DNA has been successfully sequenced in space for the first time.

Nasa astronaut Kate Rubins carried out the test on the International Space Station (ISS) at the weekend.
She was using a compact DNA sequencing device called Minion, which was developed in the UK.
The device, which was sent up to the space station in July, could help astronauts diagnose illness in space and allow them to identify disease-causing microbes on the ISS.
DNA sequencing is the process used to determine the order of the four chemical building blocks that make up the genetic information from a given living organism.
While Dr Rubins carried out her work on the orbiting outpost, researchers were simultaneously sequencing identical test samples on the ground.
The experiment was set up to attempt to make spaceflight conditions, particularly microgravity, the only variables that could account for differences in the results.
Using the Minion in a weightless environment introduces several challenges including the formation of air bubbles in fluid used in the test.
Bubbles rise to the top of a liquid solution and can be removed by centrifuge. But in space, bubbles are less predictable.
Sarah Castro-Wallace, project manager for the experiment, said: "Onboard sequencing makes it possible for the crew to know what is in their environment at any time.
"That allows us on the ground to take appropriate action - do we need to clean this up right away, or will taking antibiotics help or not?
"We can resupply the station with disinfectants and antibiotics now, but once crews move beyond the station's low Earth orbit, we need to know when to save those precious resources and when to use them."


Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has signed a new contract with the Spanish champions that includes a £167.5m buyout clause.

The 29-year-old former Liverpool player has scored 97 goals and won eight trophies since moving to the Nou Camp in July 2014 for £75m.
The contract, which ties the Uruguay international to the club until 2021 when he will be 34, was signed on Friday.
He scored 40 league goals last season.
The South American trio of Suarez, Messi - Barca's all-time top scorer - and Neymar scored a combined 131 goals in all competitions as they won La Liga and the Copa del Rey.
Argentina international Messi, 29, is contracted to Barcelona until June 2018 but has started talks about a new deal.


A £2bn waste treatment scheme has been shut down by a county council to save £8.5m per year.

The decision ends six years of composting household waste at sites in Farington and Thornton with the loss of about 250 out of 330 jobs.
The Labour-run council said it will no longer process food and green waste but store it for treatment elsewhere.
Tory councillor Michael Green said it was "a failure of catastrophic proportions costing millions".
Mr Green said, who represents Leyland South West, added: "We are being asked to believe it was the 'wrong kind of waste', which is what I have been told for the last six years.
"Surely someone should have done due diligence on the kind of waste it would process."
Lancashire County Council said the sites were no longer economical blaming  changes in households attitudes and a drop in the amount of organic material to compost in the last 10 years.
Cabinet member responsible for environmental services, councillor Marcus Johnstone, said: "What we are left with is a high cost, high liability and highly complicated plant."
The two sites were built following a £2bn Private Finance Initiative (PFI) over 25 years with Global Renewables, an Australian-based company.
Composting began in 2010 but annual costs of £12m a year forced the council to scrap the contract in 2014.
On Friday 19 February, the council's executive decided that composting will stop immediately at Thornton with composting ending at Farington on 31 March.
Council leader Jennifer Mein said: "Lancashire is in a much better position than a number of other local authorities which also invested in PFI-funded mechanical and biological treatment facilities because we successfully restructured the financing for the sites in 2014 to make an annual saving on the contract of £12m."
A visitor and education centre at Farington will also close.


Everton have agreed a £10.4m fee with Standard Liege for their Algeria forward Ishak Belfodil.

The 24-year-old is expected to travel to Merseyside today for a medical.
Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin also had an Everton  medical on Wednesday. The France midfielder, 27, is expected to cost up to £24m.
Everton have already signed Charlton Athletic forward Ademola Lookman, 19, for £11m this month.
Belfodil, who is not in Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations squad, is currently training with Standard Liege at their warm weather camp in Spain.
He only joined the club in the summer and has had a nomadic career, including spells with Lyon, Bologna, Parma, Inter Milan, Livorno and Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates.


Norwich City midfielder Alex Tettey has signed a new two-year deal, keeping him with the Championship club until 2018.

Tettey, 30, has made 113 appearances for the Canaries since joining from French side Rennes in August 2012.
"I'm really pleased and feel privileged to be continuing my relationship with the club," he told the club website.
"Norwich have put trust and faith in me since I've been here, which is really good. It's a massive season for us and hopefully we can go on to do well."


Liverpool's Tony Bellew won the vacant WBC cruiserweight title with a sensational third-round knockout of Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park.

Bellew, challenging for a world title for a third time, was floored by a left hand in the opening round.
However, Bellew rocked Makabu with a left hook and right uppercut before rendering him unconscious with a barrage of blows.
He becomes the 13th current British world champion.
"He broke my nose with that left hand," Bellew told BBC Radio 5 live on Monday.
"I'm talking through my nose now and it's smashed to bits, but I have a green and gold belt. If you had to take my nose off my face for that belt I'd take it."
In winning the belt, Bellew made fantasy real life, having fought for a world title at the home of his beloved Everton FC in the latest Rocky film.
An estimated 15,000 fans gathered for the first ever boxing show at Goodison and the atmosphere was fevered by the time Bellew walked to the ring, to the strains of the Z-Cars theme tune, the traditional Everton anthem.
Bellew had the better of the opening exchanges but found himself on the canvas at the end of the first round, Makabu having soaked up a flurry of blows before springing from the ropes and landing with a peach of a left hand.
The home fighter, 33, probably nicked an uneventful second before the fight was blown open in the third.
The Congolese southpaw had won 19 of his 20 previous pro fights, 18 of them by knockout, and clearly believed he would prevail in a war.
But having thrown caution to the wind and abandoned his defences, Bellew softened Makabu up with a succession of juddering right hands.
And when Makabu was rocked by a left-right combination and retreated to the ropes, Bellew hunted him down and finished the job with a lethal left hook.
There was genuine concern as Makabu lay unconscious on the canvas but he was revived after about a minute and lifted onto his stool.
Bellew, who now has 27 wins (17 KOs) and two defeats from 30 pro fights, had lost his two previous world title challenges at light-heavyweight.
Afterwards, Bellew called out Russia's WBA and IBF champion Denis Lebedev and former cruiserweight world champion David Haye. Haye, however, now campaigns at heavyweight and is highly unlikely to drop back down.
Bellew told Sky Sports: "I told you I am Everton. That's why I got up [after being knocked down in the first round]. Nothing was going to stop me tonight. I achieved the dream tonight, I am world champion, that's what I am.
"The last time I saw that [at Goodison Park] was in a Hollywood film. Michael Buffer was here tonight!
"It was a disaster of a training camp. Four weeks ago I had a detached rib, I had a messed up left hand.
"Two weeks ago I was in a hyperbaric chamber. But who cares?!"
On the undercard, European super-middleweight champion Callum Smith made it 20 wins from 20 pro fights with a sixth-round stoppage of game Argentine Cesar Reynoso.
Liverpool's Smith, who had Reynoso down three times, is the mandatory challenger for the WBC title. However, the 26-year-old might have to wait for a proposed world title unification match between James DeGale and Badou Jack before he gets his shot.
Sweden's Jack is the current WBC champion while Smith's compatriot DeGale owns the IBF belt.
Two more of the fighting Smith brothers were also in action. Former two-time super-middleweight world title challenger Paul beat Poland's Bartlomiej Grafka on points, while Stephen, who lost a challenge for the IBF super-featherweight title only last month, stopped Argentina's Daniel Brizuela in round seven.
Liverpool heavyweight David Price continued to rebuild his career with a second-round knockout of Vaclav Pejsar.
Former Olympic bronze medallist Price was knocked out twice by American Tony Thompson in 2013 and also by Germany's Erkan Teper last year. However, both Thompson and Teper subsequently failed drug tests.


Footage showing a moped-riding robber kick a man in the face and drag him along a street while trying to steal his camera has been released by police.

6 January 2016 Last updated at 13:18 GMT
The victim, a 20-year-old architecture student, was taken to hospital for emergency dental treatment.
He had been taking photographs in East India Dock Road in Tower Hamlets, east London, when he was attacked on the afternoon of 23 December.
The CCTV shows the attacker try to take the camera and, when the victim refuses to hand it over, pull him to the floor and kick him repeatedly in the face before jumping on a moped ridden by another person.


Former heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill has formally been made a dame during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

The 31-year-old, from Sheffield, has received the honour for her services to athletics.
Ennis-Hill, who won gold at London 2012 Olympics and silver four years later in Rio, announced her retirement from the sport in October.
At the same ceremony, designer and ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was made an OBE for services to fashion.
More on this story and others in South Yorkshire
Ennis-Hill, who received her honour from the Duke of Cambridge, will receive another World Championships gold medal after Tatyana Chernova was stripped of her 2011 world title for doping.
The 2012 Olympic champion, who was accompanied by her grandparents, mother Alison Powell and husband Andy Hill at the ceremony, said: "Just to hear the national anthem in this kind of moment again is really special.
"I've so many amazing memories of standing on the podium and hearing it and to be here receiving a damehood, which I never imagined I would ever receive, is an incredible honour."
She added: "I've had more than I could ever imagine out of my career so I can't stand here receiving a damehood and wish for any more."


The man who bought BHS for a pound and saw it put in the hands of administrators just over a year later is mulling a bid to buy the company back out of administration.

Would you believe it? No - say many senior retail figures. And yet, speaking to me today, Dominic Chappell said that with the millstone of the pension fund now winched into the pensions lifeboat, he is talking to US investors about mounting a bid for the substantial majority of BHS's 164 stores.
In practice that means around 120 with the 40 heaviest loss-making stores excluded.
Sources at BHS treated the announcement with bewilderment. Other very senior retail sources used more colourful language.
His credibility has taken a very serious knock. The details that have emerged about Dominic Chappell and his fellow directors' extraction of millions in professional fees has attracted widespread criticism.
Just last Tuesday, just days before BHS collapsed, he transferred £1.5m from the struggling company to a Swedish firm owned by a friend and fellow board member. The BHS CEO ordered its repayment which when it came was £50,000 short.
The good news for BHS and its 11,000 employees is that his is one of the more unlikely bids in a competitive field of over 50 expressions of interest for some or all of the business.
There is no doubt that without a £571m pension bill round its neck, BHS is a far more attractive proposition.  Whether that in itself is enough to restore the fortunes of a brand that garners more nostalgic affection than current trade is yet to be seen.


Assembly members will receive a £10,000 pay rise after next year's assembly election.

Backbenchers' pay will increase from £54,000 to £64,000 in May 2016, under a proposal that is meant to take account of further devolution.
The 18.5% pay rise was confirmed on Friday by the body which sets AMs' pay and allowances.
But the increase, first proposed six months ago, has been criticised by trade unions and all parties.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said he could not see how Labour could support the increase.
His salary will rise to £140,000, while his cabinet members will receive £100,000.
Previously the Welsh Conservatives said the party was "committed" to cutting the cost of Welsh politics, while Plaid Cymru said the proposals were "out of step with public sector pay".
The Welsh Liberal Democrats has previously argued AMs' pay should be frozen for the duration of the current assembly.
A final determination, by the assembly's independent Remuneration Board, was announced on Friday following two consultations.
Chairman Sandy Blair said: "Now the challenge moves to the political parties and Welsh public to ensure that the right candidates, who can deliver on the promise that these additional powers offer, are elected."
There are no AMs on the board and its decisions do not need the assembly's approval.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is consulting on plans to increase MPs pay by £7,000 - from £67,000 to £74,000.


Two Irish people have sustained injuries in a bus crash on a Spanish motorway in which at least 13 people were killed and 43 hurt.

The accident occurred near Freginals, 150km (93 miles) south of Barcelona.
Most of the 57 people on board the bus were students on the Erasmus programme who were returning to Barcelona after a trip to a festival in Valencia .
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said the two Irish people had "non-life threatening injuries".
Jordi Jane, Catalonia's regional interior minister said the driver of the coach "hit the railing on the right and swerved to the left so violently that the bus veered onto the other side of the highway".
The bus then hit a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, injuring two people inside.
"There were students on board, many of them foreign students studying in Catalonia and in Barcelona who had travelled to Valencia for the Fallas and were returning," Jane added.
The driver of the bus survived the collision and has been taken to a local police station.
Emergencies Catalonia said those calling for further information about the bus crash from abroad should telephone +34 900400012.


The hosts of the 2026 World Cup will be decided in May 2020, three years later than originally scheduled.

The decision had been due to take place in Kuala Lumpur in May 2017, but has been delayed amid allegations of corruption surrounding the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments to Russia and Qatar.
Fifa has also introduced a four-phase approach for the bidding process.
USA, Canada, Mexico, Colombia and England could bid to host in 2026.
Fifa will decide in October which confederations can put bids forward, with the current rules only excluding the Asian Football Confederation because Qatar will have hosted the previous World Cup.
A decision on whether to leave the tournament at 32 teams will also be made in October.
The four phases of the bidding process are:
The consultation phase will look at four main areas: human rights and environmental protection, the ability to exclude bids that do not meet technical requirements, a review of stance on joint bids and whether to increase the World Cup to 40 teams.
The bidding process was the main announcement from the first two-day meeting of the new Fifa council - the successor body to the executive commitee - in Mexico City.


The final Twilight film has swept the board at Hollywood's Razzie awards, which highlight the year's worst films.

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 was given seven Golden Raspberry titles including worst picture and worst actress for Kristen Stewart.
Stewart, who is presenting an award at the Oscars on Sunday, was not present at the spoof award ceremony.
Instead, a cardboard cut-out of the actress was brought in to the press conference to "accept" her trophy.
The five Twilight films have made a total of $3bn (Â£1.9bn) at the box office.
Razzies founder John Wilson said the worst thing about the franchise was that "people take it so seriously".
"I believe that rather than 40 million girls who bought tickets, it was four million girls who bought 10 tickets each," he added. "That makes me feel better about the American public."
The film also "won" the worst director prize for Bill Condon, worst supporting actor for Taylor Lautner, worst re-make, rip-off or sequel, worst screen ensemble and worst screen couple for Lautner and Mackenzie Foy.
Stewart owes her worst actress prize to her performances in two films - Twilight and Snow White and the Huntsman.
The Razzies are described by the organisers as "saluting the worst that Hollywood has to offer each year". The prize for each category is a gold-coloured raspberry trophy.
Winners rarely turn up to claim their prizes at the Los Angeles ceremony, and Stewart was no exception.
Pop star Rihanna was named worst supporting actress for her debut film role in Battleship, based on the board game of the same name.
The singer has just 68 lines of dialogue in the action movie, including lines such as "Kentucky fried chicken!", "Boom", "Yeah" and "Sucker's really jumping around".
John Wilson described Rihanna as "Rambert - a female Rambo".
"She's following in the footsteps of Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez and Madonna - singers who really can't act but get paid millions of dollars anyway."
Razzies veteran Adam Sandler was named worst actor for his role in That's My Boy. The film also won worst script.
Last year, the event was moved from its traditional Oscars-eve slot to April Fools' Day.
But voters of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation said they preferred handing their prizes out the night before the Oscars, so the event was shifted back to that slot for 2013.


South Africa staged a stirring comeback in the second Test in Johannesburg to square the three-match series.

Fourteen-man Ireland prevailed in Cape Town last weekend and led 19-3 at half-time at Ellis Park.
But the Springbok replacements injected much-needed urgency and the hosts eventually outscored Ireland four tries to two to deserve their victory.
Ireland were chasing a first series win in South Africa but could still make history in Port Elizabeth next weekend.
If Ireland do win at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, they will also be the first of the four home nations to win a Test series in South Africa.
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt denied he was saving players for next Saturday, despite making five changes to the side that started at Newlands.
Meanwhile, Springboks head coach Allister Coetzee made only two changes for his second game in charge - both enforced - despite coming in for some fierce criticism from the South African media.
Fly-half Elton Jantjies, starting in place of the injured Patrick Lambie, gave the hosts the lead with an early long-range penalty before Paddy Jackson hit back with two three-pointers of his own.
South Africa had the lion's share of possession in the opening quarter but were frustrated by a combination of handling errors and stout Irish defence.
And when Ireland demolished a Springboks scrum, leading to another straightforward penalty from Jackson, the home crowd was stunned into near silence.
Silence turned to whistles when JP Pietersen infringed at the breakdown and gifted Jackson another three points, before Jantjies missed two makeable penalty kicks in quick succession.
Things got worse for South Africa when Devin Toner crashed over following smart work from Andrew Trimble and Jared Payne, and the Springboks were roundly booed off the pitch at half-time.
The hosts started the second half with more purpose but continued to be undermined by unforced errors.
There was relief when replacement wing Ruan Combrinck bulldozed over in the corner after a slick break by Willie Le Roux, but Ireland hit back immediately with a try from Jamie Heaslip.
However, another rampaging carry by debutant Combrinck created a try for replacement number eight and Lions team-mate Warren Whitely.
When Pieter-Steph du Toit showed tremendous strength to shrug off a slew of  tacklers and score under the posts, Ireland were suddenly reeling.
And with Ireland fading fast in the rarefied Johannesburg air, Damian de Allende blasted through some weak tackles to make sure of victory and save Coetzee's blushes.
South Africa: Le Roux; Pietersen, Mapoe, De Allende, Mvovo; Jantjies, De Jager; Mtawarira, Strauss, Malherbe, Etzebeth, du Toit, Louw, Kolisi, Vermeulen.
Replacements: Combrinck for Mvovo (41), Steyn for Jantjies (60), Nyakane for Mtawarira (52), Redelinghuys for Malherbe (47), Mostert for Kolisi (68), Whiteley for Vermeulen (41).
Not Used: Mbonambi, Paige.
Ireland: Payne; Trimble, Henshaw, Olding, Gilroy; Jackson, Murray; McGrath, Best, Furlong, Roux, Toner, Henderson, Ruddock, Heaslip.
Replacements: Madigan for Henshaw (77), Marmion for Murray (78), Strauss for McGrath (66), Kilcoyne for Best (66), Bealham for Furlong (60), Ryan for Roux (51), Reidy for Ruddock (43).
Not Used: O'Halloran.


A leisure complex is to open to the public nearly two years after construction started.

About 500 jobs will be created at the £85m WestQuay Watermark hub in Southampton, developers Hammerson said.
The first of "up to 20" restaurants will launch on 8 December with a cinema to follow "early next year".
Southampton City Council said the "bold and innovative" building was an "important regeneration project for the city centre".
The design includes upper and lower walkways with restaurants and cafes and a 10-screen cinema and bowling alley set above.
The building occupies a long-vacant brownfield site close to another centre, Leisure World, which also houses a cinema and restaurants.
A new public square in front of the city's historical wall will be used for open air screenings and concerts.
Further phases of development could incorporate a hotel and residential tower, the council said.
Previously the authority said the scheme had stalled because of the recession and the viability of the first phase was "marginal".
An award of £7m from the government's Regional Growth Fund "enabled it to proceed", the council said.


Amid all the bluster and sabre-rattling, how do scientists assess North Korea's ability to launch a nuclear attack on its neighbours or on the mainland of the United States?

The fourth and fifth nuclear tests this year generated a swirl of fearsome rhetoric - both Seoul and Pyongyang said they would turn the other into a heap of ashes.
But can we see clearly what the actual scientific situation is? Stripping away the chest-thumping, what could Kim Jong-un's military actually do? And when might it be able to do do it?
There are different components to a nuclear arsenal: it needs a warhead small enough to go on a missile, and to remain intact until it hits the target. And, of course, the missiles themselves, ideally small and mobile enough to avoid being destroyed pre-emptively if preparations for launch are spotted - hence the importance of submarines.
Prof Siegfried S Hecker of Stanford University in California is a former head of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US and has visited North Korea's nuclear facilities frequently.
He says, following the fifth nuclear test on Friday: "With the two successful nuclear tests this year, we must assume that the DPRK [North Korea] has designed and demonstrated nuclear warheads that can be mounted on some of its short-range and perhaps medium-range missiles.
"Its ability to field an ICBM (inter-continental ballistic missile) fitted with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States is still a long way off - perhaps five to 10 years, but likely doable if the programme is unconstrained."
This means that there is already a real danger in his view. Miscalculations in the region become much more likely as South Korea, Japan and the United States fear that nuclear attack in the region is possible - pre-emptive strikes become much more likely.
Prof Hecker also worries that North Korea's technological ability increases the likelihood of the spread of nuclear weapons [technology and material] to "non-state actors" - or "terrorists" to you and me.
He said: "Much more troubling for now is that its recent nuclear and missile successes may give Pyongyang a false sense of confidence and dramatically change regional security dynamics. The likely ability of the DPRK to put nuclear weapons on target anywhere in South Korea and Japan and even on some US assets in the Pacific greatly complicates the regional military picture."
He continues that we can't "rule out that a financially desperate leadership may risk the sale of fissile materials or other nuclear assets, perhaps to non-state actors".
Prof Hecker visited the Yongbyon centrifuge facility (where material is produced) in November, 2010. Based on the equipment he saw and his assessment of stocks of uranium and plutonium, he thinks it plausible that North Korea has "a stockpile of sufficient fissile material for approximately 20 bombs by the end of this year and a capacity of adding approximately seven per year".
One of the essential components of an effective nuclear arsenal is the ability to hide the missiles so they can't be destroyed before launch. Accordingly, the testing of submarine-launched missiles has particularly worried North Korea's enemies.
According to the aerospace engineer John Schilling, who specialises in missile technology: "The success of North Korea's latest submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test suggests the programme may be progressing faster than originally expected.
"However, this does not mean it will be ready next week, next month, or even next year. Rather, the pace and method of the North's SLBM testing would suggest possible deployment in an initial operational capability by the second half of 2018 at the earliest."
North Korea is also making progress on missiles fired from land. Testing has been frequent this year and distances have been increased.
In June, for example, it fired a missile that reached an altitude of 1,000km (620 miles). It probably fired high rather than long to avoid Japan (an action which would have been too provocative) but the distance travelled impressed Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California.
"That suggests the missile worked perfectly. Had it been fired at its normal angle, it would have flown to its full range," he said.
There are other bits of the jigsaw, like being able to make heat-tolerant materials for warheads which would allow them to re-enter the atmosphere on the tops of missiles and explode on target. North Korea claims to have done this.
The upshot of the most convincing scientific analysis is that North Korea may have the ability to launch nuclear attacks in the region at the moment but not to strike targets further afield, like the United States.
But it's getting there and may have that ability from 2020, perhaps a few years later, although the scientists reckon it's no longer a remote prospect.
Prof Hecker, widely viewed as the most authoritative expert, also has views on the politics of it all.
"The latest nuclear test demonstrates conclusively that attempting to sanction the DPRK into submission and waiting for China to exert leverage over Pyongyang's nuclear programme do not work," he said.
"Increasing sanctions and adding missile defences in South Korea to that mix will also not suffice and make China even less likely to co-operate.
"What's missing is diplomacy, as much as Washington may find it repugnant to deal with the Kim regime."


The trial of a man accused of causing the death of a woman in the Borders by careless driving has been delayed for three months.

Roddy Graham, 27, of Denholm, denies committing the offence on the A698 road near the village in February last year.
Before a trial could start at Selkirk Sheriff Court the defence sought more time for expert report preparation - a move which the Crown did not oppose.
Kirsty Parker, 34, also of Denholm, died at the scene of the incident.
New dates for the trial have been fixed for the jury sitting starting on 8 August with an intermediate hearing on 3 July.


Owners of pet rabbits have been urged to protect them against a contagious virus that has spread to Scotland.

The virus, rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease variation RVHD-2, had previously been detected elsewhere in the UK.
It can be potentially fatal to the animals.
Vets, including surgeries in Inverness, are encouraging people to have their pets vaccinated.
Gudrun Ravetz, president of the British Veterinary Association, said: "The risk of a rabbit contracting RVHD-2 is highest in situations where rabbits are kept in large groups with regular new additions, such as at breeders or rescue centres.
"However, we'd encourage all owners to speak to their vet about vaccinating their rabbits against this potentially devastating disease.
"Owners should also be aware that the vaccination for the original strain of RVHD doesn't appear to offer long-term protection against RVHD-2.
"But vaccines for this new strain are now available and your vet will be able to best advise you on this."


England and Saracens winger Chris Ashton will miss the entire Six Nations after losing his appeal against a 10-week ban for making contact with the eyes of Ulster's Luke Marshall.

The judicial officer viewed the tackle, which occurred in the first half of a European Champions Cup match on 16 January, as a red card offence.
But Saracens argued that the 10-week penalty was too severe.
Ashton said he was "incredibly disappointed" at the outcome.
"I now plan to look ahead to the rest of the season and work as hard as I can during my ban," he added in a statement on the Saracens website.
"I vehemently maintain that I have never made an attempt to intentionally make contact with the eye area of any other player.
"To miss out on the chance to represent my country and Saracens during this period is extremely disappointing, but the judgement stands and it is one that I will respect and accept."
Former England team-mate Toby Flood also believes Ashton had been treated badly.
In a post on his Twitter feed, Flood called the original decision "horrible" and said Ashton had been the victim of "incompetence" in the subsequent appeal.
England open their Six Nations campaign against Scotland on Saturday.
Anthony Watson and Jack Nowell will start on the wings at Murrayfield as England look to get off to a winning start under coach Eddie Jones.
Ashton will be free to play again on 28 March.


The ex-husband and father of a beautician allegedly murdered in a so-called honour killing in Pakistan have appeared in court for a second time.

Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, died last month in northern Punjab.
Her former husband Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel, who is accused of murder, has confessed to strangling her with a scarf, local police have told the BBC.
He and her father Chaudhry Muhammad Shahid were remanded for a further five days by a Pakistani judge.
Mr Shahid is being held as an accessory to murder.
Both men were remanded for four days at their first court appearance on Saturday.
Police in Pakistan have told the BBC that Mr Shakeel, who is also Ms Shahid's cousin, has confessed to her murder.
Ms Shahid had been visiting relatives in the village of Pandori when she died and her relatives had initially claimed she died of a heart attack.
Her second husband, Syed Mukhtar Kazim, believes she was the victim of a so-called honour killing as her family did not approve of their marriage.
A post-mortem examination has since confirmed she died as a result of being strangled, police say.
Like last time Ms Shahid's father and former husband had their faces covered as they went into the court although the media were allowed inside the courtroom this time.
In court they uncovered their faces and both men appeared calm and did not speak as the judge remanded them in custody for another five days - a period of time requested by the investigating officer.
Police told me on Monday that Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel had confessed to Samia's murder.
However, her second husband said that held little legal weight and that he was more concerned with what Mr Shakeel would say in court.


Vandals have caused thousands of pounds of damage to heritage railway carriages used in the filming of TV drama Downton Abbey.

Eight teak carriages on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in Pickering had windows smashed overnight, with furniture and fixings also ruined.
The carriages, dating from 1930 to 1950, have regularly been featured in films and television, the railway said.
North Yorkshire Police is investigating the attack.
Fire extinguishers were also set off throughout the carriages, soaking the furniture and wall fittings.
The railway said the full extent of the damage was not yet known, but repair costs would run "into the thousands if not more".
Chris Price, general manager at the railway, said: "We were absolutely devastated to discover that the carriages had been damaged overnight, obviously all the staff and volunteers are extremely upset.
"I doubt very much that the set will run again in the 2017 season."
On Saturday, thousands of people attended a live music event at the railway called '60s Fest' - held metres away from where the carriages were vandalised.
The railway warned there would be service disruptions on the line due to the damage caused.


BT Group's takeover of mobile phone network EE has been provisionally cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

The CMA said the Â£12.5bn deal, first announced in February, was "not expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition" in the UK".
BT shares were up 3% at midday in the wake of the CMA statement.
The deal is set to create a communications giant covering fixed-line phones, broadband, mobile and TV.
The takeover more than trebles BT's retail customers adding the 10 million it already had to EE's 24.5 million direct mobile subscribers.
John Wotton, chair of the CMA inquiry said: "Having considered all the evidence, the group does not provisionally believe that, in a dynamic and evolving sector, it is more likely than not that BT/EE will be able to use its position to damage competition or the interests of consumers."
The CMA said the two firms operated largely in separate areas "with BT strong in supplying fixed communications services (voice, broadband and pay TV), EE strong in supplying mobile communications services, and limited overlap between them in both categories of service".
BT chief executive Gavin Patterson said: "The combined BT and EE will be good for the UK, providing investment and ensuring consumers and businesses can benefit from further innovation in a highly competitive market".
However, BT may still be forced to break up its internet broadband business, Openreach, by communications watchdog Ofcom.
Rivals TalkTalk and Vodafone say that regulators should force BT to spin off Openreach to improve competition and provide a better service.
The CMA said in a statement: "We are aware of concerns voiced recently about Openreach and wider concerns are currently being considered by Ofcom in their review of the whole telecommunications market."
The Inquiry will now consider responses to its provisional report and publish a final report in January.


A north Wales railway line has reopened six weeks after being blocked by fallen trees and rocks caused by Storm Doris.

The Conwy Valley line was closed in February after a large tree fell on to the track between Llanrwst and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Network Rail removed 300 about tonnes of rock from the face along the Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno branch line so it was safe enough to reopen.
The track closed on 23 February when 94mph (151km/h) winds hit north Wales.
"The damage done to the line was significant, whilst more than a dozen of our trains suffered damage," said Lynne Milligan, customer service director for Arriva Trains Wales.
Network Rail said the project posed "unique challenges" with difficult access, dense vegetation, steep rock faces, no road access and a single track railway that meant "engineers were unable to use machinery typically used for similar repairs".


A rugby league player who died after being injured in a game has had his organs donated to five people, his family has revealed.

Huddersfield Giants player Ronan Costello, 17, died on 14 June, three days after being injured during an under-19s game against Salford.
Mr Costello's family said they were "comforted that he has gone on to help five other people live their lives and survive".
His funeral was held on Friday.
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A statement issued by the family said: "In accordance with Ronan's wishes, his family have made the heartfelt decision to donate some of his organs.
"Ronan was a loving and caring lad who was dedicated to his family and friends."
Huddersfield Giants head of youth, Andy Kelly, who is currently performing the role of head coach, said: "What a beautifully courageous act by one of the bravest, most dignified families I have the honour of knowing."


A Paris-based property firm has submitted plans for a £20m redevelopment of a Victorian bank building in Belfast city centre.

Stargime has bought the former First Trust bank building at Queen's Square that has been vacant since 2013.
It intends developing 80,000 sq ft of grade A offices.
The company has said it is at an "advanced stage" of negotiations with a tenant that is considering leasing the entire building.
The scheme will involve retaining the listed Victorian part of the building and demolishing the 1980s extension.
Jonas Mallard, a director at Stargime, said that, if approved, the scheme will create offices of "an international standard" that will enable a large international firm to invest in Belfast.
He said the development would also "breathe new life" into a landmark building and the surrounding area.
Stargime is an international property development company established in the mid-1980s.
It bought the Queen's Square building for £2m, which is its third investment in Belfast.
In 2013, it bought Arthur House, a retail and office property on Arthur Street, for £5.8m.
It also owns Artola House and an adjacent building on Victoria Street that it also plans to redevelop for offices.
Belfast currently has a shortage of grade A office space as there was little new development in the years after the property crash.


Luton Town boss Nathan Jones says players in his title-winning youth side should not be expected to "take the world by storm" in the first team.

The Hatters under-18s have already won the South-East Youth Alliance league and made the FA Youth Cup last eight.
"It won't depend on league position. If they are ready they will play," Jones told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"I won't just hand them something because life's not like that and neither is the football club."
He added: "If they earn it and keep doing as they're doing, I'm sure they'll get an opportunity."
Two youth players have been given professional deals this season, captain Frankie Musonda and James Justin, and the youth side are also in the Youth Alliance southern area League Cup final.
"If any club wants to be successful then home-grown players are paramount," added Jones, whose side are currently 13th in League Two, nine points off the play-off places going into Saturday's trip to second-from-bottom-York.
"The fans see them as one of their own, As soon as they're ready and they have the ability then they'll get the opportunities.
"We have a group here that have got a chance of progressing, it's going to take time - you can't just jump straight from the youth team into the first team and expect to take the world by storm."


US and Afghan forces have fought off an attack by Taliban insurgents on the US consulate in the western city of Herat.

Two Afghan police and one security guard were killed in the dawn assault, along with seven attackers. The US consulate said its staff were safe.
The Taliban said they carried out the attack, which began with a huge blast at the compound gates, sparking a gun battle near consulate buildings.
Attacks continue despite the planned withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014.
Seventeen civilians, including women and children, were injured in the Herat attack.
By David LoynBBC News, Kabul
Herat city may usually be peaceful, but the Taliban are able to operate in the countryside nearby, and the US consulate, standing in a tall former 5-star hotel was a tempting target.
The attack followed a familiar pattern of a suicide explosion followed by other attackers.
In the week of the anniversary of 9/11, security forces were expecting the  Taliban to attempt a 'spectacular' attack. The success of Afghan forces in repulsing a determined assault is a relief. Both the Afghan police and army are far better than they were, and Afghan police did most of the fighting in Herat, with US troops backing them up. Once again Afghan police bore the worst casualties.
But 12 years after the Taliban government was ousted, their ability and willingness to carry out attacks of this sort asks serious questions about the international strategy in Afghanistan.
Herat sits close to the Iranian border on a vital trade route across southern Afghanistan and it has been relatively peaceful in recent years.
The US consulate in Herat was opened just four years ago in a former five-star hotel.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says this attack - carried out in the shadow of the anniversary of 9/11 - is a demonstration of the ability of insurgents to disrupt Afghanistan, 12 years after  US-led forces toppled the Taliban.
In violence elsewhere, a truck bomb exploded near government offices in the volatile south-eastern province of Paktika, injuring several Afghan security personnel.
The force of the explosions in Herat left the road badly damaged and pieces of twisted metal and rubble could be seen in the vicinity of the consulate, reports say.
An Afghan army spokesman told the BBC that a huge truck bomb damaged the outer defences of the US consulate, allowing the attackers to breach the perimeter and shoot at the consulate buildings.
"A truck carrying attackers drove to the front gate, and attackers, possibly firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles, commenced attacking Afghan Protective forces on the exterior of the gates," US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters.
"Shortly after, the entire truck exploded, extensively damaging the front gate [to the consulate]," she added.
The gunfire continued for some time, reporters at the scene said.
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) tweeted at 04:00 GMT that the consulate was secure "with all enemy forces being killed". Isaf and Afghan National Security Forces were at the scene, it added.
Peter Bezkorowajnyj, who works in Afghanistan, told the BBC he could see smoke from the explosion from the roof of his building.
The explosion "rocked the building I am staying in", he said.
Earlier this month Taliban targeted the Torkham US base in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a lengthy gun battle in which three insurgents were killed.


Human remains found in the Republic of Ireland have been identified as those of one of the Disappeared, Gerry Evans.

Mr Evans, 24, from Crossmaglen, went missing in March 1979.
His body was found on 15 October in bogland in County Louth, days after officials decided to wind down the search.
Mr Evans' funeral will take place at 1100GMT on Saturday at St Patrick's Church, Crossmaglen.
On Monday, the Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains said: "The results positively indicate that the remains are those of Mr Gerard Evans.
"Dr Brian Farrell, Coroner for the City of Dublin has accepted this as evidence of identification and has authorised the release of the remains to the family.
"The thoughts of everyone in the commission are with the Evans family at this difficult time."
The remains were discovered shortly after the commission announced they were winding down the search at Carrickrobin after 16 months of painstaking excavation.
They had unearthed an area the size of four football fields but had found nothing. The family were devastated.
At that stage, Gerry Evans' brother Noel said they were losing hope that he would ever be found.
Mr Evans was last seen hitch-hiking in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.
The 24-year-old was believed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the IRA.
The ICLVR was established in 1999 to obtain information in strictest confidence which may lead to the location of the remains of the disappeared - those killed and buried in secret by banned paramilitary groups prior to 10 April 1998 as a result of the Troubles.
Sixteen people were murdered by republican paramilitaries and secretly buried in isolated areas of Ireland during the Troubles.
Nine bodies have yet to be found.
In 1999, the IRA admitted responsibility for killing and secretly burying nine of the 16, while one was admitted by the INLA.


Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries.

The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million.
But Mauritania has the highest proportional figure with about 4% of its population enslaved.
The report's authors hope it will help governments tackle what they call a "hidden crime".
The index was compiled by Australian-based rights organisation Walk Free Foundation using a definition of modern slavery that includes debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking.
"A lot of governments won't like hearing what we have to say," WFF chief executive Nick Grono told the French news agency Agence France-Presse.
"Those governments that want to engage with us, we will be very open to engaging and looking at ways in which we can better measure the issue of modern slavery."
The organisation's estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour.
India, China, Pakistan and Nigeria have the highest numbers of people enslaved, the charity said.
Together with five other countries, they account for three-quarters of the total estimated number of people in modern slavery worldwide.
The report said India's ranking was mostly due to the exploitation of Indians citizens within the country itself.
While the highest proportion of slaves is in Mauritania, with many people inheriting slave status from their ancestors, Haiti is second in the index and Pakistan is third.
The new survey has the backing of world figures including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Mrs Clinton said that although the index was not perfect, it provided a starting point, according to the Associated Press.
"I urge leaders around the world to view this index as a call to action, and to stay focused on the work of responding to this crime."


Two years ago you could be forgiven for not knowing who Matthew Gravelle was, even Broadchurch fans might have struggled to recognise him.

**SPOILER ALERT: If you are not up-to-date with Broadchurch series one, don't read on.**
Until the final episode of series one.
Gasps reverberated around the UK when it was revealed that Joe Miller, the seemingly kind and caring on-screen husband of Olivia Colman, was the Broadchurch resident who had killed Danny Latimer.
At the very end of series one, ITV confirmed the drama would return but Matthew has spent nearly two years pretending he wasn't part of any of it.
The 38-year-old told Newsbeat: "I had to deny that I was doing the second series since filming started, if not before.
"That's a good year of technically being 'unemployed', even though I wasn't.
"Only a very close-knit group knew the truth; my wife, my dad and my sisters, and that was it."
But surely isn't it that the beauty of Broadchurch?
Producers are so desperate to keep the audience guessing that they even put special measures in place during filming to stop leaks.
"The secrecy certainly helps," said Matthew. "It's the anticipation and the excitement; nobody knows what's going on or is able to spoil it for anyone else."
Nearly eight million tuned into the first episode of the new series.
By uttering the words 'not guilty' to a crime fans are sure he committed, Joe Miller fast became one of the most hated men on TV.
With so many people emotionally involved in the story, we asked Matthew if anyone has ever confused him with his on-screen character?
"I haven't had anyone throwing things or wagging their fingers at me on the street, so at the moment I'm safe," he said.
The dad-of-two says that although he has concerns that some viewers may see him as a villain in real-life because of who his character is, he was desperate to take on the role.
"From the beginning, there was a massive part of me that wanted to be the killer," he admitted.
"For most of series one I really didn't think I would be, I only found out ahead of the filming of the final episode. I thought it would shatter Olivia's character, and it did."
So far in series two, Matthew has spent much of his time stuck in a glass box in a court room, and he told us there were two things he missed, the seaside and his cast mates, particularly one.
"Olivia's brilliant," he told us. "Nobody's got a bad word to say about her, she's just very good and it makes you better.
"We all get on really well which made the second series more frustrating because I couldn't mess about, I was stuck away from them."
Before Broadchurch aired, Matthew had no idea how big it would become, but he said he did have an inkling during the first read-through with the rest of the cast.
"When I was sitting around the table for the first time and I saw all these brilliant people, I did think, 'oooh, this could be quite good,' but I had no idea of the scale until the first episode went out."
But don't even bother asking Matthew about what happens in episode two or three.
"Wouldn't you like to know..."
Ok, will there will be a third series? Will he be in it?
"Who knows?"
We reckon he has a better idea than most, but Matthew is wise to the questions, he also believes that deep down none of us actually want him to let anything slip.
He said: "People ask, 'who did it?' or 'where's it going to go?', but nobody really wants to know. It's all part of the fun of it, it's just a wry question."
And you know what? He's probably right.
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The value of goods and services exported by Northern Ireland companies fell by 5% in 2015 to £9.1bn.

However, sales to the rest of the United Kingdom expanded by 6% to £13.8bn.
Great Britain sales have become relatively more important to Northern Ireland businesses in recent years.
The Republic of Ireland continues to be the single, biggest export market with sales of £3.4bn.
The figures come from the Northern Ireland Broad Economy Sales and Exports Statistics report, an experimental data series compiled by government statisticians.
It shows that manufacturing continues to dominate Northern Ireland exports, accounting for 60% of sales.
However, manufacturing exports fell by almost 4% to £5.5bn in 2015.
Exports to all major markets fell: down by 4% to the Republic of Ireland and by 3% to the USA.
The number of businesses selling outside Northern Ireland fell marginally, down by 67 to 11,467.
A different, more recent, set of figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggests that Northern Ireland's manufacturing export performance is improving at a better rate than any other part of the UK.
HMRC data for the 12 months to September 2016 showed a 6% rise in the value of exports to £7.4bn.
Businesses have been helped by a slump in the pound, which makes their goods more competitively priced in the Eurozone and the United States.


The Scottish government has told football authorities it could try to force them to deal with crowd trouble.

The warning follows the failure of disciplinary action over disorder at last season's Scottish Cup final between Hibernian and Rangers.
Scottish Football Association disciplinary charges against the clubs were dismissed by an independent judicial panel on Wednesday.
Rangers have also asked to know why no sanctions were imposed on Hibs.
The Scottish government said it was "disappointed" by the outcome.
"We have been clear that we will take steps if the progress we need to see isn't being made," said a spokesman.
"The disorder that marred the Scottish Cup final was unacceptable and we are disappointed by this outcome.
"It is essential that robust, meaningful measures are in place to allow such behaviour to be dealt with effectively."
More than 70 people have been arrested over the violent scenes that took place after Hibs lifted the cup for the first time since 1902 with a 3-2 victory.
But the SFA panel dismissed as "irrelevant" charges over damage to advertising equipment and, in the case of Hibs, the Hampden pitch and goalposts, following a mass pitch invasion by both sets of fans.
Neither club was punished because the SFA's disciplinary procedures are not underlined by "strict liability" - where clubs are responsible for their supporters' behaviour.
SFA members voted against the adoption of strict liability in 2013, while the Scottish Professional Football League similarly does not take action if clubs successfully argue they have taken all reasonable steps to prevent unacceptable behaviour among fans.
Any direct interference in the SFA's workings would not be popular with world governing body Fifa, which has issued bans to nations whose governments have become too closely involved with football federations.
However, the Scottish government spokesman said: "Independent research shows that fans overwhelmingly support the goal of eradicating offensive behaviour from matches.
"Our preference remains that football should proactively deliver a solution and we are continuing to work closely with the authorities and clubs to encourage them to do so."
Hibs welcomed the panel's decision on Wednesday and paid for damage caused when their fans invaded the pitch.
However, Rangers say they have "been left shocked by the SFA's approach to this vital safety issue and by the decision not to seek sanctions in respect of the assaults by Hibernian supporters on Rangers players and officials at the end of the cup final".
"The Scottish FA must have a basic duty of care to ensure the safety of players and officials in matches played in their competitions and at Hampden," the club said in a statement.
"Rangers were surprised and disappointed by the nature of the charges brought by the association, believing them fundamentally flawed from the outset and cannot understand why the focus seemed to be on compensating the association for damage to Hampden Stadium and items such as advertising hoardings and LED panels rather than ensuring the safety of players and officials.
"Rangers are concerned that adopting this approach will not dissuade supporters of other Clubs from coming onto the field of play and/or assaulting players and officials."
Rangers say they were also "astonished" that Hibs "were permitted to engage" the Scottish Professional Football League's solicitor to fight the charges being brought by the SFA.


Saudi police have questioned a young woman who appeared in a video wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public.

State TV said the woman who "dressed in indecent clothing" in Ushayqir had been "referred to the public prosecutor".
Local newspapers reported that she had "confessed" to visiting the historic village with her male guardian.
The video sparked a heated debate on social media, with some demanding she be punished for breaking the Muslim country's strict dress code.
Others came to the woman's defence, praising her "bravery" and insisting that she ought to be allowed to wear what she wanted.
Women in Saudi Arabia must wear loose-fitting, full-length robes known as "abayas" in public, as well as a headscarf if they are Muslim.
However, there are no restrictions on what women can wear under their abayas.
They are also banned from driving, are separated from unrelated men, and must be accompanied by or receive written permission from a male guardian - usually a father, husband or brother - if they want to travel, work or access healthcare.
The video was first shared on Snapchat over the weekend by a user called "Model Khulood".
It shows a woman walking along an empty street in a fort at Ushayqir Heritage Village, about 155km (96 miles) north of the capital Riyadh, in Najd province.
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Najd is one of the most conservative regions in Saudi Arabia. It was where the founder of Wahhabism - the austere form of Sunni Islam that is practised by the Saudi royal family and religious establishment - was born in the late 18th Century.
The video was quickly picked up by Saudis on Twitter, where critics used the hashtag "demand_the_trial_of_Model_Khulood".
"We should respect the laws of the country. In France, the niqab [face-covering veil] is banned and women are fined if they wear it. In Saudi Arabia, wearing abayas and modest clothing is part of the kingdom's laws," read one tweet.
Other Saudis insisted that she should be allowed to wear what she wanted, and noted that US President Donald Trump's wife Melania and daughter Ivanka had chosen not to wear abayas or headscarves during a visit to Saudi Arabia in May.
"If she was a foreigner, they would sing about the beauty of her waist and the enchantment of her eyes... But because she is Saudi they are calling for her arrest," another tweet said.
On Tuesday afternoon, Saudi newspapers quoted a spokesman for Riyadh police as saying the woman had denied during questioning that she had uploaded the video online and told officers that the Snapchat account was not hers.
The spokesman added that the case had been referred to the public prosecutor's office, which will decide whether to charge the woman.


The Cambrian Rally has been cancelled after heavy snow near Bala, Gwynedd.

Organisers stopped the race after the first stage for safety reasons when conditions made access to Aberhirnant and Llangower "almost impassable".
More than 100 competitors were taking part in the event which starts and ends in Llandudno, Conwy.
Organisers said the snow had made it unsafe for marshals, competitors and spectators.
The event, which has been running for 62 years, is a round of the British Trials and Rally Drivers Championship and the Welsh Forest Championship.


Miranda Hart is to return to the BBC's Call The Midwife for the 2016 Christmas special and the sixth series, which is expected to air in 2017.

Hart will again play the period drama's popular character of midwife Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue-Cholmeley-Browne.
Hart, who had been in the show since it began in 2012, left in series four due to her work commitments.
Call the Midwife is one of the BBC's most popular series with an average audience of nearly eight million.
The drama is based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth and revolves around the work of midwives in east London in, and from, the 1950s.
A spokesman for the drama's production company said everyone on the team had "been bursting to share the news" of Chummy's return.
"We're thrilled to be once again featuring Miranda Hart and her fabulous blend of warmth, strength and vulnerability, as Chummy gets to grips with the medical and social challenges of the 1960s," he said.
Hart, who became a household name for her hit sitcom Miranda which ran from 2009 to 2015, spent much of 2014 on tour with her one-woman show.
She then expanded her repertoire by turning to Hollywood and appeared in 2015's action film Spy, alongside Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy and Jude Law.
However, Hollywood's gain was Call The Midwife's loss as it meant Hart was forced to miss most of series four, series five and last year's Christmas special.
Her absence had to be written into the storyline which saw her moving to a mother and baby unit.
At the time, Hart said: "I am very sad not to have been able to be involved in  series five but, on the plus side, maybe Chummy can come back in the next series an enlightened, crazed '60s hippy, having an affair with Paul McCartney."
Call the Midwife, which has won a handful of awards and has been nominated for two TV Baftas, also stars Helen George, Jessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris and Bryony Hannah.
In series six, the midwives will be seen working partly in South Africa, where filming in Cape Town has already begun.


An inquiry into Scotland's worst Clostridium difficile (C.diff) outbreak has heard about cleaning and storing shortages at the affected hospital.

A minute of a sisters' meeting in May 2008 noted there was not enough hand wash basins and storage units at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria.
A total of 55 patients developed the bug and 18 died at the hospital between December 2007 and June 2008.
C.diff was blamed for nine deaths and was a contributory factor in nine more.
The inquiry into the outbreak was shown minutes from a number of ward sisters' meetings at the hospital in 2008.
Under the heading "Infection Control", a minute of a sisters' meeting in May 2008 said: "JH noticed a shortage of hand wash basins and storage units."
On Wednesday, Sister Lesley Fox told the inquiry that she had enough hand wash basins on her ward, ward six, and her staff would not have to walk far to use one.
On Thursday, while giving evidence for a third day, she said she did not have a shortage of basins but claimed in June 2008 she was made aware of the aim to have one hand wash basin to four beds.
Another 2008 meeting entry noted: "Helen O'Neill advised that there has been an increase in C.diff: eight in total; three have been attributed to the Vale of Leven Hospital, three patients have died.
"Ward F will be visited by Infection Control to provide a terminal clean."
Minutes from a sisters' meeting in June 2008 also stated some of the wards at the hospital would be reconfigured.
When asked about why changes were being introduced, Sister Fox said: "It was as a result of many visits to the wards by the infection control team."
She said one of the reasons for changes was the rules for the distances set between bed spaces could not be applied on all wards.
Sister Fox was responsible for a ward where a number of women tested positive for C.diff in 2007 and 2008. Some of those patients later died.
The inquiry, which is chaired by retired judge Lord MacLean, started in June last year at the Community Central Halls in Maryhill, Glasgow.
This section of hearings is due to run until 15 September.
A final report and recommendations are expected to be published by September 2012.


Lee Clark has left Kilmarnock to become boss at League One side Bury, after they agreed a compensation package with the Scottish Premiership side.

The 44-year-old had been in charge at Rugby Park since February 2016, when he replaced Gary Locke.
He kept Killie in the Premiership last season and leaves them in sixth place.
Chris Brass, 41, had been announced in December as head coach at Bury until the end of the season after David Flitcroft was fired.
"Lee is someone who I have followed through his playing and managerial career," said Shakers chairman Stewart Day.
"I firmly believe that Lee is the right man and he has an enthusiasm and passionate desire to take this club forward. I was overwhelmed with his knowledge of the club and the contacts he has in the game and how he believes in what we can achieve together."
Former Huddersfield, Birmingham and Blackpool boss Clark takes charge of a Bury side sat in the relegation zone in the third tier and will be on the sidelines for the game against Chesterfield on Saturday.
Assistant Lee McCulloch will become interim manager of Kilmarnock, with Peter Leven as his No.2. McCulloch is likely to be offered the position until the end of the season.
Clark, a former midfielder at Newcastle, Fulham and Sunderland, won 10 of his 44 games in charge at Kilmarnock.
"I have had a wonderful year as Kilmarnock manager," he told the club website. "The club and fans have treated myself and my family fantastically - we are in a good position with a strong and loyal squad and staff.
"The directors have given me their full support in rebuilding the squad and the fans will always have a special place in my heart, but I still have huge ambition to one day manage at the highest level in England, which is obviously the Premier League.
"I feel that the fresh challenge of managing a club in England's League One could provide me with the platform to build towards this goal."


The general who led a coup in Burkina Faso this week insists on remaining in power until polls are held, according to a document seen by the BBC.

Gen Gilbert Diendere made the proposal at talks brokered by West African mediators in the capital Ouagadougou.
On Saturday one of the mediators had spoken of a breakthrough and hinted at a new transition government reinstating interim President Michel Kafando.
At least 10 people have been killed in clashes since Thursday's coup.
The overthrow of the civilian interim government - carried out by the presidential guard - was widely condemned. Burkina Faso has been suspended from the African Union.
BBC West Africa reporter Thomas Fessy says the junta's proposal is unlikely to signal a return to power of the civilian authorities.
The document, signed by Gen Diendere and exclusively seen by the BBC, says he should remain president until elections - currently due on 11 October.
This is in stark contradiction to the optimism shown on Saturday by one of the mediators, Benin President Yayi Boni, who suggested the presidential guard might give up power, our correspondent adds.
Gen Diendere was chief of staff of former President Blaise Compaore, who was deposed in a popular uprising last October.
Meanwhile violence erupted on Sunday at the hotel in Ouagadougou, where the talks have been taking place.
About 50 coup supporters burst into the lobby of the Laico hotel, injuring several people.
"They invaded the hotel," an eyewitness told Reuters news agency. "They attacked ex-opposition members as they arrived. One had to be saved from the crowd by security forces."
Outside the building opponents of the coup held a protest but were later dispersed by security forces.
Mr Kafando, who was initially held by the coup leaders, is now free. However, other questions remain, including the fate of Prime Minister Isaac Zida, who was also detained.
Mr Compaore is currently in exile and was accused of committing widespread abuses, and trying to change the constitution to extend his term in office.
Some of his key allies had been barred from contesting the election.
Gen Diendere has said he has had no contact with Mr Compaore and will do everything to "avoid violence that could plunge the country into chaos".
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The absence of drug testing in Spanish football in the past 11 months has "alarmed" the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Since March 2016, just 57 tests have been done on La Liga players from clubs not competing in Europe and none at all in the country's second division.
Spain's anti-doping body (AEPSAD) was declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency in March 2016.
Wada hoped Fifa or Uefa could take on the country's drug testing in the interim but no agreement was struck.
"The lack of testing in a country with one of the leading football leagues worldwide for a period of almost 12 months is alarming," said Wada.
"It will do little to instil confidence in clean sport at a time when it is needed most."
AEPSAD responded by saying it expects testing to resume before the end of the month, once the new Spanish government approves WADA's global code.
A Wada-accredited laboratory in Madrid was suspended in June and was prohibited "from carrying out any Wada-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples" after missing a deadline to make changes to its testing procedures.
AEPSAD has confirmed that they asked Fifa and Uefa to sign an agreement to take over testing during the suspension but that both declined as they felt it was outside their area of responsibility.
Wada described that as a "deeply disappointing" move which "prevented effective anti-doping programs from being run at the national level in Spain in a number of sports" during this period of non-compliance.
However, La Liga clubs playing in Europe and the Spanish national team have been subject to testing by Uefa and Fifa, respectively.
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Given the global status of La Liga's clubs and star players, it will dismay many that literally no valid drugs testing has been carried out in Spanish football by the country's national anti-doping agency for almost a year - and that both Fifa and Uefa failed to step in to help.
For comparison, last season, 799 tests were carried out by UKAD on Premier League players.
The reputation of Spanish sport has already been seriously dented by the Operation Puerto blood-bags scandal, and this is another blow.


The Queen is set to have a runner in Saturday's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot after her colt Dartmouth was added to the line-up at a cost of £75,000.

Dartmouth, ridden by Olivier Peslier for trainer Sir Michael Stoute, won June's Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Earlier, second favourite Hawkbill was ruled out of the £1.15m race.
The Coral-Eclipse winner is likely to run instead in next month's Juddmonte International at York.
Stoute will seek a record sixth victory in the King George, with Frenchman Peslier lined up to keep the ride.
The Queen has won the Group One race named after her parents only once before, when Aureole triumphed in 1954.
Hawkbill, owned by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin team, was about a 6-1 chance for Saturday's race.
Trainer Charlie Appleby said the horse was in fine form at his Newmarket base.
"We have decided he will miss the King George and be saved for races over a mile and a quarter," Appleby said.
"The Juddmonte is the likely next target."
Last year's King George winner Postponed is the odds-on favourite for a second win in Flat racing's mid-season showpiece over a mile and a half.
Postponed was trained by Luca Cumani 12 months ago before being switched to Roger Varian, and won the Coronation Cup at Epsom in June.


Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane has become the first overseas player to represent Australian side New South Wales for 32 years.

The 20-year-old was selected for their Sheffield Shield game against South Australia, which started on Tuesday.
He took his first wicket on his Shield debut, taking 1-24 on a rain-affected first day in Sydney.
Englishman Crane is the first overseas player to represent the state since Pakistan's Imran Khan in 1984-85.
Crane has been playing grade cricket in Sydney during the English winter, and has taken 45 wickets in 11 matches, including three seven-wicket hauls.
His form at Gordon Cricket Club in the city, taking his wickets at an average of just over 20, saw him selected for NSW.
In his 16 first-class appearances for Hampshire, he has also taken 45 wickets, but at an average of 40.75.
New South Wales spinners Steven O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon are on Test duty with Australia in India, and Crane has been selected alongside off-spinner William Somerville.
Despite only bowling five overs on the opening day in Sydney, he had Tom Cooper caught for 19 as South Australia reached 169-5 at stumps.
In November, Crane signed signed a three-year contract extension with Hampshire, keeping him at the county until 2019.


England's Matthew Fitzpatrick goes into the weekend two shots off leader Charley Hoffman after a second-round 69 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Fitzpatrick made five birdies and two bogeys in a three-under-par round to end on eight under, one behind Emiliano Grillo and two adrift of Hoffman.
Paul Casey (72) is four under, while Australia's world number two Jason Day moved to three under with a 71.
Rory McIlroy is one over following a dramatic outward nine in a round of 71.
The Northern Irishman, ranked third, opened on the back nine with two bogeys, before a birdie, an eagle and a double bogey when he found the water on the 16th.
Hoffman, 40, bogeyed the opening hole but then made seven birdies to reach the halfway mark at 10 under par.
"If you get in the fairway you can sort of attack," said the American.
"The greens are surprisingly receptive. You can shoot at some of those pins that in the past you haven't and I was able to take advantage of it.
"I'm pretty happy. I hope I can keep it going the next few days."
Fitzpatrick, 22, closed with back-to-back birdies to stay very much in contention.
"It was a good day," he said. "I didn't feel quite as in control of the golf ball as I did yesterday but I made a couple of good putts coming in and made a good score."


Free trade is something of a sacred cow in the economics profession.

Moving towards it, rather slowly, has also been one of the dominant features of the post-World War Two global economy.
Now there are new challenges to that development.
The UK is leaving the European Union and the single market - though in her speech this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May promised to push for the "freest possible trade" with European countries and to sign new deals with others around the world.
Most obviously Donald Trump has raised the possibility of quitting various trade agreements, notably Nafta, the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada. Even the World Trade Organization (WTO) has proposed new barriers to imports.
In Europe, trade negotiations with the United States and Canada have run into difficulty, reflecting public concerns about the impact on jobs, the environment and consumer protection.
The WTO's Doha Round of global trade liberalisation talks has run aground.
The case for trade without government imposed barriers has a long history in economics.
Adam Smith, the 18th Century Scottish economist who many see as the founding father of the subject, was in favour of it. But it was a later British writer, David Ricardo in the 19th Century, who set out the idea known as comparative advantage that underpins much of the argument for freer trade.
It is not about countries being able to produce more cheaply or efficiently than others. You can have a comparative advantage in making something even if you are less efficient than your trade partner.
When a country shifts resources to produce more of one good there is what economists call an "opportunity cost" in terms of how much less of something else you can make. You have a comparative advantage in making a product if the cost in that sense is less than it is in another country.
If two countries trade on this basis, concentrating on goods where they have a comparative advantage they can both end up better off.
Another reason that economists tend to look askance at trade restrictions comes from an analysis of the impact if governments do put up barriers - in particular tariffs or taxes - on imports.
There are gains of course. The firms and workers who are protected can sell more of their goods in the home market. But consumers lose out by paying a higher price - and consumers in this case can mean businesses, if they buy the protected goods as components or raw materials.
The textbook analysis says that those losses add up to more than the total gains. So you get the textbook conclusion that it's best to avoid protection.
And this conclusion is regardless of what other countries do. The 19th Century French economist Frederic Bastiat set it out it like this:
"It makes no more sense to be protectionist because other countries have tariffs than it would to block up our harbours because other countries have rocky coasts."
The implication is that unilateral trade liberalisation makes perfect sense.
A more recent theory of what drives international trade looks at what are called economies of scale - where the more a firm produces of some good, the lower cost of each unit.
The associated specialisation can make it beneficial for economies that are otherwise very similar to trade with one another. This area is known as new trade theory and the Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman was an important figure in developing it.
The basic idea that it's good to have freer trade has underpinned decades of international co-operation on trade policy since World War Two.
The period since 1945 has been characterised by a gradual lowering of trade barriers. It happened in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which began life in 1948 as a forum for governments to negotiate lower tariffs.
Its membership was initially small, but by the time it was replaced by the World Trade Organization in 1995, most countries had signed up.
The motivation was to end or reduce the protectionism or barriers to trade that went up in the 1930s. It is not generally thought that those barriers caused the Great Depression, but many do think they aggravated and prolonged it.
The process of post-war trade liberalisation was driven largely by a desire for reciprocal concessions - better access to others' markets in return for opening your own.
But what is the case against free (or at least freer) trade?
First and foremost is the argument that it creates losers as well as winners.
What Ricardo's theory suggested was that all countries engaging in trade could be better off. But his idea could not address the question of whether trade could create losers as well as winners within countries.
Work by two Swedish Nobel Prize winners, Eli Hecksher and Bertil Ohlin, subsequently built on by the American Paul Samuelson developed the basic idea of comparative advantage in a way that showed that trade could lead to some groups losing out.
Putting it very briefly, if a country has a relatively abundant supply of, for example, low-skilled labour, those workers will gain while their low-skilled counterparts in countries where it is less abundant will lose.
There has been a debate about whether this approach fits the facts, but some do see it as a useful explanation of how American industrial workers (for example) have been adversely affected by the rise of competition from countries such as China.
A group of economists including David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at the impact on areas where local industry was exposed to what they call the China shock.
"Adjustment in local labour markets is remarkably slow, with wages and labour-force participation rates remaining depressed and unemployment rates remaining elevated for at least a full decade after the China trade shock commences.
"Exposed workers experience greater job churning and reduced lifetime income."
Still if you accept that overall countries gain, then the winners could in principle fully compensate the losers and still be better off.
Such programmes do exist. Countries that have unemployment benefits provide assistance to people who have lost their jobs. Some of those people will have been affected by competition from abroad.
The United States has a programme that is specially targeted for people who lose their jobs as a result of imports, called Trade Adjustment Assistance.
But is it enough? Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, a think-tank in Washington writes: "The winners have never tried to fully compensate the losers, so let's stop claiming that trade benefits us all."
In any case, it is not clear that compensation would do the trick. As Mark Carney, the Bank of England governor noted, they may lose their jobs and also "the dignity of work".
He is keen on maintaining open markets for trade, but recognises the need to do something about what you might call the side effects.
To return to recent political developments - Donald Trump clearly did get support from many of those people in areas of the US where industry has declined.
We don't yet know how he will address those issues when he takes his place in the White House.
Perhaps his threats to introduce new tariffs are just that - threats. But the post-war trend towards more liberalised international trade looks more uncertain than it has for many years.


The Queen and Prince Andrew have visited the Duke of Edinburgh in the London hospital where he is being treated for a bladder infection.

Earlier, Buckingham Palace said his condition had "improved considerably" but he was likely to stay in the King Edward VII Hospital for a few days.
Prince Philip, 90, has spent two nights in hospital, missing the end of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the duke was in "good spirits".
The duke was admitted to hospital on Monday, hours before the Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace.
On Wednesday, the Queen attended a lunch with Commonwealth leaders, as she continued to mark 60 years of her reign.
Prime Minister David Cameron was among the 70 guests at the lunch, at Marlborough House on Pall Mall.
The engagement saw a protest by some members of the UK's Tamil community, as Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived. They were demonstrating about the country's record on human rights.
The duke, who had treatment for a blocked coronary artery in December, turns 91 on Sunday.
A palace spokesman said earlier: "The treatment of his infection continues with antibiotics.
"He is likely to remain in hospital over the next few days. He is in good spirits."
The Queen arrived at the hospital, in central London, at 17:10 BST and left at 17:55. The Duke of York left the hospital at about 18:40 BST.
The duke told reporters that his father was "mending very well".
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales, who earlier opened a sheep industry show in Scotland, told well-wishers the duke was "doing well".
Dorothea Holland, 60, from Stranraer in Galloway, said she asked Prince Charles how the duke was.
"He said he was doing well and thanked me for asking. He just said it was a shame that he hadn't been able to take part yesterday, and said they had all had a very busy few days," she said.
On Tuesday, the Earl of Wessex, his youngest son, said the duke was "feeling better" and had been watching the Jubilee events on television.
Asked how the Queen was coping without her husband, Prince Edward added: "She's bearing up but missing him, obviously."
As well as the concert, which saw performances from artists including Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney, the duke missed the national service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday.
In his sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury said "our prayers and thoughts" are with the duke.
The service was followed by receptions at Mansion House and the Guildhall, a lunch at Westminster Hall and a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace, then by a balcony appearance by the Queen, the Royal Family and a flypast.
Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip was "understandably disappointed" about missing the rest of the celebrations.
On Tuesday evening the Queen released video message to the nation, describing the four days of celebration as a "humbling experience".
"It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbours and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere," she said.


The NHS in England has had the busiest year in its history with more patients than ever seeking help, official figures show.

Nearly 23m people visited A&E in the 12 months to March 2016 - a rise of more than 500,000 from the previous year.
Delays rose throughout the period, with March itself having the single worst performance against the four-hour A&E target since it was introduced in 2004.
Targets for cancer, routine operations and ambulances have also been missed.
NHS England said the ongoing dispute with junior doctors had started having an impact, with the proportion of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for operations such as knee and hip replacements hitting its highest level.
A spokesman for NHS England also defended the figures, saying the proportion of people dealt with in four hours in A&E - 91.9% - was "almost certainly one of the best performances in the Western world" despite falling short of the 95% target.
The increase in demand means that while the target was missed, the actual numbers seen in four hours - just over 21m - was the highest-ever.
Other parts of the UK have also been struggling with the A&E target, with Scotland seeing the best performance in the past few months.
There are two ways to look at these figures. They're both the worst-ever and best-ever. While many of the key targets are being missed, it is also true that the NHS is seeing more patients than ever within the timeframes it should.
Think of it like a treadmill. The NHS is running faster than ever, but the speed is being increased all the time and so it's struggling to keep up.
It is why many are praising staff for their hard work, while wondering what will happen next. We are now in a new financial year and the NHS is seeing its budget rise by nearly 4% above inflation.
Given how last year ended, concerns are being raised whether that is enough.
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The data released by NHS England covers March, which means there are now complete figures available for the whole of the measured 2015-16 period.
The figures show:
Royal College of Surgeons president Clare Marx said the performance was "worrying".
And she added: "Dedicated frontline doctors and nurses are treating more patients than ever before.
"We welcome the extra money the government promised, but we still need a long-term plan to address the growing number of patients."
She said the "underfunding" of social care, run by councils, also needed to be addressed as the lack of services in the community was increasing the pressure on hospitals.


US whistleblower Chelsea Manning attempted suicide for a second time last month, her lawyers say.

Her legal team declined to give details but said prison conditions contributed to her fragile mental state.
Manning was sentenced to 14 days in solitary confinement in September for charges relating to her attempt to kill herself in July.
The transgender army private, born Bradley Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence for espionage.
She was found guilty in September by prison officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, of "conduct which threatens" after her initial suicide attempt.
She was also convicted of having "prohibited property" - the book "Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy" by Gabriella Coleman.
In July, the former intelligence analyst attempted to take her own life after what lawyers said was the Army's refusal to provide appropriate health care.
She later went on hunger strike which ended after the military agreed to provide her with gender dysphoria treatment.
Her lawyer Chase Strangio described her treatment in a letter, quoted by the AP news agency, as "demoralising", adding that it was an "assault on her health and humanity".
"She has repeatedly been punished for trying to survive and now is being repeatedly punished for trying to die," wrote Mr Strangio.
When she was removed from solitary confinement in October she tweeted that she was "OK" and "trying to get back in the groove of things".
Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013, after being found guilty of espionage for her role in leaking diplomatic cables and battlefield reports to Wikileaks, the anti-secrecy group.
The leak of more than 700,000 documents and videos was one of the largest breaches of classified material in American history.


Businesses at a Cardiff accelerator hub have attracted more than £1m in investment and created 95 jobs in six months.

The Entrepreneurial Spark hub opened at Cardiff's Central Square last August and has so far supported 64 businesses.
It provides free support, mentoring networking and office accommodation for entrepreneurs, so they can create jobs and turnover.
Cardiff's is one of 12 hubs across the UK.
Chief executive Lucy-Rose Walker said: "The stats are truly mind blowing and we've enabled our entrepreneurs to create real jobs, huge turnover and significant investment."


Several roads are still closed across central Scotland because of flooding, Stirling Council has warned.

The A81 is closed at Gartmore, near Aberfoyle, after the River Forth broke its banks.
And the Crow Road over the Campsie Fells, from Fintry to Lennoxtown, has been closed by a landslip caused by the heavy rain.
The Met Office has issued more rain warnings for Monday into Tuesday in Tayside and other areas of Scotland.
Further road closures in Stirling include the B829 at Aberfoyle Primary School, cutting off the community of Kinlochard, but Stirling Council said the school remained open.
The B823 Cornton Road is closed at the level crossing, with access available from Causeway head only. And the B822 between Thornhill and Kipped station is also closed by flooding.
Communities badly hit by flooding over the weekend include Bridge of Allan and Aberfoyle.
There are renewed rain warnings in place for parts of Scotland already affected by flooding due to Storm Desmond.
The latest yellow "be aware" rain warnings are not expected to be as heavy or as prolonged as recent downpours.
However, due to the saturated nature of the ground and high river levels, the Met Office said further localised flooding and disruption to transport was possible.
The first warning runs from 17:00 on Monday to 05:00 on Tuesday with the second valid from 06:00 on Wednesday to 18:00 on Thursday.
The alerts cover Tayside, Fife, Strathclyde, the Borders and south west Scotland.


Scores of people have been injured in the Armenian capital Yerevan after clusters of gas balloons exploded at a political rally.

Crowds were attending a government campaign event in the city's central square ahead of parliamentary polls.
Health officials said some 144 people had been injured, with over 100 taken to hospital with burns, none of which are thought to be life-threatening.
Officials blamed the explosions on a cigarette being lit near the balloons.
Health ministry spokesperson Shushan Hananyan told the Novosti Armeniya news agency that some of the injured were hurt in the panic after the blast.
There was chaos as people tried to escape the flames, the BBC's Damien McGuinness reports from neighbouring Georgia.
Video on Armenian websites showed people screaming and running away, some of them with their clothes on fire.
"People rushed away from the square, and I saw a man with a burnt face and a girl whose back was on fire," one eyewitness told Reuters.
However, so far most of the injuries appear to be light burns, our correspondent adds.
Despite the incident, President Serge Sarkisian went on to address thousands of people at the rally.
The balloons were decorated with the governing Republican Party's slogan "Let's believe in change".
Armenia is due to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday.


New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn can boost the party's prospects in May's assembly election, AMs have said.

Labour AMs in key marginal seats told Sunday Politics Wales Mr Cobryn has boosted party membership and enthused supporters.
Some party figures have concerns about how voters will see his left-wing policies, particularly in seats where there is a challenge from the Tories.
First Minister Carwyn Jones met Mr Corbyn for the first time this week.
The new UK party leader has said he will visit Wales once a month in the run up to the election.
Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan said Mr Corbyn's success has almost doubled the party's membership in her area.
The Conservatives won the seat in the general election, but the constituency has been closely-fought between Labour and the Conservatives in recent years.
"One of our key tasks in Welsh Labour is to convert all that enthusiasm for the hard work we need to get done in the Labour party - the door knocking, the envelope filling, the telephone canvassing", she said.
Ms Morgan, who supported Yvette Cooper in the leadership election, warned that Welsh Labour's voice could be drowned out by the focus on its new parliamentary leader.
She said: "What we've got to make sure is that we do hear the voice of the leader in Wales and the voice of Welsh Labour, because what we've done in Wales and what we plan to do is a really good platform to fight the election."
Another Labour backbencher claims the new UK party leader can give the party a fillip in another key seat.
Labour lost Gower to the Conservatives at the general election - a seat it had held for more than 100 years.
Swansea East AM Mike Hedges, who backed Mr Corbyn in the leadership election, said some Labour voters in Gower stayed at home during the general election "because they couldn't see enough of a difference between Labour and the Conservatives".
He added: "He might enthuse a large number of people who I know living in places like Clydach and other working class villages around Clydach who stayed at home."
Llanelli MP Nia Griffith said there will not be any no-go areas in Wales for Mr Corbyn.
Speaking to Sunday Politics Wales, the shadow Welsh Secretary rejected the idea that Mr Corbyn would not visit marginal constituencies ahead of next year's assembly elections.
"He has an appeal right across the spectrum," she said. "He appeals to the idea that he is genuine and sincere".
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies warned on Saturday Mr Corbyn and Mr Jones were the "two most dangerous men for Wales' future".
But Vale of Clwyd AM Ann Jones said the Conservatives' claim that Labour are a threat to national security is "appalling".
"I was disappointed to see the prime minister say that people like me are now a national threat because of my UK leader.
"The real threat to hard-working families - those who are now working but still having to go to food banks because of the Tory cuts - the Tories have got a lot to answer for, they are the real danger in Wales."


Scenes from the new series of Benefits Street are to be assessed by police after footage of apparent drug misuse and criminal activity was shown in the first episode.

The current run of the Channel 4 show, set in Kingston Road, Stockton-on-Tees, aired on Monday night.
Cleveland Police said some scenes may have caused concern about criminality.
The force said programme makers Love Productions had not "actively engaged" with them during filming.
Ch Supt Gordon Lang said police had been aware the show was being filmed "for some time", but it had not worked with Channel 4 or the production company.
"Like viewers across the country, we saw the episode broadcast tonight for the first time and some viewers will be concerned about the drug misuse and criminal activity being shown," he said.
"We will assess the footage as to whether it can assist us in any live investigations or whether new investigations will be launched as a result of the programme."
Love Productions said it followed "strict guidelines" about filming illegal activity.
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham said he was "very concerned" about some of the reactions of the residents on the first show.
He said: "I think it's important they investigate.
"We saw some silly things happen in the programme, children playing up to the cameras, youths trying to throw buckets of paint over reporters.
"All that sort of thing is not typical of the people who live in the area and I'm very sorry we had an influx of people who came in and acted for the cameras and of course created this show."


Striker Eoin Doyle hopes to rekindle the form that saw him win trophies and promotion at previous clubs under manager Paul Cook.

Doyle, 28, was loaned to Pompey from Preston North End for the remainder of the season on deadline day.
The Irishman won cups at Sligo Rovers, and then promotion from League Two at Chesterfield under Pompey boss Cook.
"I've done well for him in the past, so hopefully there's more success to come," Doyle told BBC Radio Solent.
"We had some good times in Ireland and then did well in the league with Chesterfield.
"The size of the club and the passionate supporters were a big part in me wanting to come here, so I jumped at the opportunity."
Doyle, who moved to Preston permanently in July following an initial loan from Cardiff City, has played just 11 Championship games this season.
In December, he was sent off for fighting with team-mate Jermaine Beckford during their defeat by Sheffield Wednesday.
"I can't wait to get out there and help Pompey achieve," Doyle said. "I wish Saturday (away against Wycombe) was happening now.
"I won't be short of running around, I'm honest and will be in the box a lot. I'm just a hard grafter."