A four-year-old boy with a rare genetic condition, which can literally leave him scared stiff, is starting school.

Jacob Madgin has hyperekplexia, known as startle disease, which causes his body to overreact to shocks and make his muscles tense up.
His father Allan, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, said some seizures and spasms could lead him to choke as his throat went rigid.
Nevertheless, Jacob is starting school on Thursday.
He is attending Battle Hill Primary thanks to an improvement in his condition brought about by muscle-relaxing drugs.
The neurological disease was diagnosed when he was eight months old - being breast or bottle fed would cause him to spasm if his nose touched the teat so he had to be tube-fed.
As he got older, other incidents such as seeing a dog or horse could send him into a spasm which could stop him breathing.
Mr Madgin, 56, said he had "lost count" of the number of times Jacob had been rushed to hospital.
Mrs Madgin, 48, said: "Starting school is a massive step, but it is a natural progression that you would expect for any boy.
"The big thing is the choking risk, but the school has been absolutely brilliant."
Prof Robert Harvey, from University College London (UCL), who is involved in research into hyperekplexia, said the number of people affected was unknown, but he believed it was underreported and in some cases misdiagnosed as epilepsy.
He said it had been linked to infant death and placed a "great burden" on those affected.
"You can imagine for this little lad, these triggers cause great stiffness and it can affect breathing, so life is very difficult for people who suffer from it," he said.
He and colleagues from UCL and Swansea University are researching possible causes of the disease.


Adam Lang, the fictional British Prime Minister in Robert Harris' novel The Ghost faces prosecution for war crimes in an international court.

Lang is not so much a thinly veiled portrait of Tony Blair as an explicitly, obviously exotic extension, with added warts and delusions, of our former prime minister.
Now, according to one Sunday newspaper, the Chilcot inquiry could, in reality, accuse Tony Bair of such crimes.
The added spice is that while Lang merely faced his former foreign secretary, current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would apparently back Blair's prosecution at the Hague.
No novelist would be quite so obvious as to cast his revenging fury as a current party leader, the very embodiment of all his victim had exiled from mainstream politics. The Ghost indeed.
The Labour Party is still haunted by the manifest success and equally spectacular failure of Tony Blair.
Mr Blair has just suggested that simple lessons should be learnt about genies and bottles, saying: "We underestimated profoundly the forces that were at work in the region and that would take advantage of the change once you topple the regime."
Chilcot may not be as dramatic as the weekend headlines suggest, but it is still very far from ancient history.
What is the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war for?
Iraq Inquiry: Timeline of key moments
The legacy of the Iraq War is a critical part of the vital, current debate within the Labour party.
Still, Mr Blair looms too large for his erstwhile supporters to either praise him or bury him.
Crucially, the road to Baghdad was paved with political ambitions for his party.
One was dealing with the outsized fear, after 9/11, of enemies getting hold of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
The mingling of realistic fears, the actual facts and convenient fantasy is what Chilcot has to disentangle, and there will be plenty of time to chew over the findings.
What may get lost is the wider context of Mr Blair's enthusiasm for action.
Central to Mr Blair's transformation of the Labour Party was killing off negative perceptions that the party was "too left wing" for power.
He didn't bother to dispute the accusations of a hostile press and the worries of swing voters - instead his technique was to flamboyantly adopt policies that spoke loudly of their opposite.
In one area, he saw a double lock on Labour's door to power - the claims it was:
Both had deep roots, from the pacifism of party leader George Lansbury in the 1930s to protests over Vietnam in the 1960s.
But more important was CND in the 1980s and a view of the world that saw the US not as a valiant bulwark in a Cold War against tyranny, but the inheritor of an Western imperial legacy, giving succour to dictators and oppressors who made the world safe to sell Coca-Cola.
Jeremy Corbyn was firmly, prominently, consistently one of those who saw the ills of the world through the lens of American imperial power.
Mr Blair thought the world needed that power, almost irrespective of its actual actions.
Curious as it seems in retrospect, he feared that George W Bush (pre-9/11) would disengage the US from the world.
An enthusiastic "liberal interventionist", as set out in his Chicago speech, Tony Blair realised the US was an essential part of his vision of a West that righted wrongs with enthusiasm and military power.
As he has made clear since, he didn't just go along with President Bush.
"It's worse than you think," he said. "I believe in it. I am truly committed to dealing with this, irrespective of the position of America.
"If the Americans were not doing this, I would be pressing for them to be doing so."
He is still at it, urging a new ground war in Syria and Iraq, involving the UK, US and France.
Born: 6 May 1953
Educated: Choristers school, Fettes, Oxford
Family: Married, four children
1976: Barrister specialising in trade union and employment law
1983: Labour MP for Sedgefield, shadow City spokesman
1984-87: Shadow trade and industry minister
1987-88: Shadow energy secretary
1989-92: Shadow employment secretary
1992-94: Shadow home secretary
1994-97: Opposition leader
1997-2007: Prime minister, winning three successive general elections
2007-2015: Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East
2008: Launched the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
After Mr Blair, after Iraq Labour supporters could bitterly, wryly, reflect that their party had put to bed forever the idea that it was weak on defence, such was his enthusiasm for offensive action.
Except that is no longer true. We are witnessing the same old debates, the same old questions, about Trident, about Nato, about military spending.
And perhaps that is appropriate. But it is not very helpful for the Labour party itself to be squabbling in the past tense.
On the eve of the Iraq War, I reflected that we were sailing into uncharted waters - a British prime minister taking a country into a war, that as far as one can tell, the population didn't want.
A war against the will of the people. It could have turned out differently, perhaps. But no WMD were found, and the occupation was both occasionally brutal and usually incompetent.
New Labour staggered on, but those who had always mistrusted Mr Blair found a fitting locus for their dislike.
Party members and voters peeled off, so slowly, but so certainly.
His behaviour out of office has made him even more of a hate figure for some on the left.
Although he is the ghost who haunts the party's halls, he is a very bouncy, upbeat, jet-setting sort of spirit - defiantly unapologetic, made extravagantly rich in part, some say, by consorting with questionable regimes.
I can't be the only one who sees something of Mr Blair in Hugh Laurie's brilliant portrayal of Richard Roper in the Night Manager - not that anyone's suggesting Mr Blair is a corrupt arms dealer, its just there's something familiar about his breezy, easy way with power, wealth and entourage.
Wherever Mr Corbyn's subsequent career takes him, it is impossible to imagine him following these footsteps.
It is only one of the myriad ways in which he is the austere anti-Blair.
Not, however, Mr Blair's exorcist, but his primal antithesis, all the tribe's most atavistic instincts reanimated, all that Mr Blair buried, resurrected.
He will not lay the family ghost.
The leadership may despise Mr Blair's techniques for winning power - but they haven't yet found their own.
Part of Mr Blair's skill was in the much-mocked art of triangulation, rising above left and right, to hover somewhere not only midway between the two, but with a certain degree of moral altitude above both.
No-one in the Labour party has yet attempted this between Mr Blair and Mr Corbyn. It is perhaps too soon. But the world does not wait.
The lessons drawn from Iraq by a former senior civil servant may be clear by the late summer, but the foreign policy debate generally grows ever more complex.
It is too early for Labour to deal with its devils, but it will probably means it will be stuck in a black-and-white debate in an increasingly multi-hued world.


SeaWorld in California is planning to phase out some of its more controversial killer whale shows.

BBC News website readers and people posting on social media sites have been discussing the announcement that 2017 will be the last year of the show in San Diego.
The overwhelming majority of comments are in favour of ending these aquatic displays.
However Lorna who emailed the BBC shared a different perspective. "I have been to Florida six times. I do not think these animals are mistreated in any way nor do I think they are in pain, they seem to enjoy themselves. What about those countries of the world who hunt whales, and wipe out their natural existence in the wild? The 'do gooders' of the world should divert their efforts to an animal cause that really needs them."
But the majority of responses were overwhelmingly against aquatic shows in which killer whales are trained to perform on command.
But shows, like the one pictured above, have been performed by the animals for decades and continue to be a popular tourist attraction, as David Arnold tweets below:


The Pirate Bay, arguably the most well-known website for accessing pirated content, has been taken offline following a raid in Sweden.

Swedish police seized servers in Stockholm after a complaint was filed by a group targeting internet crime.
It is the first time in several years the site has been taken offline rather than simply blocked by filters.
Unexpectedly, the site's co-founder Peter Sunde - who is no longer involved - called for its permanent closure.
Swedish police have confirmed the raid, which took place after the complaint from the Rights Alliance.
Paul Pinter from Stockholm County Police, told the BBC that an investigation that had lasted "for years" led them to the location of the servers containing material related to the The Pirate Bay.
As well as servers being removed from the data centre for examination, he said several people were now being interviewed by police.
However, he would not confirm or deny if anybody had been arrested.
The police operation took place in an area in Nacka, south-east of Stockholm. The area's mountainous terrain is used as a natural cooling system for computer servers.
"We can confirm that the police has completed a raid in the facility which where we rent space for our data centre," hosting firm Portlane, which has servers located in Nacka, told the BBC.
"This raid was not for our company or any of our employees," a spokesperson said. It added: "It was partly directed at one of our customers."
According to Torrent Freak, a website that reports on news about piracy and copyright law, a number of smaller torrent websites, or sites related to the activity, had also gone down.
Various reports on Wednesday suggested that the site had returned with a Costa Rican web address.
However, this site appeared to be a "mirror" - meaning copy - of the real site, and search functionality did not work.
The Pirate Bay has operated for over 10 years, and in that time has become a focus for the creative industry's war on copyright infringement. It is one of the internet's most-visited websites, and the movie, music and software industries blame it for losses running into billions of pounds.
Despite The Pirate Bay's operators being convicted of copyright violations, authorities have struggled to stop the site from operating.
In the UK, internet service providers (ISPs) were ordered by the High Court to block access to the site in 2012. Other countries rolled out similar measures.
The effectiveness of such blocks has been disputed. Sites will evade them by changing domains, or users will utilise proxies to circumvent them.
The Swedish raid steps up the effort to stop people reaching The Pirate Bay by knocking the site itself offline, although for how long is unclear.
Prof Alan Woodward, a security expert who has been working with European authorities to shut down illegal sites, said: "There have been raids before from which Pirate Bay has recovered.
"Recently they have taken steps moving their infrastructure to be more distributed as a way of being more resistant to raids, so I would imagine they will reappear in some form."
In 2012, The Pirate Bay announced it was to move its site to the cloud - internet-based storage, which can be shared across a variety of locations - so that raids would apparently be ineffective.
At the time, the site said: "The site that you're at will still be here, for as long as we want it to. Only in a higher form of being. A reality to us. A ghost to those who wish to harm us."
That confidence in the site's agility appeared misguided as it remained unreachable well into Wednesday.
But according to Peter Sunde, it will be indifference that closes the site, rather than police action.
"News just reached me that The Pirate Bay has been raided, again," he wrote in a blog post.
"That happened over eight years ago last time. That time, a lot of people went out to protest and rally in the streets. Today few seem to care. And I'm one of them.
"Why, you might ask? Well. For multiple reasons. But most of all, I've not been a fan of what TPB has become."
He bemoaned the level of advertising found on the site and criticised what he called a lack of "soul" in the community.
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The body set up to investigate deaths during the Troubles wanted to question Martin McGuinness over the Enniskillen bombing but was blocked from doing so, a victims campaigner has claimed.

Kenny Donaldson made the claim at a meeting of the Northern Ireland affairs select committee at Westminster.
He said the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) advised against questioning Martin McGuinness.
But the deputy first minister has denied any link to the IRA attack.
Twelve people died in the 1987 bombing.
"We have been advised by a senior former [Historical Enquiries Team] investigator that he had cause to bring in the deputy first minister for questioning in regards to that atrocity," Mr Donaldson told the committee.
"He was prevented from doing so.
"The NIO advised that it would not be a good idea and it didn't happen."
A Sinn FÃ©in spokesperson said: "Martin McGuinness totally rejects this attempt based on unsubstantiated hearsay to link him to the Enniskillen bombing."
Mr Donaldson was speaking during an inquiry into the IRA use of Semtex supplied by Libya.
Semtex from Libya became a devastating weapon for the IRA during the Troubles.
The Northern Ireland affairs committee is looking at how effective government efforts have been in seeking redress for victims.
It is also examining potential options for compensation.
On Wednesday, it was told hundreds of millions of pounds of former Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's assets held in the UK must be used to compensate victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism.
At least Â£900m of his fortune has been frozen by the government and an act of parliament could release it to those bereaved and injured in IRA bombs, according to a lawyer giving evidence to the committee.
Jason McCue, who has been attempting to win compensation for IRA victims, told the committee that former Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown had put commercial and diplomatic interests ahead of justice in their deals with Col Gaddafi's regime.
Links between the IRA and Libya can be traced back to 1972 when the Col Gaddafi first praised the group as allies in a struggle against Western imperialism.
Col Gaddafi later helped provide the IRA with weapons for its armed campaign during the Troubles.
He was toppled from power in August 2011 after 42 years in charge of the country, and was killed two months later.


Former South Africa captain Benni McCarthy says he nearly walked off the pitch because of the incessant racism during matches when he played in Europe.

The striker began his European career with in 1997 at Dutch club Ajax.
He went onto play for clubs in Spain, Portugal and England during his career.
"At times I didn't want to even play anymore because I couldn't take it, people calling you all kinds of things," he said.
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"It's not my fault my skin is darker than others. I was born this way."
McCarthy said he learnt to deal with it over time despite the distress it caused him.
"It used to give me more energy when people are so ignorant and racist, they  make you play better, they make you want to beat their team so bad," he added.
Twenty years after McCarthy arrived in Europe, the issue of racism is still in the headlines.
On Sunday, Pescara and Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari walked off the pitch after he complained of racist abuse during a match against Cagliari.
Muntari was banned for a match after he was booked for dissent after asking the referee to stop the match claiming he was being racially abused.
The 32-year-old ex-Ghana international then walked off the pitch in protest - for which he received a second yellow card, officials have now confirmed.
I was very surprised that in England you don't hear monkey chants from opposition fans,
Cagliari were not punished by the authorities in Italy for the abuse saying not enough fans took part in the abuse to trigger action.
McCarthy said his worst period was when he played for Celta Vigo and Ajax Amsterdam.
"You find the whole stadium making monkey noises and throw bananas," said McCarthy as he reflected on his playing days in Europe," he explained.
"For me colour is just a reflection, we are all human beings, we are the same.
""In Portugal when you play for your club, they love you but when you play outside your club, it's different, you suffer, you face racism."
Things were however different for him in England, where he played for Blackburn and West Ham United.
"Of my journey, England was probably the most respectful. I was very surprised that in England you don't hear monkey chants from opposition fans," the 39-year-old continued.
"They swear and throw personal insults, call you useless but racism - no.
"I applaud the the Premier League for having such a strong regime and football clubs for making sure that their fans are respectful to ethnic African minority players."


A group of schoolchildren in the west end of Newcastle have been offered the chance to travel to Mount Everest base camp.

17 July 2013 Last updated at 14:37 BST
They are training to tackle the mountainous conditions in Nepal next year.
Helen Richardson reports.


A South African appeals court will announce on Thursday whether it will change athlete Oscar Pistorius' manslaughter conviction to murder.

The Paralympic sprinter shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door in February 2013 but said he mistook her for an intruder.
He was convicted of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, eight months later.
State prosecutors say Pistorius should instead have been convicted of murder and want his prison term increased.
They say the jail term should rise from five years to a minimum of 15 years.
The court heard the state prosecutors' appeal on 3 November.
The five appeal court judges did not consider the facts but the application of the law, in a highly technical case.
The judgement is due to be delivered by the Supreme Court of Appeal at 09:45 (07:45 GMT) on 3 December.
The Paralympian was transferred to house arrest last month after serving one year of his five-year term.


South Africa comfortably held off Scotland in Newcastle to take over at the top of World Cup Pool B.

Schalk Burger and JP Pietersen crashed over in a first half dominated by the powerful Springboks.
The Scots struggled to make inroads until a Duncan Weir interception led to a thrilling Tommy Seymour try.
But the cool kicking of Handre Pollard kept South Africa at a safe distance and Bryan Habana added a late score to reflect the gulf in quality.
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The Springboks, twice World Cup winners, signalled that their campaign is back on track with a bludgeoning display of brute force after their shock opening loss to Japan.
Scotland now look ahead to next weekend's clash with Samoa, knowing victory will see them through to the quarter-finals.
The first score came after 13 minutes when a combination of Burger, Bismarck du Plessis and Duane Vermeulen smashed their way through the Scottish defence, with Burger credited with the final touch in a muddle of hands.
Scotland were warned and here was the Springbok maul in all its ferocity. At times the Scots were mauled off the park, never more so than at the end of a one-sided first half when a devastating rumble paved the way for JP Pietersen to touch down.
It was textbook. It came with Jannie du Plessis in the sin-bin. Scotland were in a mightily deep hole.
At the break, such was South Africa's upper hand that you felt Scotland were set for a pummelling, with Heyneke Meyer's team leading by a handsome 17 points.
The revival from Scotland might have been brief but it was heartening.
Weir's epic breakaway and the support from Tim Visser created a try from the blue from Seymour to cut the game to a seven-point margin.
It was a score that rocked the Bokke but just when Scotland needed to consolidate, they blundered.
They made a frightful hash of the restart, then had Greig Laidlaw sent to the bin for a cynical grab at Habana.
Their bravery never let up one for second, though. A sure sign of South Africa's concerned mindset came when Pollard opted for a drop goal to re-establish their cushion.
In the end, the Boks had too much ball and too much power. The physical toll was massive. South Africa did not play cosmic rugby but they played with an intensity that Scotland could not live with.
A do-or-die meeting with the Samoans, who suffered a major loss to Japan. Samoa are out of the World Cup. if Scotland beat them, they make the quarter-finals. Next Saturday back at St James' Park will be huge for the Scots.
Vern Cotter has some decisions to make. Blair Cowan was magnificent and made a mockery of the decision to leave him out of the original 31. If John Hardie is fit, who plays seven next week?
Cotter will be encouraged by some of what he saw. The courage was there in spades against South Africa.
Richie Gray was wonderful. His younger brother, Jonny, was not far behind. Josh Strauss showed up well.
This was a beaten Scotland but a Scotland that is improving and will be considered hot favourites in the must-win game on Saturday - their biggest test in four years.
Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw: "We were disappointed with our performance. It was a poor first half, probably wasn't a great second half either, we just didn't really get out the blocks and paid the price for it.
"We knew [the South African physicality] was coming, we just didn't stop it. We were letting them get that momentum we spoke about. Once they did that it was a nightmare to try and attack.
"The breakdown was a melee; we let them get on the front foot when they were attacking so it was hard to defend.
"That was all nonsense [about Scotland fielding a weakened side] before the game; we're just disappointed with our performance."
South Africa: le Roux, Pietersen, Kriel, de Allende, Habana, Pollard, du Preez, Mtawarira, B. du Plessis, J. du Plessis, Etzebeth, de Jager, Louw, Burger, Vermeulen.
Replacements: Lambie for Pietersen (70), Serfontein for de Allende (75), Pienaar for du Preez (80), Nyakane for Mtawarira (67), Strauss for B. du Plessis (57), Malherbe for J. du Plessis (50), du Toit for de Jager (76), Alberts for Burger (70).
Sin Bin: J. du Plessis (34).
Scotland: Hogg, Seymour, Vernon, Scott, Visser, Weir, Laidlaw, Reid, Brown, Nel, R. Gray, J. Gray, Strauss, Cowan, Denton.
Replacements: Lamont for Hogg (63), Horne for Vernon (65), Hidalgo-Clyne for Laidlaw (70), Dickinson for Reid (51), Ford for Brown (61), Welsh for Nel (64), Swinson for J. Gray (69), Wilson for Strauss (55).
Sin Bin: Laidlaw (53).
Att: 50,900
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales).
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Pop icon, Prince, was found dead at his Minnesota home on Thursday, but his fans in Northern Ireland have been quick to pay their respects.

He died suddenly aged 57, leaving behind a back catalogue spanning rock, pop, funk and jazz and millions of devoted admirers.
Purple street art in his memory has popped up in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter and in the window of an art gallery in Stranmillis.
Fans of Prince in the PSNI, Castlereagh, also posted their own creative salute to the pop icon on Facebook on Thursday night.
US rapper, Macklemore, celebrated the iconic musician during his performance at the SSE Arena.
He told fans on Thursday night that Prince was a "musical genius" and said he had taught him "it was all about the love".
There was no Purple Rain in Northern Ireland, but one Prince fan managed to snap purple skies over Belfast.
Brian Mullholland told BBC News NI he thought it was "quite appropriate" that the parma-violet sky covered the city on the night of the musician's death.


Dundee have won the race to sign Tom Hateley after the 26-year-old right-back/midfielder's release by Polish top-flight club Slask Wroclaw.

Scottish Premiership rivals Partick Thistle, Championship outfit Hibernian and clubs from England were among those interested in his signature.
Hateley, who previously had a spell in Scotland with Motherwell, has signed a two-year contract at Dens Park.
He made 29 appearances last season as Slask finished 10th in the table.
Born in Monaco while his father, Mark, was playing there in the French top flight, Hateley started his own football career with Reading.
After a loan spell with Basingstoke Town, he moved to Motherwell in 2009 and went on to make 150 appearances for the Scottish top-flight outfit.
Having rejected a new contract at Fir Park, Hateley had a four-month spell with Tranmere Rovers before moving to Poland.
Dundee said on their website: "He has been much sought after over the past few weeks, with a number of clubs vying for his signature."
Although Hateley can play in midfield, he can also play right-back and Dundee manager Paul Hartley has been seeking a replacement in that position after Paul McGinn moved to Chesterfield.
Ziggy Gordon, who rejected a new contract with Hamilton Academical, had chosen to join Partick Thistle instead of Dundee earlier this summer.


Healthy adults do not need to take vitamin D supplements, suggests a study in The Lancet which found they had no beneficial effect on bone density, a sign of osteoporosis.

But experts say many other factors could be at play and people should not stop taking supplements.
University of Auckland researchers analysed 23 studies involving more than 4,000 healthy people.
The UK government recommends children and over-65s take a daily supplement.
The New Zealand research team conducted a meta-analysis of all randomised trials examining the effects of vitamin D supplementation on bone mineral density in healthy adults up to July 2012.
The supplements were taken for an average of two years by the study participants.
Bone mineral density is a measure of bone strength and measures the amount of bone mineral present at different sites in the body. It is often seen as an indicator for the risk of osteoporosis, which can lead to an increased risk of fracture.
The trials took place in a number of different countries including the UK, the US, Australia, Holland, Finland and Norway.
Although the results did not identify any benefits for people who took vitamin D, they did find a small but statistically significant increase in bone density at the neck of the femur near the hip joint.
According to the authors, this effect is unlikely to be clinically significant.
Prof Ian Reid, lead study author, from the University of Auckland, said the findings showed that healthy adults did not need to take vitamin D supplements.
"Our data suggest that the targeting of low-dose vitamin D supplements only to individuals who are likely to be deficient could free up substantial resources that could be better used elsewhere in healthcare."
Writing about the study in The Lancet, Clifford J Rosen from the Maine Medical Research Institute agrees that science's understanding of vitamin D supports the findings for healthy adults, but not for everyone.
"Supplementation to prevent osteoporosis in healthy adults is not warranted. However, maintenance of vitamin D stores in the elderly combined with sufficient dietary calcium intake remains an effective approach for prevention of hip fractures."
The Department of Health currently recommends that a daily supplement of vitamin D of 10 micrograms (0.01mg) should be taken by pregnant and breastfeeding women and people over 65, while babies aged six months to five years should take vitamin drops containing 7 to 8.5 micrograms (0.007-0.0085mg) per day.
Dr Laura Tripkovic, research fellow in the department of nutritional sciences at the University of Surrey, said the study was important but very specific.
"I'm not surprised they didn't find any evidence of the effects of vitamin D on bone density because there are so many other factors involved in osteoporosis, like genes, diet and environment.
"To pin it all on vitamin D... it's difficult to do that."
Dr Tripkovic said it was no good taking vitamin D supplements if people didn't also maintain a healthy, balanced diet containing calcium and take plenty of exercise.
She said most healthy people should be able to absorb enough vitamin D naturally, through sunshine and diet.
"But if people are worried about their vitamin D levels then a multi-vitamin tablet would do. If you have bone pain and muscle aches then you should go and see your GP and discuss it."
We get most of our vitamin D from sunlight on our skin, but it is also found in certain foods like oily fish, eggs and breakfast cereals.
However, taking too much vitamin D in the form of supplements can be harmful because calcium can build up and damage the kidneys.
Experts advise taking no more than 25 micrograms (0.025mg) a day.
The UK guidance is currently being reviewed.


For France's centrist presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron this was the chance to engage close-up with thousands of expat voters.

"French Londoners, France loves you," he told a rally, urging them to come home because their country needed their drive and expertise.
He cited the frequently aired claim that London was France's sixth-largest city, with an estimated 200,000 French residents. In fact it would rank about 30th.
But what drew Mr Macron to the UK was perhaps not so much the number as the type of French people living in its capital. Many are young, educated, upwardly and geographically mobile - exactly the constituency he has galvanised at home.
Opinion polls suggest he has a chance of reaching the second-round presidential run-off in May and could even win the presidency.
Queuing to hear him speak in Westminster on Tuesday was Elise Siouve, 25, a biotechnology postgraduate at Cambridge University, who felt Mr Macron "understands the need to adapt to social and economic changes".
Another Cambridge student, Benjamin Vendrand-Maillet, 24, has set up a unit of Macron supporters at the university. For him, the centrist's market-friendly policies would work "for all French people, whether rich or poor, young or old" and he was best placed to defeat the populist Front National.
The main challenge for French candidates campaigning abroad is that turnout is low among expats. In the UK, it is typically about 30%. Why bother to vote when you have decided to make another country your home?
But Mr Macron could benefit from the UK's vote to leave the EU, which he deeply regrets. French residents who may suddenly be unsure of their long-term status in the UK could find renewed interest in politics back home.
This is the case for Sylvie, a Macron fan who is studying for a doctorate in Oxford.
"I lost interest in France for four years because I found what was going on there dispiriting," she says. "Since Brexit I've realised that I might have to go back to France, so I'm much more involved now."
Restating the message he had delivered to UK Prime Minister Theresa May earlier in the day, Mr Macron promised the crowd of about 2,000 that he would attract talent back to France by freeing up the economy and encouraging risk-taking and enterprise.
He said he had been shocked when a French person he met on the Eurostar train to London had told him that he had gone to Britain to establish his start-up business because he had found it impossible to do so at home.
"What is at stake in this campaign," he said to loud applause, "is making sure that women and men who are willing to create jobs and wealth, who want to change their own lives and that of others, can never say 'I tried to do it in France but it's better to do it a two-hour Eurostar ride away'. I don't want to hear that ever again."
Mr Macron is hoping to buck an international trend towards anti-globalisation populism in a country where market reforms have never been popular.
The five-horse race for the French presidency remains wide open.
In recent weeks polls have consistently placed far-right leader Marine Le Pen ahead in the first round on 23 April. But they have also suggested she would lose the run-off two weeks later.
That suggests the top prize in this election could go to the initial runner-up.
Mr Macron surged ahead of his rivals in January but his support has wobbled over the past week, following an outcry over his comment that the colonisation of Algeria had been a "crime against humanity".
Mainstream conservative Francois Fillon appears to be staging a comeback after damaging allegations over payments to his wife. Two left-wing candidates are not far behind.
But what is clear is that the winning candidate will be the one most able to mobilise his constituency - hence the potential importance of the expat vote in this race.
"It is too close to call," says Benedicte Paviot, London correspondent for France 24 television. "French presidential candidates can't afford to ignore French nationals abroad."


A council waived its own financial rules three times when awarding contracts to a firm run by the local authority leader's physiotherapist.

Other companies were not able to bid for the contracts - collectively worth £156,000 to Core Fit Ltd - which were offered by Cheshire East Council.
Details of the deals came following a BBC Freedom of Information request.
Councillors have called for an external inquiry while the council said no "unlawful expenditure" had been made.
Conservative Michael Jones, leader of Cheshire East Council, has always insisted he has made no money from the contracts awarded to his personal physiotherapist Amanda Morris's company.
Her firm, which runs fitness classes in schools, has not commented.
Senior Labour councillor Laura Jeuda said the council had "refused to provide any meaningful explanation" as to why the normal rules were waived for the contracts.
But the authority's chief executive Mike Suarez said there had been no "unlawful expenditure or any breach of EU procurement rules".
The firm's three contracts were all awarded between June 2014 and March 2015 without any competitive tender exercise. Forms were signed to waive the rules.
At least three companies must be invited to compete for any contract worth more than £10,000, according to Cheshire East Council's rules.
The constitution states the rules can be waived in "very limited exceptions" which are "essential to the efficient running" of the authority.
Core Fit Ltd contracts
June 2014
March 2015
In October Mr Jones told fellow councillors he had no involvement in the council's procurement process but said: "I did introduce my physio to the council."
He told the meeting he did declare his link to Core Fit Ltd, adding: "I had no vested interest and I make no money from that."
Answering councillors who have called for an independent external investigation, chief executive Mike Suarez said: "I see no reason for [one] and have discussed that view with the external auditors, who are independent of the council and satisfied that the approach the council has taken does not require their formal involvement."


A man has appeared in court accused of raping and assaulting a member of staff at a Birmingham hospital.

Liam McCarthy, from West Bromwich, was remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 November.
The unemployed 25-year-old, of Phoenix Street, appeared before city magistrates on Thursday charged with rape and two counts of assault.
Police were called to City Hospital at 09:00 BST on Wednesday and cordoned off the scene for forensic examination.


Some companies are exploiting new pension freedom rules to get access to pension savings, Panorama has discovered.

The rules, introduced last year, allow those aged 55 and over full access to their pension pots with the first 25% tax free.
Undercover footage shows one unregulated consultant giving advice and suggesting high risk investments.
The government has said they are committed to protecting pension savers.
Panorama sent an undercover reporter to a call centre in Derby - run by a company called Lifestyle Connections - which offers free pension reviews on behalf of its sister company First Review Pension Services.
The undercover footage shows call centre staff offering assessments to people which they claim will show how the new pension freedoms affect them and what will happen at the consultation.
The Pension Advisory Service has warned: "You should be very wary of anybody who approaches you regarding a free pension review because at the end of the day they're there to make money and you need to be really clear before you accept any offer from them."
The Lifestyle Connections call centre tries to sign people up to face to face consultations, which are then carried out by First Review Pension Services.
In the undercover footage, an employee of Lifestyle Connections, is seen telling Panorama's undercover reporter to lie to the people she is being trained to call.
The employee then reveals the aim of the company is to get "everyone to invest in Cape Verde". The employee adds that the customers shouldn't be told this.
Cape Verde is an emerging tourist destination off the north west coast of Africa. Both Lifestyle Connections and First Review Pension Services are owned by a company called The Resort Group - a property developer with a string of resorts there.
"There is clearly no doubt that it's all about selling an investment in Cape Verde," says pensions expert Alan Higham. "It's not about a proper pension review... it's not about working out what's generally best for you. It's about trying to find the best line to sell you this investment in Cape Verde."
Another employee at the call centre told the undercover reporter that The Resort Group owner Rob Jarrett, a former financial advisor from Leeds saw an opportunity during the 2008 financial crisis.
She says that "when the slump came, the recession, he wanted to look for a way of getting more investment".
On 25 June, Panorama asked the Resort Group for a statement.
It replied: "We are grateful to Panorama" and "are investigating as a matter of urgency. All investments with the Resort Group PLC are safe and all our investors have received all payments due." A pension transfer into the Resort Group is not possible without advice from an IFA.
The Resort Group also told us it decided that in February, that First Review and Lifestyle Connections would stop taking on new business after 30 June. First Review Pension Services and Lifestyle Connections said that, if true, they cannot condone this behaviour which is now the subject of an internal review.
Panorama requested interviews with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator about the results of its investigation but none were available to be interviewed.
The DWP released a statement saying they are committed to protecting all pension savers including those seeking to access their pension freedoms.
Nearly a quarter of a million people have taken advantage of the new freedom to take control of their pensions.
The Pensions Advisory Service advise that "the biggest protection is raising customer awareness....and getting people to do due diligence into the company they're doing business with."
Panorama - Pension Rip-Offs Exposed is broadcast on BBC One on Monday 11 July at 20:30 BST. Or catch up afterwards on BBC iPlayer


Rebecca Adlington has criticised British Swimming for the delay in naming a new head coach, calling the situation an "absolute mess".

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Dennis Pursley quit after GB fell short of its target of five to seven medals at London 2012, collecting just three.
British Swimming initiated a review, but said the results showed their programme does not need an overhaul.
"Why is it taking so long? We've been dying for them to appoint a head coach for months," Adlington told BBC Sport.
"Swimming in this country may never reach the heights of rowing and cycling, whose tough, no-compromise culture has delivered remarkable results.
"But despite Adlington's criticisms of the recent review process, it does seem the sport is determined to learn the lessons of what went wrong in London. With money for the Rio Games due to be decided in the coming days, it knows it is running out of second chances."
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David Sparkes, chief executive of British Swimming, said that he was "depressed" with the team's performance in the pool in London.
"It was unbelievable and the depression was only lifted when I saw what our Paralympic swimmers came in and did," he said.
"There's no question it should have been better and nobody is more disappointed than me. There are huge questions to answer but that's what I believe the review has done.
"If you look at all the results, across all the disciplines, I don't think there's any justification for me to consider my position at this time."
Sparkes added that he was "disappointed" with Adlington's criticisms.
He said she had been involved in the review process but added that he would welcome further direct talks to discuss the situation.
Michael Jamieson's silver and two bronzes for Adlington were Team GB's only medals in the pool at the London Olympics, after they were set a target of five to seven.
British Swimming's performance director Michael Scott quit soon after Pursley, leaving Britain's national team without two key figures.
The findings of the panel, which included Bob Bowman, the coach of Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps, and Paralympics GB chef de mission Craig Hunter, showed that the "programme is not broken".
But Adlington, who won gold in the 400m and 800m freestyle in Beijing, says she is disappointed the national governing body did not select replacements before conducting the report.
"We don't know why a head coach hasn't been appointed to help with the review," said Adlington.
"Surely, that would make more sense for the head coach to be appointed before the review, even if it was just one who said 'look this is semi-permanent, you might want to continue after the review but you might help us until then making these decisions'."
"Us swimmers are like, who do we go to? And this is the biggest thing. We'd like to know who the person is we can go to if we have a problem or if we want something to happen.
2008
Rebecca Adlington gold (400m and 800m freestyle)
David Davies silver (10km marathon)
Keri-Anne Payne silver (10km marathon)
Cassandra Patten bronze (10km marathon)
Jo Jackson bronze (400m freestyle)
Total: Six
2012
Michael Jamieson silver (200m breaststroke)
Rebecca Adlington bronze (400m and 800m freestyle)
Total: Three
"We like routine, we like structure. We're very regimented and we like to know who is going to be leading us.
"A lot of us don't know who we are going to at the moment. Who do we speak to? It's awful what's been going on."
Scott, who held the role of performance director since 2007 before stepping aside at the end of last month, was based in Australia and unable to relocate to Britain.
Following the Australian's departure, Adlington said she would back a British figurehead to lead the sport forward.
"If British people do apply and they are qualified, I do think it would work better being British," she said.
"[We need] people who live in this country, know how British people work, know the system, know quite a lot of us athletes, know the coaches and can communicate with them.
"I just think it would improve things. It would help communication. I think we would be able to get the ball rolling quicker. It wouldn't take a year to 18 months to get to know the system. They'd know it straight away."


Jaki Liebezeit, the drummer and co-founder of pioneering German band Can, died on Sunday at the age of 78.

"It is with great sadness we have to announce that Jaki passed away this morning from sudden pneumonia," said a statement on Can's Facebook page.
"He fell asleep peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. We will miss him hugely."
Can were revered as pioneers of the Krautrock movement, which blended rock, electronic and world music.
Liebezeit was credited with inventing the band's name, which stood for "communism, anarchism, nihilism".
Throughout several line-up changes he was a constant, playing on all of the band's albums, including Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi and Future Days.
Although they were prolific, releasing up to three albums a year in the 1970s, they were destined to be a cult band - influencing the likes of Roxy Music, Julian Cope, The Flaming Lips and The Horrors.
They scored an unexpected UK hit with I Want More, which reached number 26 in 1976 and earned the band their sole appearance on Top Of The Pops.
"We were trying to find our own way," said Liebezeit of Can and fellow Krautrock bands like Neu! and Kraftwerk. "We thought like artists.
"Imagine a painter saying I can't suddenly paint like Andy Warhol or like Jackson Pollock, so I have to find something else, something original. It takes a while, but it is possible to find."
A student of the free jazz scene in Dresden, Germany, Liebezeit co-founded Can in 1968 with keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, bassist Holger Czukay and guitarist Michael Karoli. Vocalist Malcolm Mooney joined later that year.
He enjoyed a long career behind the kit, working with the likes of Depeche Mode, the Eurythmics, Jah Wobble and Brian Eno as well as his work with Can.
His dynamic drumming style was the metronomic heart of Can's music, tethering their more exploratory compositions with precise, hypnotic pulse.
The style was later dubbed "motorik" - a play on the German word for "motor skills" - which was meant to evoke the repetitive, relentless experience of driving on a motorway.
The musician was set to perform with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, as well as Can's Schmidt and Mooney, for a show at London's Barbican in April, dubbed The Can Project.
"Absolutely gutted to hear my dear friend Jaki Liebezeit has passed," wrote Wobble - the bassist in Public Image Limited - after hearing of Liebezeit's death.
"Wonderful person and best European drummer. King of Saxony lebewohl!!!"
Brian Eno responded by posting a series of links to Can's music and interviews with Liebezeit.
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Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas won a dramatic gold medal in the women's 400m final at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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In a thrilling finish Miller stumbled across the line as she edged out American world champion Allyson Felix to win in 49.44 seconds.
Felix, a four-time Olympic gold medallist, took silver in 49.51 seconds with Jamaica's Shericka Jackson third.
Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu, who won Olympic gold in 2008 and silver in 2012, failed to reach the final.
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Miller, 22, finished second to Felix at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015 and had a decent lead with 50 metres remaining.
However, with Felix closing quickly, a fatigued Miller collapsed over the line to win the gold medal by 0.07secs.
Felix, 30, who won the 200m at London 2012 and has three relay gold medals, claimed a third silver medal of her career.
She now has seven Olympic medals - more than any other woman in US history.
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic gold medallist
"It was a fantastic race and that was an amazing effort from a world-class athlete.
"Allyson Felix will be very disappointed because all she needed was one more metre to really make that happen."
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The Co-operative Bank says it is making a "significant improvement" after reducing its losses to £264.2m in 2014.

In order to cut costs it will shut another 57 branches in 2015, following the closure of 72 sites last year.
"There is still much to do to transform the organisation into a sustainable business," said the bank's chief executive, Niall Booker.
The bank said Mr Booker had agreed a new contract to lead the business until December 2016.
Mr Booker took over in 2013 following the emergence of a £1.5bn capital shortfall at the bank.
In 2013, the Co-operative Bank uncovered huge losses and narrowly avoided collapse. Its former chairman Paul Flowers was fined for possessing illegal drugs.
The bank was rescued by a group of investors, mainly hedge funds, who now own the majority of the bank's shares.
Mr Booker, a former HSBC executive, was appointed to turnaround the bank's fortunes.
His contract would have come to an end in June, but has now been extended and his remuneration more closely linked to the bank's performance.
Co-operative Bank chairman Dennis Holt said: "The Co-operative Bank's survival was in doubt when Niall joined the Bank in June 2013 and the progress we have made from that crisis point is in no small part due to his leadership through the turmoil.
"This announcement gives us a new level of certainty and the opportunity to address issues of succession in due course."
The bank's annual results show losses in 2014 were less than half what they were the previous year.
In 2013, the Co-operative Bank made an initial loss of £1.3bn, a figure that was reduced to £632.8m after its debts were restructured.
The bank said its strategy remained unchanged, focusing on reducing the bank's exposure to risk, making it more resilient and reinvesting in the Co-operative Bank brand.
The closure of a further 57 bank branches will contribute to lower direct retail costs. The bank has also seen a 4% drop in its total number of current accounts.
Mr Booker said: "We have always been clear that the journey to reshape the business would take time but I am confident that our approach to banking is as relevant in today's world as it ever was, and that we remain the bank of choice for anyone who shares the values and ethics which lie at the heart of our business."
Although the Co-operative Group now owns only a minority stake, the bank says it still adheres to the values of the co-operative movement.
The bank says its revised plan is designed to ensure it can withstand a severe economic stress by 2019. It was the only bank to fail the stress tests imposed by the Bank of England in December 2014.


Bournemouth's 1-0 victory over Chelsea is "the biggest result in the club's history", according to boss Eddie Howe.

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Glenn Murray's 82nd-minute header saw the Cherries become the first newly-promoted side to win at Stamford Bridge since Charlton in April 2001.
"The club has never been in the Premier League so winning at the champions is a huge result for the club," said Howe.
"Hopefully it will be talked about for a long time to come but we don't want this to be a one-off game."
The victory was Bournemouth's first since beating Sunderland in mid-September, and moves the south coast club one point clear of the relegation places.
Now Howe is determined to build on that, starting with next Saturday's visit of Manchester United.
"Hopefully there are more moments like that ahead of us," he said. "That's what we're hoping for this season; using this as a springboard to produce more magic days.
"We've had quite a few set backs and disappointments and that's why the players deserve all the credit for this moment.
"It's a reward for all their hard work and dedication but we have more work to do."


World Snooker will "monitor conditions closely" after criticism of the tables at the World Championship in Sheffield.

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On Saturday, table one at the Crucible Theatre was described as "the worst I have ever played on" by Ali Carter.
Organisers say they have already taken steps to try and improve conditions at snooker's most prestigious event.
"We changed the cloth and cushions on Wednesday, and we will change the cushions again on Saturday," World Snooker said in a statement.
Saturday night's planned cushion change was "scheduled before the event", it added.
The governing body also said it has allocated a set of balls to every match, rather than one set for each table, and turned the table heaters down "in order to make the cushions more consistent".
"We believe these measures, together with Saturday's cushion change, will have a positive effect," added World Snooker.
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On Friday, Welshman Mark Williams wiped the cushions down with a damp cloth in order to stop the number of uneven bounces from the cue ball.
Two-time finalist Carter, who suffered several kicks and heavy bounces off the cushions, was irate after losing 13-11 to Alan McManus in the second round.
"The conditions were horrific. There were kicks every other shot and big bounces off the cushions," said Carter. "I just wanted to smash the place up at the interval, I was that frustrated."
Michael Holt, who suffered a 13-8 defeat against two-time champion Williams, also expressed unhappiness.
"I am not going to criticise the tables but I can observe them," added Holt. "They were... interesting.
"It was about being the best guesser. You just need to watch it and see what was happening, we are not that bad."
The two-table situation remains until the semi-final stage, when it switches to one.


The proportion of people renting from private landlords in Britain rose from 10% to 15% between 2008 and 2011, the Office for National Statistics says.

The General Lifestyle Survey found in that time the proportion owning a house with a mortgage fell from 40% to 35%.
In 1972 - just after the survey began - 37% of households had central heating. It had risen to 92% by 2000.
Other findings suggest the proportion of one-parent families tripled since 1971 but it has been steady since 1998.
While the number of people renting increased in 2011 to 15%, the proportion of people renting was usually nearer 20% in the 1970s.
The ONS said the housing market in Britain had suffered since the start of the recession in 2008, with a smaller percentage of new households successfully acquiring mortgages.
This is reflected in the decrease in the number of households owning with a mortgage and also in the increase in the number of households renting their accommodation, it said.
The proportion of households renting privately fell by almost two-thirds between 1971 (20%) and 1991 (7%), then remained between 9% and 11% until 2008.
The ONS said 7,960 households in Great Britain took part in its lifestyle survey for 2011, and it had conducted about 15,000 interviews with adults aged 16 or over.
The survey also found 92% of families with dependent children were headed by a married or cohabiting couple, compared with 78% in 2011.
The proportion of adults living alone almost doubled between 1973 and 2011, from 9% to 16%, while the average household size has become smaller over the 40 years between 1971 and 2011.
The proportion of women who have never married is 43%, up from 18% in 1979.
In 1971, the average household size was 2.91 persons and by 2011 the average size was 2.35 persons. The fall, said the ONS, was most rapid between 1971 and 1991.
It also said the fall in average household size was due to an increase in the proportion of one-person households, which almost doubled between 1971 and 1998 (rising from 17% of households in 1971 to 29% in 1998) and has remained similar since.
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A man has avoided jail after one of his dogs fatally injured a family pet in a street attack in front of a young girl.

Andrew Hindes' Staffordshire Bull Terrier attacked Richard Lyon's Pekingese while it was off the leash in Aberdeen last summer.
Another of his dogs, a Rottweiler, also bit two other people while in his garden outside his flat.
Hindes, 27, was banned from owning a dog for a year and ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid community work.
Sheriff Noel McPartlin also ordered the destruction of the Rottweiler.
Ahead of sentencing at Aberdeen Sheriff Cout, fiscal depute Stephanie Ross recounted details of the attack.
She said: "The accused's dog managed to grab hold of Mr Lyon's dog and violently shook it.
"The accused ran down the lane and managed to pull the dogs apart.
"Mr Lyon's dog, also called Roxy, was motionless after the attack.
"It had a punctured spinal cord leaving it paralysed and it later died at the vet.
"Mr Lyon's daughter was extremely upset and required to be calmed down."
The court also heard that on two other occasions Hindes' other dog Gally had bitten two neighbours while in the garden.
Hindes admitted two counts of being in charge of the dog when it was dangerously out of control.
He had previously admitted being in charge of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier when it killed the other dog.
Defence agent Mike Munro said he had enlisted the help of a "dog behaviourist" to compile a report into the nature of the Rottweiler.
He said: "It tells us that this dog poses a danger to public safety. The dog's behaviour is such that there is an extreme concern."
The court heard that Hindes had given up both dogs in July this year and no longer owned a pet.


Wales fans have said it is "sensible" they stick together with England fans ahead of the Euro 2016 match between the two countries.

Tens of thousands of supporters are in Lille as the two teams prepare to play in nearby Lens on Thursday.
It comes as police have fired tear gas against fans in Lille, where Russian and Slovakian supporters also are.
On Tuesday, there were reports of isolated trouble involving Russian fans also in the city.
Adam Morgan, 27, of Mountain Ash, said the camaraderie between fans meant there was "less chance of trouble".
He said: "It's like the baby brothers have joined the older brothers to look after them.
"I think it's sensible. Hopefully it just means there is less chance of trouble between the two sets of fans."
Extra police were drafted in with concerns raised as Russia played Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday, with Wales and England fans also gathering there ahead of Thursday's game.
The city also saw trouble involving fans after Germany's win against Ukraine there on Sunday.
Steve Smolka, 35, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, said there had only been "little pockets" of trouble in the city but "nothing major".
"It's been very friendly, I think, between the England and Welsh fans.
"There's been a bit of trouble with the Russians but very small bits and pieces. Nothing too serious."
He said the police presence in the city had increased since Tuesday.
Barry Dobson, 69, of Radyr, said there had been "no problem whatsoever".
He said: "The atmosphere is absolutely superb.
"Everybody is excited, you can hear the singing and I'm very much looking forward to going to Lens tomorrow where it's going to be rocking."
A public drinking ban is in place in Lille, with no alcohol to be sold from off licences and supermarkets or drunk on the streets until Friday morning.
However, fans have already flouted the prohibition by drinking in streets and squares, according to Vince Alm, of the Football Supporters' Federation Cymru.
He does not think the ban is enforceable and said: "There are so many outlets around it's impossible.
"But alcohol I don't think is the main issue. The main issue is these Russian hooligans.
"They are not interested in drinking. They're just interested in turning up, having a fight and running off."
Nathan Jones, 25, of Mountain Ash, said it had been "surprising" to see English and Welsh fans chanting together on Tuesday.
He added: "I think it's united us against the Russians because of all the news."
BBC Wales' Gareth Lewis in Lens
The advice all along has been only to go to Lens if you have a ticket. And even if you do, get in and get out again.
But the atmosphere in this former French mining town could not be more relaxed, 24 hours before kick off in one of Euro 2016's highest profile matches.
It is a place proud of its heritage. Its 42,000-seater stadium was originally built by miners during the Great Depression and the local club AC Lens has punched above its weight ever since - the town only has a population of 36,000.
The locals we have spoken to think it is a shame fans have been told to stay away. But those that do come - and are already here - will get a warm welcome.
The "alcohol ban" seems open to interpretation. One bar owner told us it applied only to spirits while another that anything served in a plastic glass was fine and a third that drinking on the premises or at the pavement tables would be OK. Just 200m from the stadium, the manager at a cafe told us he would serve until the police told him not to.
Many Welsh fans here will feel at home. The stadium car park is on the site of a former colliery - another former pit now hosts a branch of the Louvre museum which attracts nearly a million visitors a year.
And a group of fans from another former British mining area - Nottinghamshire - were tucking into (plastic glass) pints on Lens' high street.
"The atmosphere here could not be more different to Marseille," one told me.
Nearby Lille is on high alert on Wednesday as Russia take on Slovakia.
"It is England and Wales, in it together," said another - ironic for a Wales v England game put in the "high risk" bracket by Uefa.
After Thursday's match Wales and England fans will go their separate ways. But in the back of Welsh minds will be their own match against Russia in Toulouse next Monday.


Ligue 1 leaders Monaco moved three points clear with victory at Guingamp.

Monaco defender Kamil Glik stabbed in the opener from Thomas Lemar's first-half free-kick, helped on by Guingamp winger Jimmy Briand's poor clearance.
Falcao saw a bicycle kick diverted just over the bar, before 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe was fouled in the box by keeper Karl-Johan Johnsson.
Fabinho's chipped penalty put Monaco 2-0 up, before Etienne Didot fired home a late consolation from outside the box.
Second-placed Nice had moved level on points with Leonardo Jardim's side with a 2-1 home victory over Montpellier on Friday.
Defending champions Paris St-Germain, in third, are now six points behind Monaco but can narrow the gap when they play at Marseille on Sunday (20:00 GMT).
Monaco were beaten 5-3 by Manchester City in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. They host City for the second leg on Wednesday, 15 March.
Elsewhere, Bordeaux moved up to fifth with a 3-2 win away to a Lille side that had two players sent off in the final 10 minutes.
Bottom side Lorient lost 1-0 at Rennes, who move up to eighth, Angers beat Bastia 3-0, and Nancy and Toulouse played out a goalless draw.
Match ends, Guingamp 1, Monaco 2.
Second Half ends, Guingamp 1, Monaco 2.
Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Offside, Monaco. Jemerson tries a through ball, but Guido Carrillo is caught offside.
Étienne Didot (Guingamp) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Étienne Didot (Guingamp).
Fabinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jordan Ikoko (Guingamp) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kylian Mbappe (Monaco).
Offside, Guingamp. Jordan Ikoko tries a through ball, but Moustapha Diallo is caught offside.
Goal!  Guingamp 1, Monaco 2. Étienne Didot (Guingamp) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Corner,  Guingamp. Conceded by Jemerson.
Goal!  Guingamp 0, Monaco 2. Fabinho (Monaco) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Karl-Johan Johnsson (Guingamp) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Karl-Johan Johnsson (Guingamp) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Monaco. Kylian Mbappe draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabinho.
Substitution, Guingamp. Nicolas Benezet replaces Marcus Coco.
Substitution, Guingamp. Nill de Pauw replaces Yannis Salibur.
Substitution, Monaco. Guido Carrillo replaces Falcao.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Falcao (Monaco) because of an injury.
Offside, Monaco. Bernardo Silva tries a through ball, but Almamy Touré is caught offside.
Corner,  Monaco. Conceded by Fernando Marçal.
Offside, Monaco. Djibril Sidibe tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappe is caught offside.
Hand ball by Yannis Salibur (Guingamp).
Substitution, Monaco. Kylian Mbappe replaces Thomas Lemar.
Substitution, Monaco. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Valère Germain.
Foul by Marcus Coco (Guingamp).
João Moutinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Moustapha Diallo (Guingamp) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yannis Salibur with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Guingamp. Conceded by Thomas Lemar.
Corner,  Guingamp. Conceded by Jemerson.
Attempt saved. Fabinho (Monaco) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Marcus Coco (Guingamp).
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marcus Coco (Guingamp).
Kamil Glik (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Marcus Coco (Guingamp) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandre Mendy.


A 200-year-old top hat is set to go under the hammer after being discovered in a fireplace.

The hat, made from beaver fur, was found wedged inside the attic fireplace in a Georgian farmhouse in South Derbyshire.
Experts explained these hats were "lucky items" placed in chimney breasts as far back as the 16th Century to "ward off evil spirits".
The hat is expected to fetch between £40 and £60 in the sale next month.
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Charles Hanson, manager of Derbyshire-based Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers, said: "Often in chimneys or very old properties you do find lucky items that were placed in chimney breasts to ward off evil spirits, like dead cats or objects.
"It would have maybe been on the high street as the latest fashion in Derby, down Sadler Gate in the 1790s, and it's just a really interesting find.
"Who knows, it might only make £20, it could make £100. It is sadly very tired."
The hat would have been worn by members of the upper class, and this type of hat also became part of uniforms donned by policemen and postmen, according to the antiques expert.
It is unclear how long the top hat has been in the fireplace of the home, located just outside Repton.
The hat will be entered into Hansons' textiles auction on 22 February.


Wales' double Grand Slam winner Gavin Henson still has much to offer as he prepares to return to the Pro12, says former team-mate Tom Shanklin.

The 35-year-old is to join Newport Gwent Dragons from Bristol in the summer on a two-year contract.
Shanklin added that Henson has also matured off the field.
"He is not the type of player who relies on speed. He has a real good feel for the game," Shanklin told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"He has grown up a lot and looks after himself a lot better off the field," he added.
"He is 35 years old but he has had a lot of time out of the game and his body is still in good condition.
"I still think he has a lot to offer and it is great to get him back in Welsh rugby."
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Shanklin said Henson will help to develop some of the Dragons' younger talent, though he could be prone to more bumps and bruises.
"Injury-wise, it's always a bit of a risk when you sign them later in life," Shanklin added. "I hope he can stay injury free for the rest of the season.
"He could be the spark they are looking to launch the outside backs like Ashton Hewitt and Tyler Morgan.
"Having a player like Gavin around creates space out wide just because he has a great skill set.
"Because he is so tanned, so pristine and comes off the pitch looking immaculate, he is targeted in the game.
"When people try to target him, he has such subtle skills he is able to ship the ball on and create space wide for other people."
Henson won the last of his 33 Wales caps against England in 2011 and also played one Test for the British and Irish Lions in 2005.
After starting his regional career with the Ospreys, Henson has spent time with Saracens, Toulon, Cardiff Blues, London Welsh and Bath before joining Bristol in 2015.
Dragons chief executive Stuart Davies says he expects Henson to make a big impact on and off the field.
"It is a coup, a huge signing for us, not least within the context of what we need in the squad," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"On the field, looking ahead, we want the right blend of experience and winning mentality and Gavin brings that experience and is [also] a huge name in the game of rugby.
"To get him back to Wales and getting him to the Dragons, it is huge moment for us.
"We have tremendous fans who have not had a lot to cheer of late, so having someone of Gavin's calibre and all that he offers, I hope that is a big fillip for everyone and whets the appetite for what lies ahead."
Davies does not feel Henson represents a gamble, despite previous question marks over his lifestyle away from the rugby paddock.
"It is not a gamble at all. Everything I've heard from Gavin is very positive," Davies said.
"He can ignite this backline of ours. He is a fantastic pro and with the experience he has got, I see no lifestyle issues, it is all positive from our side.
"We are confident his lifestyle issues are behind him. Our reports are that he handles himself well on and off the pitch."


Oil exploration has begun in the arid north-east of Somalia, which has been wracked by civil war for two decades.

The Canadian firm Africa Oil behind the project said its two wells are the first to be drilled there in 21 years.
The semi-autonomous Puntland region where the drilling is taking place says it is an opportunity for peace.
"It's a new beginning - if oil is found it will change Somalia for the better," Issa Farah head of Puntland's Petroleum and Minerals Agency told the BBC.
Speaking on the BBC's Focus on Africa programme, he said it was an important development not only for Puntland, but the whole of Somalia, which has not had a functioning central government since 1991 and has been convulsed by fighting between militias.
"I think in 10 years' time - if oil is found, we will see a better country, a stronger country that lives in peace and prosperity with its own neighbours and hopefully that produces what we have been all looking for - peace, prosperity, development and progress," he said.
In the area where the two wells are being drilled to a depth of 3,800m (about two miles), there is an assumption that  "there will be about 3bn to 4bn barrels of oil", he said.
Nigeria, which is Africa's biggest oil producer, is estimated by the International Energy Agency to hold 37bn barrels of reserve oil.
According to Africa Oil, whose firm Horn Petroleum Corporation is operating the project, the drilling of each well will take about three months.
"These wells are the first to be drilled into the deep areas of the rift basins and will be key to unlocking the hydrocarbon potential of this unexplored prospective trend," David Grellman, head of Horn Petroleum Corporation, said in a statement.
Mr Farah said that Puntland would not allow this "historic project" - involving three oil firms - to be a curse, as oil has proved in some other African countries.
"Before any barrel of oil comes out will have a policy that will benefit our own people and will not be detrimental to us," he said.
"We want this to be something that can improve our lives, not take us back into the dark ages."
Puntland is relatively stable compared with other parts of Somalia, but many of the pirates who function off the country's coast are based in the region.


A 14-year-old girl has been found dead at a house where a number of dogs were "out of control".

Jade Anderson's body was discovered by police at a property in Atherton, near Wigan, at about 14:00 GMT after someone saw the girl unconscious in the house.
Police have not established the cause of death but said her injuries were "consistent with having been attacked by dogs". Four of the dogs were killed.
Jade did not live at the Chaucer Grove home and was thought to be visiting.
Greater Manchester Police said four dogs described as "aggressive and out of control" had since been put down.
Early indications were two of the dogs put down were bull mastiffs and two may be Staffordshire bull terriers, officers said.
Police arrived to find the girl alone in the house and managed to get four of the five dogs contained in the garden.
The force said the animals were then put down "humanely" by armed officers. A fifth dog was securely contained.
The dogs' remains will now be examined as part of the investigation into the incident.
Supt Mark Kenny said: "First and foremost, our thoughts are with the family of the girl who has tragically lost her life.
"I understand this is an extremely distressing incident for all concerned, including the community, and we will work hard to establish the full circumstances that led to this tragedy."
He added there would be a "significant" police presence in the area while police investigated the incident.
Friends have already posted online tributes to Jade on social media websites.
Ellie Morris wrote on Facebook: "Can't believe this has happened. My best friend dead, miss you so much baby girl, my princess. Love you so much, can't believe this has happened.
"You always called me your little sister, told me you will be there for me through thick and thin? Love you baby girl, thinking of you, RIP Jade Anderson, love you."
Another friend, Melissa, who lives across the road, said: "She was amazing, she was actually a really good friend and she was really pretty."
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates about 210,000 people are attacked by dogs in England every year.
Five children and one adult have been killed by dogs on private property since 2007.


A motorbiker has died after hitting a sign at the side of the road in North Yorkshire.

The 27-year-old man from Blackburn was riding a grey Triumph Daytona motorcycle along the B6479 near Selside when he crashed at 19:25 BST on Wednesday.
The air ambulance was called but the biker died at the scene.
The road was closed for five hours to allow collision investigators to examine it.


Former Wales and British Lions rugby player Lee Byrne paid tribute to 999 crews for helping him after a two-vehicle collision in Bridgend.

He tweeted a photograph of himself lying on a stretcher following the crash on Monday, praising rescuers.
South Wales Police said two motorists were taken to hospital as a precautionary measure following a collision on Tondu Road at 19:00 BST.
"Thank you to everyone," said Mr Byrne.
The former Newport Gwent Dragons captain retired from the sport last year after an injury.


Convicted criminals in England and Wales will have to pay up to £1,200 towards the cost of their court case under new rules, it has been revealed.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the Criminal Courts Charge would ensure criminals "pay their way".
The fees, which come into force on 13 April, are not means-tested and will start at £150.
The Magistrates Association warned the new charge could place a burden on people with little income.
It also warned that innocent people could be encouraged to plead guilty to avoid the risk of higher payments, as those who admit their offences will pay less than those convicted after a trial.
It said the scheme should be reviewed after six months.
The fee will be paid on top of fines, compensation orders and defendants' own legal charges.
It will not be linked to the sentence given, but will be set according to its type of case, with the minimum charge for magistrates courts and the maximum level for crown court cases.
The charge can be paid by instalments.
A government assessment suggested that in 2020 the system could raise £135m after costs.
But it warned that by then the court service will be owed £1bn in unpaid fees.
Courts already have the power to award "costs" against criminals as part of their punishment, but that is to reimburse any expenditure by the prosecution team that the court decides it would be "just and reasonable" to have paid by a losing defendant.
The new charge will mean that offenders are making a direct contribution to the costs of running the court itself.
Under the current rules, convicted criminals can also be ordered to make payments to cover compensation for victims, as well as a Victim Surcharge - which funds victims' services.
All of this is separate from the sentence itself, which in some cases can be a fine.
Mr Grayling said: "We're on the side of people who work hard and want to get on, and that is why these reforms will make sure that those who commit crime pay their way and contribute towards the cost of their court cases."
Richard Monkhouse, Magistrates' Association chairman, said: "Now that this is law, relevant agencies need to ensure proper processes are in place to make this work."


Volunteers trying to bring a 1930s art deco cinema back into use say they are still short of £190,000.

Residents in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, set about trying to reopen the Byron Cinema in 2013.
Since then they have raised funds through events and donations from the community but say a final push for money would help complete the work.
Project chairwoman Ria Cash said too many people were passionate about the cinema for the  project to fail.
The cinema closed in 2006 and has since operated as a bingo hall.
Ms Cash said the rundown building required a lot of renovation work including new carpets.  Donations had already bought a new screen and 400 seats, she said.
"A lot of it is about raising the funds but also about raising the awareness of what we are doing," said Ms Cash.
"I don't know how long it will take us but we will get there.
"The team is passionate about it and the community has really embraced it."
A National Lottery funding application was withdrawn last year after the conditions for applying changed.
Ms Cash said the team were now planning events, film quizzes and exhibitions to gather the final £190,000.
She said: "A lot of people have childhood memories here so this is something the local people need and want."


A mother of two who is battling a rare form of cancer has been "amazed" at the response to a bucket list of things she wants to achieve before she dies.

Heidi Loughlin, of Portishead was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and detailed her wishlist on the BBC Radio Bristol Facebook page on Monday.
Among the items on the list were a road trip across America and to marry her partner of 10 years, Keith Smith.
She has since been inundated with offers of help from all over the world.
The kind gestures include a free-of-charge apartment in the French alps for skiing and a trip in the cockpit of a plane for her sons, Noah and Tait.
Ms Loughlin described the response to the bucket list as "insane", and said her "jaw hit the floor" when she read the messages.
She has vowed to take up all the offers "whether it's on the list or not".
"People are amazing. I was so cynical before all this cancer malarkey, but it's really changed my outlook on so many things," she said.
"It's made me realise inherently how good people are, and how kind people are.  I can't get across how much this means to me."
The 34-year-old found she had the disease when she was pregnant with her third child last year, but delayed chemotherapy so she could continue the pregnancy.
Ali Louise was born 12 weeks early, but died eight days later.


Forward Brian McGrattan will make an impact with Nottingham Panthers, says his former team-mate Scott Ricci.

McGrattan, 35, has played over 300 games in the NHL and his former clubs include Ottawa Senators and Calgary.
Ricci told BBC Radio Nottingham: "He is as big as you can get in regards to some of the enforcers in the NHL.
"Once the decline of the enforcer role started, Brian was one of those players who could still play. He's a good guy in the locker room and has good skill."
Defenceman Ricci iced for the Panthers in the 2004-05 season and also had a one-year spell with rivals Sheffield Steelers in 2006-07, before retiring from the sport.
In 2002-03, McGrattan and Ricci were team-mates at AHL side Binghamton Senators - a farm team of Ottawa - and where former Panther Guy Lepine now plays.
Canadian Ricci now lives in Ottawa, where McGrattan had a three-year spell with the Senators, playing 143 games from 2005 to 2008.
"Panthers are not just getting a tough guy, you are getting a guy who can contribute in other ways," continued Ricci.
"I had a chance to play with Brian in his rookie year as a professional. He will work hard but will keep things light. He has a sense of humour."
McGrattan is set to fly into the country on Friday and make his debut for the club in Saturday's Challenge Cup tie with Sheffield Steelers at the National Ice Centre.
"The energy from the fans and the rivalry between the Nottingham and Sheffield fans is fair and it's fun," added Ricci.
"It's intense and those are the games when you played hockey, you really got up for.
"I do miss it. You were leaving your dream. You also realise a lot of people wanted to do the same thing but, for whatever reason, didn't get that chance.
"I never took it for granted and now I live through my children, who luckily have decided that they love hockey.
"My daughter is playing hockey and my son is now too, so I now get to be the proud parent."


Work to install a customised electrified roof track has started in the Severn Tunnel as part of the electrification of the south Wales mainline.

The Swiss-made device is so advanced Network Rail has set up its own engineering course to train contractors how to install it.
The work will eventually lead to a complete closure of the tunnel in September for six weeks.
Diversions will go via Gloucester.
The component, called the Overhead Conductor Rail System, has been customised in Switzerland and this version of the system has not been installed on a British public track before.
Anthea Dolman-Gair, senior programme manager for Network Rail, said: "A system similar to this has been used on the continent for a while, but this is the first time it's been adapted to be part of the new overhead electric system we are fitting into this country.
"Several years of engineering design and development have been put into this system. We use high-grade stainless steel that's typically used in the maritime industry so it doesn't corrode."
Installation and maintenance of the system requires a qualification not previously taught in Britain.
Network Rail engineers have set up a section of the new rail system in a workshop in Coleg Y Cymoedd in Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to train local contractors.
Some are former miners, and instructors say they have a natural aptitude for this kind of engineering.
Judith Evans, principal of Coleg Y Cymoedd, said the institution could expand off the back of the electrification programme.
"We've got four campuses across Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly. This particular facility in Nantgarw is easily accessible from the M4.
"I've already started having discussions within the college about whether or not in the next year or two we might even consider expanding. If the growth continues at the speed it is, I can see us having to put on an extension in the future."
The component is designed to have very little maintenance once installed, saving money.
The tunnel will be completely closed for six weeks in September to finish the work. Trains will be diverted around the tunnel via Gloucester.


Barcelona football club has agreed to pay a €5.5m (£4.3m) fine over the transfer of Brazil international Neymar in 2013.

Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu told reporters there had been "a mistake... in tax planning" in connection with the transfer.
Barcelona had been accused of tax fraud over the signing, which it denied.
Neymar and his father are also being investigated over alleged tax fraud, which they also deny.
"We have had to accept paying a €5.5m fine due to a mistake in the 2011 and 2013 tax planning in the signing of Neymar," Mr Bartomeu said.
"It was better to accept this agreement than continue on with the uncertainty that has dragged on for a long time over the Neymar case."
Barcelona made a voluntary tax payment of €13.5m in 2014 after being charged with tax fraud over the signing, but denied any wrongdoing.
Neymar, whose full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Junior,  joined Barcelona in June 2013 after a successful career with the Brazilian club, Santos.
Barcelona said it paid €57m (£43m) for the forward, with the player's parents receiving €40m and Santos €17m.
But investigators said the fee was closer to €83m and that Barcelona had concealed part of the deal. The club denied the claim.
Earlier this month, Spanish prosecutors called for Neymar to be tried for fraud.
They allege that the player and his father hid the true value of the transfer from Santos to Barcelona.
A Brazilian investment fund, which held 40% of Neymar's sporting rights when he played at Santos, argues it was deprived of its full share of the transfer deal.
Neymar is also being investigated for tax evasion in Brazil.


Not only do they make periods less messy, more manageable and allow you to go swimming, they have a huge number of other uses.
Now engineers from the University of Sheffield have discovered that glow-in-the-dark tampons can be used to stop sewage leaking into rivers.
The untreated white cotton used in tampons glows under UV light when they're soaked in dirty or polluted river water.
This works because chemicals called optical brighteners are used in things like laundry detergent, shampoos and toilet paper to enhance whites and brighten colours.
When a tampon comes into contact with water contaminated with even a small amount of optical brighteners, it will absorb the chemical and glow under the light.
Researchers suspended tampons for three days in 16 pipes that ran into streams and rivers in Sheffield and then tested them under UV light.
Nine of the tampons glowed, showing that the water running into the rivers was polluted.
Going back through the pipe network system with the help of Yorkshire Water, they dipped a tampon in at each manhole to see where the sewage was entering the system and households that had a problem.
The findings are published in the Water and Environment Journal.
The team now wants to trial it on a wider scale in Bradford.
Professor David Lerner who led the study explained that more than a million homes had sewage running into the river rather than going to a treatment plant.
He said that using tampons was a cheap and effective solution to a difficult problem which is hard to detect.
He said: "The main difficulty with detecting sewage pollution by searching for optical brighteners is finding cotton that does not already contain these chemicals. That's why tampons, being explicitly untreated, provide such a neat solution.
"Our new method may be unconventional but it's cheap and it works."
Periods and detecting sewage are not the only reasons tampons are the mini-superheroes in your make-up bag.
Ten other uses for tampons
Tampons have made a fair few appearances on Top Gear.
Jeremy Clarkson used them in the Bolivia special to waterproof his fuel tank cap while driving through a rainforest river.
James May extolled their virtues for cleaning engines, saying in one episode that when you have a twin cylinder motorcycle "you get a bit of oil that always leaks out through the seal and you can't get at it to mop it up".
His solution? "Put a Lil-Let on a screwdriver and poke it in."
He also admitted using them to clean his cooker, specifically. "When you're boiling something and it goes in that bit at the back where you can't get your finger in and if you don't clean it out it goes rancid and smells forever."
A mini-tampon is sterile, absorbent and applies just enough pressure to constrict the blood vessel. No more pinching. (You might want to check with a doctor before you take our advice).
You can use tampons for cleaning the ears of big dogs. Check with your vet first though.
They also make a great cat toy.
Hunters in the US sometimes use them as bait, dipping them in something that smells attractive (like doe urine) to lure animals.
There are a lot of videos on YouTube showing you how to use your tampon as hair curlers.
As they are sterile, they can be opened up, placed over a wound, then taped in place until a more sophisticated dressing is available.
Lost in the wild, a tampon could make a handy water filter if nothing else is available.
Again it's the tight weave of the cotton and sterility that's so useful.
Push the wadding into the neck of the bottle and dirt catches in the cotton before leaking out clearer the other side.
It doesn't filter out chemicals, but it could take a lot of the sediment out.
Tampons are super dry and make great kindling.
Yes, tampons are amazing.
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League One side Bolton Wanderers have signed defender Lewis Buxton on a free transfer on a one-year deal.

The 32-year-old was last at Championship side Rotherham, for whom he made 22 appearances.
He started his career at Portsmouth and has spent time at Exeter City, Bournemouth, Stoke City and Sheffield Wednesday.
Buxton is available for Wanderers' season opener against Sheffield United on Saturday.
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Stevenage have signed left-back Joe Martin and winger Blair Turgott on undisclosed length deals.

Martin 28, was released by Millwall after helping them win promotion to the Championship last term and featured 67 times across two seasons.
Turgott, 23, scored 12 goals in 43 league appearances for National League side Bromley last season.
He becomes the second player to graduate from Jamie Vardy's V9 Academy to join Boro, after Danny Newton.
Turgott is due at Southwark Crown Court in October to face two fraud charges and, when contacted by BBC Sport, Stevenage said they would not comment on pending legal cases.
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Dustin Johnson has claimed his first major - but only after a farcical end to the US Open that drew criticism from Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth.

Johnson played his last seven holes knowing he had to review a possible rules infringement after the round.
He shot 68 to finish five under but was then penalised a shot for making his ball move on the fifth green, despite being initially absolved of wrongdoing.
McIlroy called organisers "amateur" and Spieth said the decision was "a joke".
Johnson's score was amended to four under, but he still finished three strokes ahead of Irishman Shane Lowry and American duo Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy.
Lowry started the final round at Oakmont with a four-shot lead but blew that advantage on the first nine holes.
However, there was confusion over how big a lead Johnson had because nobody knew if he would be penalised.
When Lowry was told, he bogeyed three holes in succession.
England's Lee Westwood, playing alongside Johnson, started the day on two under par but carded a 10-over-par 80 to finish on eight over.
Standing over his ball on the fifth green, he made two practice putts. As he prepared to address the ball to take his putt, it moved slightly.
Johnson stepped away, claiming he had not addressed the ball. He checked with a rules official, who was happy there had been no infringement, and playing partner Lee Westwood also absolved him of blame.
Johnson, US Open runner-up last year who missed out on a play-off at the 2010 US PGA as a result of a rules violation, went on to par the hole.
But another rules official approached Johnson on the 12th tee and, after a discussion, decided they needed to review the footage of the incident after he had completed his round because he could face a one-stroke penalty.
It meant there was some confusion out on the course among players as to how many shots Johnson was in the lead by.
The penalty stroke was eventually upheld and Johnson, whose victory moves him up to world number three, signed for a one-under-par 69.
Johnson claimed he was not affected by the intervention from officials.
"At that point, I just thought I'd deal with it when I'm done," he said. "I tried to block it out and not let it bother me. Who cares, it doesn't matter any more."
The USGA's director of rules Jeff Hall said he had watched video of the incident and decided Johnson's actions "could have caused the ball to move".
Hall added: "The first time we had the opportunity to speak to Dustin was the 12th hole. We asked if there was some other reason the ball could have moved. He didn't state a reason. We decided not to review it with Dustin at the media tent on the 13th hole and instead wait till the end."
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But 2011 US Open champion McIlroy and defending champion Spieth were not impressed with how things developed.
McIlroy said Johnson should not have been penalised and suggested he would not have hit another shot until the "farce was rectified" if he had been in the American's situation.
Spieth said the incident should not be overlooked just because Johnson went on to claim a "multiple-shot victory", while Rickie Fowler called the incident "completely ridiculous" and "laughable".
Lowry had held the lead going into the final round but refused to use the confusion surrounding Johnson's penalty as an excuse for his own demise.
He had already bogeyed four holes to drop to three under, two behind Johnson, by the time he learned of the potential penalty.
"It didn't affect me much at all," he insisted.
"I credit Dustin for playing the way he played on the way in, having that hanging over him, because I probably would have wanted to know straight away if it was me. I'm very disappointed. The more I think about it the more upset I'm getting."
Ironically, Lowry called a one-shot penalty on himself during round two when his ball moved after he had addressed it on the putting surface of the 16th hole.
"It's going to be a tough few days," he added. "I led the US Open by four and I was tied for the lead with five holes to play."
Former world number one Westwood started the day five off the lead.
However, a run of five bogeys and a double bogey in six holes from the second shattered his round and extended his run to 73 majors without a victory.
Westwood had just one birdie, on the par-four 17th, as he recorded a 10-over-par 80 to finish on eight over.
Andrew Landry, the world number 624, who led after round one and stayed in contention all week, finally succumbed to the pressure in round four.
Playing in the final group with Lowry, the American carded an eight-over 78 to finish five over par.
Sergio Garcia threatened again at a major, reaching three under par on the 13th, but a run of three successive bogeys ended his challenge.
Like Westwood, the Spaniard is still searching for a first win in one of golf's four big tournaments.
Furyk's four-under 66 was the lowest round of the day and catapulted the 46-year-old, who won the 2003 title, up to a tie for second with Lowry and Piercy.
Piercy opened with back-to-back birdies to get to two under and picked up another shot on the 12th but closed with bogeys on the 16th and 18th holes.


An Irishman caught up in an earthquake that killed at least two people in Kos has said he was woken by "absolute pandemonium".

At least 100 people were hurt and buildings were damaged at the popular tourist destination when the 6.7-magnitude quake hit in the Aegean Sea.
Paddy Leonard, from Dublin, is visiting the Greek island with his three friends and was asleep when the quake struck.
He said it was "one of the most frightening experiences I've ever had".
The earthquake struck at 01:31 local time on Friday (22:31 GMT on Thursday).
Mr Leonard and his friends had planned to spend their last day on a boat trip so decided to get an early night, rather than spending it out on the town.
"We were in bed and all of a sudden the earthquake hit," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.
"The room I'm in is on the ground level beside the pool, and I was half asleep and the bed just moved and the ground started shaking, really powerful.
"I panicked but my friend said just get down on the ground.
"The pool - there was water being shoved out by force of the quake - the buildings were shaking, trees blowing.
"There was just pandemonium - I didn't know what to think."
The two people who were killed were crushed by debris, police said.
Many people have suffered broken bones, with some of them in a serious condition, according to government officials.
Mr Leonard said an area where he and his friends had spent most nights of their holiday was worst hit by the quake.
"The bar we went to every night - the whole roof was taken off," he said.
"To think that could've been myself, my friends - I count myself lucky to be alive.
"The last thing you expect is to go on a holiday and an earthquake hits you.
"You hear about it, learn about it in school, but you never think it'll actually happen to you or affect you."