearby home of the Belizkaya family was filled with soot from their oven after the meteorite explosion, which caused the ceiling to crack.
Initially frightened, now the family calls that day their "rebirth", and have so far found three 1cm-wide meteorite fragments.
"We came with all the family, we do it out of interest, really, this is such a memento of that event," says Elena Belizkaya of the hoard. "We'll keep it at home for now, but if there's a chance to sell it, we'll sell some, of course!"
Meteorite hunters require no particular expertise as the hunt is relatively simple - fragments leave a small crater similar to a mouse's hole. If you find such a hole in a bank of snow you can be fairly certain - it is either a mouse or a meteorite.
The BBC team found four tiny stones within five minutes. Most of those fragments found near Deputatsky are pea-sized, but some can be much bigger - more like golf balls.
The biggest fragment we saw weighed about 100g. It was found by a citizen of Chelyabinsk, who said he had received several offers from friends in Moscow.
"It's like hunting or fishing," said one meteorite hunter. "When you see an animal, your heart starts to beat fast, and when you're fishing - it's like pulling the fishing rod and thinking there's something extraordinary. This is the same - you see a tiny hole, try it, and here it is."
Scientists from the meteorite laboratory at the Russian Academy of Science collecting samples in Chelyabinsk say the more meteorite hunters the merrier, because there are only a couple of days of good weather left for the search.
Any wind or snowfall will destroy meteorite traces, and small fragments will simply not be found until the spring, when the fields will be covered by tall grass.
The minerals of which the meteorite is made are common and not of great interest, says junior research associate Dmitry Sadilenko.
But size matters. The Chebarkul space rock was one of the biggest objects to break up in our atmosphere in 100 years. And the bigger the fragment found, the more it is worth.
What's more, according to Russia's Subsoil Law, there are no legal grounds for prohibiting people from collecting, selling and exporting meteorite fragments.
However, potentially lucrative finds are already raising eyebrows. The internet is full of ads selling so-called fragments of the Chebarkul meteorite, with prices ranging from a few thousand to 500,000 roubles (Â£11,000).
The Chelyabinsk police department has already questioned one "businessman" - a resident of Emanzhelinka village - who has sold several fragments for 15,000 roubles. He could be charged with fraud if the stones are found to be fake.
Although scientists from the Ural Federal University have declared Chebarkul Lake to be the location of the main meteorite fall - suggesting a fragment as wide as 50cm may be lying on the lake bed - the Chelyabinsk authorities say they cannot confirm this.
Chelyabinsk deputy governor Igor Murog told the BBC that the large ice-hole thought to have been made by the meteorite could equally have been made by a fisherman.
Meteor hunters, though, seem not to care about official statements: Many are drilling holes in the ice and lowering magnets attached to ropes into the water. For now they are finding mostly tiny fragments.
Even Chebarkul Mayor Andrey Orlov joined in the hunt, sending divers into the lake's cold water soon after the meteorite fell, only for their mission to be thwarted by silt on the lake-bed. The hunt will continue on Monday.
He has announced a competition for business ideas as Chebarkul tries to profit from the global attention given to its meteorite landing.
And locals are already cashing in, offering to shuttle visitors to the site of the now-famous ice-hole via horse and cart - for the price of an expensive Moscow taxi fare.


Today Tottenham striker Harry Kane will fulfil a childhood dream.

Ten years ago at a special training camp he told football legend David Beckham that he hoped to play at Wembley Stadium one day.
And today he fulfils it, playing at Wembley in the Capital One Cup final.
What dreams do you hope to achieve one day? Or have you achieved any of your dreams already?
Perhaps you want to do really well at school or in a sport? Or maybe you want to do something nice for someone?
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A man who died while trying to rescue his youngest daughter from their house after an arson attack was a "brave hero", his wife has said.

Andrew Broadhead, 42, and eight-year-old Kiera died in the blaze at their home in Ash Crescent, Stanley, Wakefield on Wednesday.
Police believe an "accelerant was poured through the letterbox".
In a statement, his wife Sara said he saved her life and rescued their eldest daughter before going back in.
Police think the arsonist may have been injured because the fire took hold so quickly and continue to appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
Mrs Broadhead, 35, thanked the local community for the "kindness and support" they have been shown.
She said: "Andy was a brave hero who managed to save the lives of his wife and eldest daughter.
"Unfortunately he couldn't save our youngest daughter Kiera and gave his own life trying to save hers.
"He was a very kind man and Kiera was a vibrant, independent loving girl. Our whole family are absolutely devastated by their loss."
Firefighters were called to the scene of the blaze at about 04:20 BST on Wednesday.
An online fundraising campaign to help support the family has raised more than Â£8,000.


A police officer understood to be under investigation by a watchdog in relation to the Rotherham child abuse scandal has died following a car crash.

South Yorkshire PC Hassan Ali, 44, died in hospital nine days after he was hit by a car in Sheffield on 28 January.
Mr Ali was being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over allegations made about him, the BBC understands.
He was not on duty at the time of the crash in Staniforth Road, Darnall.
A force spokeswoman said she could not confirm PC Ali's involvement in the IPCC investigation.
However, in a statement she said: "South Yorkshire Police received four public complaints relating to alleged misconduct of an officer.
"The force referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission."
A report published in August said about 1,400 children were abused by gangs of men, mainly of Pakistani origin, from 1997 to 2013 in Rotherham.
In September, the IPCC said it was investigating 10 South Yorkshire Police officers referred to the watchdog by the force over the handling of child sexual exploitation in the town.
Mr Ali was a neighbourhood officer based in Rotherham who had 18 years' service with the force.
Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police David Crompton said Mr Ali was a "well-liked officer" and colleagues had been left "devastated" by his death.
"All of our thoughts are with Hassan's family and on behalf of the force I would like to offer my sincere condolences at this incredibly difficult time," he said.
A force spokeswoman said Mr Ali was on foot when he was struck by a blue Vauxhall Corsa travelling towards Greenland Road, Darnall. The driver was not injured.
No-one has been arrested in connection with the crash.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the collision to come forward.


The daughter of David Haines, who was killed by Islamist militants, has said the Islamic State (IS) group should be "eradicated".

Bethany Haines also told ITV News that she hoped her father's body would be returned to his family.
Mr Haines, who was born in Yorkshire and educated in Perth, was killed by IS earlier this month.
He had been taken hostage while carrying out aid work with refugees in Syria.
Mr Haines had been living in Croatia with his second wife, who is Croatian, and their four-year-old daughter. His parents live in Ayr.
His older daughter Bethany gave her television interview from her home in Scotland as MPs prepare to vote on military action against IS.
The 17-year-old said: "IS need to be eradicated. They can't continue this way. They can't be doing this to people and get away with it. No matter what nationality, if they are Western or not.
"Hundreds of Syrians have been killed by them. They need to be stopped. If airstrikes and ground force is what it takes, that's what it takes."
Ms Haines said her family had been touched and moved by the messages of support they had received.
She added: "Anyone who needed help he was there. Tragically he's lost his life doing what he loved but he wouldn't have stopped. Even if he'd come back after this he would've gone out again and again and again. He loved helping people.
"He was such a bright character. Always making people laugh, telling jokes. He was a brilliant man. And he will be remembered like that by everyone who knew him and probably by people who didn't know him.
"He will be remembered and not for the way he was shown in that video. But for the truly amazing work he did and the bright character he was."
Bethany Haines said her father's commitment to helping others had encouraged her to follow his example.
"I'm hoping to do some aid work after next year and do a bit of work with a charity," she said.
"Hopefully it will spark a career doing that. He'd tell me of all the people he'd helped and I want to do that too."