Actors, theatre-goers and local dignitaries have spoken of their pride after Liverpool's Everyman Theatre won the Riba Sterling Prize for best new building of the year.

The venue beat five other buildings to win the Royal Institute of British Architects' highest accolade.
The theatre helped launch the careers of household names including actors Stephen Graham and David Morrissey.
Morrissey tweeted: "Brilliant news. Can't wait to work there again!"
The Everyman Theatre first opened in 1964 in the shell of a 19th Century chapel on one of Liverpool's main streets.
The likes of Bill Nighy, Julie Walters and Pete Postlethwaite are among other famous thespians to have performed on its stage.
However over the years it fell into a state of disrepair and architects Haworth Tompkins were tasked with designing a new theatre as part of a nine-year £27m rebuilding project, retaining its theme of being a "theatre for the people".
The building's facade features 105 punched aluminium panels portraying life-size images of Liverpool residents. Thousands queued to have their pictures taken, with the successful applicants having digital versions of their pictures etched onto the metal sun shades.
Among them was BBC North West Tonight reporter Mark Edwardson. He said: "My place on the fantastic new building's façade came about through happy circumstance.
"I went to one of the photoshoots as a reporter. After I'd filmed and interview some of the people who now also adorn the façade the photographer asked me if I had any Merseyside connections.
"I grew up on Merseyside and I told him about my many fond experiences and memories of Liverpool.  After that he suggested I have a couple of pictures taken. I obliged, left and promptly forgot about the whole thing.
"A year later I got a letter saying I'd been chosen to be one of the 105! It's an absolute delight to be part of it.
"And I'm really pleased for the theatre that's now been recognised. The designers, builders and staff deserve it.
I've been associated with the Everyman since the early 70s and I'm still a member of the board today.
It's taken 10 years for us to get to this point. I loved the old theatre and I argued that we should keep it, but it became patently obvious that we had to knock it down.
Getting the right architect was extremely difficult, but we got a phenomenal architect who understood what we wanted.
He spoke to people and didn't design anything until he got a feel for the place. The bistro, the shape of the auditorium and the idea to keep the bricks were key.
As an accolade for the city it's brilliant. It's gone all over the world - even the Shanghai Times ran a piece today. This is what Liverpool is all about, it's a city of quality.
Liverpool-born actor Cathy Tyson, currently starring in Bright Phoenix at the theatre, said: "I feel quite moved for the people who have worked on this from the beginning of the process; the plans, the consultation, the building.
"What a wonderful thing."
The city's mayor Joe Anderson said: "I'm delighted. There's absolutely no-one more chuffed than me. It's all credit to the architects and constructors.
"It's a fantastic building and the places we've beaten, like the Shard in London, show just what an amazing achievement it is.
"We've already got some Grade II-listed buildings which are the envy of the world. This puts Liverpool on the map even more."


What are the most common questions other football fans ask about your club?

BBC Sport has compiled the most searched for 'why' questions in the UK for Premier League clubs from the start of the season.
Queries about black armbands are most popular, with 11 clubs featuring a question about the subject in their top five searches. Sixteen of the 20 clubs had questions about their nicknames.
Some of the top-five questions may surprise you, the answers (most of them) can be found in the links.
Arsenal:
1.Why are Arsenal wearing black armbands?
2.Why do Arsenal have so many injuries?
3.Why didn't Arsenal sign anyone?
Manager Arsene Wenger did not see a player he could "guarantee making the team better"? He did not see it? Classic Wenger.
4.Why are Arsenal called Arsenal?
5.Why are Arsenal called the Gunners?
Aston Villa:
1.Why are Aston Villa doing so badly?
2.Why does Prince William support Aston Villa?
Prince William didn't want to be a glory hunter by choosing a club like Manchester United or Chelsea. He chose Villa, who are now bottom of the league. That went well.
3.Why is the Villa v Man United match on a Friday?
4.Why are Aston Villa called Aston Villa?
5.Why aren't Aston Villa in the Uefa Champions League?
Bournemouth:
1.Why are Bournemouth called the Cherries?
Slight contention about this one. The players wore cherry red coloured striped shirts and the stadium Dean Court was built next to an estate which included many cherry orchards.
2.Why are Bournemouth wearing black armbands?
3.Why aren't Bournemouth playing Tyrone Mings?
4.Why should the Bournemouth goal be disallowed?
5.Why is the Bournemouth ground called Vitality?
Chelsea:
1.Why are Chelsea doing so badly?
A whole host of reasons. Too much time off in the summer, poor transfers, the Dr Eva Carneiro controversy and attitude of the players are just some to mention.
2.Why are Chelsea wearing black armbands today?
3.Why did Petr Cech leave Chelsea?
4.Why did Jose Mourinho leave Chelsea?
5.Why did Arjen Robben leave Chelsea?
Crystal Palace:
1.Why are Crystal Palace called the Eagles?
2.Why are Crystal Palace called Crystal Palace?
3.Why was Dwight Gayle sent off?
4.Why do Crystal Palace fans hate Ashley Young?
5.Why do Crystal Palace supporters wear black?
To give an appearance of being sinister and a powerful image of unity. It gives them the appearance of an army and the strength as a gang. Basically, to make them look hard.
Everton:
1.Why are Everton called the Toffees?
2.Why are Everton wearing black armbands?
3.Why do Everton play the Z Cars theme?
One of the cast was an Everton fan and took others from the show to watch the team. In recognition, the players came out on the field to the music and it stuck ever since.
4.Why are Everton called Everton?
5.Why did Gary Speed leave Everton?
Leicester City:
1.Why are Leicester City called the Foxes?
2.Why did Leicester sack Nigel Pearson?
3.Why are Leicester City doing so well?
A passionate manager in Claudio Ranieri, a team-ethic with a great atmosphere, livewire striker Jamie Vardy and work done by previous boss Nigel Pearson. Leicester's fairytale continues.
4.Why are Leicester fans booing Harry Kane?
5.Why isn't Jamie Vardy playing?
Liverpool:
1.Why did Xabi Alonso leave Liverpool?
2.Why are Liverpool wearing black armbands?
3.Why are Liverpool so bad?
4.Why is the Kop called the Kop at Liverpool?
5.Why do Liverpool fans sing 'You'll Never Walk Alone'?
The version the fans sing was released in 1963 by Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers and was adopted by the Kop not long after. Hold up those scarves..."When you walk, through a storm..."
Manchester City:
1.Why do Man City fans boo the Champions League anthem?
2.Why do Man City fans boo Alvaro Negredo?
3.Why are Man City fans called Berties?
4.Why do Man City have three stars above their badge?
The three stars above the eagle constitute a design element that gives a more continental feel to the badge. Purely decorative. Maybe Pep Guardiola can deliver three European Cups to give it a different meaning? Although from next season they'll wear a more traditional version of the badge.
5.Why did Peter Schmeichel join Man City?
Manchester United:
1.Why are Man United wearing black armbands?
2.Why do Leeds hate Man United?
3.Why did Angel di Maria leave Manchester United?
4.Why did United let Paul Pogba leave?
Pogba, then 19, departed the club in 2012 after refusing the offer of a new contract because he had grown frustrated by a lack of first-team football. Oh, how they must regret doing that.
5.Why are Manchester United so bad?
Newcastle:
1.Why do Newcastle fans clap on the 17th minute?
2.Why are Newcastle called the Toon?
3.Why did Alan Pardew leave Newcastle?
4.Why do Newcastle have seahorses on their badge?
The two sea-horses represent Tyneside's strong connection with the sea. Maybe it should have been an anchor, to stop them sinking into the Championship?
5.Why did Newcastle get rid of Remy Cabella?
Norwich:
1.Why are Norwich called the Canaries?
It comes from The Strangers, who were European refugees who came to live in Norwich in the 16th Century. They were famous for breeding canaries.
2.Why is Lewis Grabban suspended?
3.Why is Norwich wearing black armbands?
4.Why did Norwich sell Bradley Johnson?
5.Why did Alan Bowkett leave Norwich?
Southampton:
1.Why are Southampton called the Saints?
"Oh when the Saints, go marching in..." Since its inception in 1885, the club have been called the Saints because of its history as a church football team. Since 2001 St Mary's has been the home of the club.
2.Why were Southampton wearing black armbands?
3.Why does the Arsenal v Southampton game kick off at 7.45pm?
4.Why was Alan Pardew sacked by Southampton?
5.Why did Cedric Soares come off at half-time?
Stoke City:
1.Why do Stoke fans boo Aaron Ramsey?
In 2010, the Welshman suffered a career-threatening leg break following a tackle from Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross. Ramsey was claimed to have turned down an offer of apology from Shawcross and has been given stick at the Britannia Stadium ever since.
2.Why do Stoke fans sing 'Delilah'?
Nobody seems to really know, but the most popular theory is that it began in a pub after a policeman asked Stoke fans to sing without swearing. Fantastic.
3.Why did Tony Pulis leave Stoke?
4.Why has Xherdan Shaqiri joined Stoke?
5.Why are Stoke fans booing Nacho Monreal?
Sunderland:
1.Why are Sunderland called the Black Cats?
2.Why did Jordan Henderson leave Sunderland?
3.Why do Sunderland A.F.C fans hate Jimmy Hill?
When chairman of Coventry, Hill had their kick-off against Bristol City delayed on the final day of the season. News came through that Sunderland had lost, meaning both the other teams would stay up if neither scored. Ouch.
4.Why do Sunderland fans hate James McClean?
5.Why is Seb Larsson not playing?
Swansea City:
1.Why are Cardiff and Swansea in the English league?
2.Why did Michu leave Swansea?
3.Why do only some of the Swansea players have black armbands on?
4.Why are Swansea City fans called Jacks?
Two theories here: the reputation of local seamen "Jack Tars" in the early 19th century and a dog named Jack who rescued 27 people from drowning in the River Tawe and Swansea Docks during the 1930s.
5.Why have Swansea City changed their strip from black and white?
Tottenham:
1.Why are Tottenham called Hotspur?
Founders of the club wanted to see their team emulating the prowess of noble Sir Henry Percy, whose nickname was Hotspur. The club are showing their fight for a first Premier League crown this year.
2.Why are Tottenham wearing black armbands?
3.Why is Andros Townsend not playing for Spurs?
4.Why do West Ham hate Spurs?
5.Why are Spurs called Lilywhites?
Watford:
1.Why are Watford called the Hornets?
2.Why do the Watford football team come out to the Z Cars theme?
3.Why do Watford have a moose on their badge?
This one isn't what a lot of people think. It is actually the head of a hart, the symbol of the county of Hertfordshire, and not a stag or moose, as many often see.
4.Why is Victor Ibarbo not playing in Watford?
5.Why don't Watford buy English players?
West Brom:
1.Why are West Brom called the Baggies?
The baggy clothing worn by people in the local ironworks who went straight to the match after work or the gatekeepers gathering takings at the ground in large cloth bags. Which one? You decide.
2.Why do West Brom sing Psalm 23?
3.Why are West Brom wearing black armbands?
4.Why did Bojan have to be held back from Tony Pulis?
5.Why doesn't James McClean wear a poppy?
West Ham:
1.Why do West Ham fans sing 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles'?
Adopted in the 1920s by former manager Charlie Paynter and many years later featuring in the Green Street Hooligans film.
2.Why do Millwall hate West Ham?
3.Why are West Ham called the Hammers/the Irons?
4.Why do West Ham hate Spurs?
5.Why has Kevin Nolan left West Ham?
Source: Google Trends


Swedish police have confirmed they discovered a suspect device inside the lorry which was driven into a Stockholm department store on Friday.

The device was found in the driver's seat, National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson said, but it was not known whether it was a bomb.
Mr Eliasson also said the suspect in custody was from Uzbekistan, 39, and known to security services.
The hijacked lorry was driven into Ahlens department store in the capital.
Four people were killed - 10 remain in hospital, including a child. Two are in intensive care.
Eyewitnesses: Lorry was 'trying to hit people'
Late on Saturday, police in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, found a "bomb-like device" in the Groenland district of the city and detained a man.
The area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion carried out.  Police say further investigations are continuing.
The suspect, who was not named, was known to the security services.
However, he had only been seen as a "marginal character", Mr Eliasson said.
The head of Swedish security police, Anders Thornberg, said the suspect was "a person who has previously figured in our intelligence flow".
It is not clear if the suspect was resident in Sweden.
Mr Eliasson said police had reason to believe the suspect was the man behind the attack.
But he added: "We still cannot rule out that more people are involved."
On Saturday, there were reports of more police raids in Sweden. However, police told Reuters they had not made any further arrests.
Police say it is too early to tell what the "technical device" in the lorry was - only that "it should not be there".
"I cannot say at this stage that this is a bomb or some sort of flammable material," Mr Eliasson said.
"We are doing a technical investigation."
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has called it a terrorist attack, with borders tightened at his request.
"Terrorists want us to be afraid, want us to change our behaviour, want us to not live our lives normally, but that is what we're going to do."
"Terrorists can never defeat Sweden, never," Mr Lofven said.
"We're also determined to continue to be an open society; a democratic society."
The mayor of Stockholm, Karin Wanngard, reiterated that Stockholm was open.
"This is not an attack that's about the colour of your skin," she said.
"We can show that with good integration, with an openness and a friendly behaviour, we are stronger together and it doesn't matter where you come from."
Sweden's king, Carl XVI Gustaf, said: "We are all shaken by what has happened."
He added that those "who want to help, are more than those who want to hurt us".
"Unfortunately we've experienced many acts of violence before and we have coped and we will now too."
There will be a minute's silence in Sweden at midday on Monday to commemorate the dead.
Sweden has generally low crime rates, and has been ranked as one of the safest countries in the world.
In 2010, two bombs detonated in central Stockholm, killing the attacker - an Iraq-born Swedish man - and injuring two others.
In October 2015, a masked man who was believed to have far-right sympathies killed a teacher and pupil in a sword attack.
In February, US President Donald Trump cited a non-existent terror attack in Sweden, and blamed it on the country's asylum policy - baffling many Swedes.
Sweden has taken in nearly 200,000 refugees and migrants in recent years - more per capita than any other European country.
However, there was a drop in numbers last year after the country introduced new border checks.
Separately, Sweden is believed to have the highest number of Islamic State group fighters per capita in Europe.
About 140 of the 300 who went to Syria and Iraq have since returned, leaving the authorities to grapple with how best to reintegrate them into society.


The Afghan Taliban have launched a major assault on the strategically important city of Lashkar Gah.

The city of 200,000 people is the capital of Helmand province, parts of which have been seized back by the militant group.
The new assault is their most concerted push yet into the city, in the south of the country.
At least 14 people were killed by a suicide bomber in Lashkar Gah on Monday. including 10 police officers.
The city was the scene of heavy fighting between the Taliban and Nato-led forces before their withdrawal in 2014.
Militant forces are said to have taken Bolan, an area close to the city centre, and are also said to control Nawa, which is often called the gateway to Lashkar Gah.
A local politician told the BBC that Taliban militants came within two kilometres of the governor's compound.
However, a provincial government spokesman denied that areas close to the city centre were being contested. Officials said fighters have been pushed back to the outskirts of the city.
Thousands of people fled Helmand in August as Taliban fighters increased their activity, with many taking shelter in Lashkar Gah.
Authorities have closed the airport as fighting continues.
Helmand province is both a fertile farming region and a centre for opium production, bordering Pakistan on one end and covering major routes between cities.
Lashkar Gah is seen as the key to holding the entire province, and would represent a major victory for the Taliban.
The BBC's South Asia correspondent, Jill McGivering, said the fall of the city would be a "symbolic disaster" for government forces and the international community.
"For the past fifteen years, Lashkar Gah has been held up by the west as a safe, protected seat of government - a focus for international development, a weapon in the battle for hearts and minds," she said.
"In terms of its propaganda value too, the government and its backers simply can't afford to lose it."


Wladimir Klitschko said Tyson Fury "has a brain the size of a squirrel's" in the build-up to their heavyweight world title fight in Germany on 28 November.

Klitschko, who will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO titles, was responding to remarks made by his British challenger.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Fury expressed strong views against abortion and homosexuality and called Klitschko a "devil worshipper".
"His comments make me sick," said Ukraine's Klitschko, 39.
"They were disgusting and had nothing to do with the promotion. They just showed the true insides of Tyson Fury - he is unhappy."
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Klitschko said it was "not smart" and "not good" for Fury to comment as he had.
"We live, thank God, in a democratic world and people have a right to an opinion," he added. "But people need to respect each other.
"As for calling me a devil-worshipper [for liking magic tricks], that's just stupid. When Tyson Fury starts working in the circus, he'll be working with some amazing magicians.
"And if he still believes it's magic, well, between you and me, it's not magic at all but just tricks. But I will do some magic on Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf - I'll knock him out and make him disappear from boxing."
Klitschko was talking at his training camp in the Austrian Alps, where he is preparing for his 28th world title fight and 24th world title defence, one short of the legendary Joe Louis.
Klitschko, who has 64 wins from 67 professional fights, also responded to claims he was scared to spar with Fury at a previous training camp.
"I just remember this extraordinarily big man suddenly appearing in my gym," said Klitschko, who has not been beaten since 2004.
"But he was way too young and raw and Emanuel [Steward, Klitschko's former trainer who died in 2012] was protecting him.
"It was my training camp and in my training camps, I'm the chief executive. I could have mentally and physically damaged him."
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The last time Klitschko came face to face with Fury, the unbeaten Manchester boxer dressed as Batman and proclaimed himself to be "a psychopath".
But the champion claimed he had seen it all before with Fury's fellow Briton David Haye, whom Klitschko dominated when they boxed in 2011.
"For a long time now I have been observing opponents getting under their own skin," said Klitschko, whose older brother Vitali was also a heavyweight world champion before he retired and entered politics in 2012.
"It was the case with David Haye but I'm a very good therapist and I made him a better person - he carries himself a lot better since I beat him.
"Chaos means emotions and emotions are a downside in boxing. Tyson Fury is digging himself deeper and deeper. That's good for me."
Klitschko also said that Britain's Olympic super-heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, who has 14 knockouts from 14 pro fights, would beat Fury if they met.


A large crowd gathered outside BBC Scotland's Glasgow HQ to protest about coverage of the referendum.

Police said up to 1,000 people took part although other observers suggested a much higher figure for the crowd.
The protesters said BBC coverage had been biased against independence.
A BBC spokesperson said: "We believe our coverage has been fair and impartial and has adhered fully to the requirements of our Editorial and Referendum Guidelines."
Protesters gathered outside the BBC's Pacific Quay offices at about 14:00.
They draped a banner over the entrance to the building calling for the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson to be sacked.
Earlier this week, Mr Robinson clashed with First Minister Alex Salmond at a media conference.
Mr Salmond accused Mr Robinson of "heckling" him at a press conference in Edinburgh for international journalists
Mr Robinson was later accused by "Yes" campaigners of producing a report that wrongly claimed Mr Salmond had ignored his question.
A BBC response said it considered Mr Robinson's questions were valid and the overall report balanced and impartial, in line with editorial guidelines.
The exchange came after the BBC reported that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) would move its registered headquarters to London if Scots voted for independence.
Mr Salmond said the Treasury had leaked details of an RBS notice to markets in breach of financial regulations.


Power station owner Drax is set to buy energy supplier Opus Energy for £340m as part of a strategy overhaul.

Drax Group, which runs the UK's largest power station in Selby, said the acquisition will create Britain's fifth biggest non-domestic energy retailer.
The company, which also announced the purchase of four gas turbine projects for £18.5m, is looking to move away from its coal burning legacy.
The announcement saw its shares rise by as much as 20%.
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Drax wants to switch to direct energy supply and back-up power given that its station in North Yorkshire faces an uncertain future with coal plants forced to close by 2025.
Half of the plant has been converted to run on biomass, but the Government has not supported the conversion of the remaining coal units.
CEO of the Drax Group Dorothy Thompson said: "These initiatives mark an important step in delivering our strategy, contributing to stronger, more predictable, long-term, financial performance through greater diversification of the businesses, delivering more opportunities right across the markets in which we operate."
Gas and electricity supplier Opus Energy is the biggest provider to the business market, outside of the "Big Six" energy firms.
It was founded in 2002 and has around 870 staff across offices in Northampton, Oxford and Cardiff.
However, while Drax said the announcements would boost its future financial performance, it warned 2016 underlying earnings would be around the bottom end of City forecasts.
Energy experts at Jefferies said the moves signalled a "reinvention" for Drax.
A spokesman said: "This is the first time that the company is making a step into the small and medium-sized business retail market, therefore it remains to be seen whether Drax has the necessary expertise to manage this successfully."


Iraqi government forces have battled their way into another suburb of Mosul, the northern city held for more two years by the Islamic State (IS) group.

Troops broke through IS defences and reached the eastern district of al-Zahra, which they say is now 90% under their control.
Special forces have been fighting the jihadists in the streets and alleys.
Meanwhile, the UN says there is growing evidence of IS atrocities in and around Mosul.
It has already expressed concern for the estimated 1.5 million civilians living in the city amid reports of mass killings and people being rounded up for use as human shields.
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In another development on Friday, the first convoy of vehicles carrying hundreds of civilians fleeing the fighting around Mosul arrived at a camp east of the city.
The BBC's Karen Allen, who is at the camp, said many had not left their villages since IS took over more than two years ago.
Government and Kurdish forces began a US-backed offensive on 17 October to drive out the jihadists.
They have already retaken dozens of villages and towns in the surrounding area.
Troops from the Counter-Terrorism Service began their push towards al-Zahra, formerly known as Saddam district, at 07:00 (04:00 GMT), advancing rapidly after breaking down IS defences, said BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani, who is with the elite force.
Inside al-Zahra, militants continued to fight back and a coalition air strike was ordered to destroy an IS position.
There were no civilians to be seen but commanders repeatedly instructed troops via walkie-talkies to spare them any harm.
A military spokesman said IS was putting up stiff resistance.
"The battle is currently going on, the enemy is using snipers, car bombs and directed missiles," said Lt Gen Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi.
"God willing, we will return fire and will liberate the neighbourhood (of al-Zahra) soon."
Residents who spoke to our correspondent said IS had been expecting the attack and had withdrawn two days earlier, leaving behind four pockets of resistance to slow down the government advance.
Iraqi forces trying to enter another Mosul suburb - Karama, south of al-Zahra - had to partially pull back when IS launched fierce resistance.
"We weren't expecting such resistance. They had blocked all the roads," said one officer, quoted by AFP news agency.
"There are large numbers of jihadists. It was preferable to pull back and devise a new plan."
There were also fierce clashes in the nearby district of Intisar on Friday and Iraqi forces said most of it was now under government control.
The UN human rights office (UNHCR) provided more evidence on Friday of human rights violations taking place in and around Mosul.
It said that IS had shot around 50 of its own fighters for desertion on Monday and added that 180 government employees may also have been killed by the group.
Mosul satellite images reveal IS barricades
UNHCR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said that more than 1,000 civilians were reportedly taken from the town of Hamam al-Alil to Tal Afar, possibly for use as human shields, and families in Hamam al-Alil were told to hand over children, especially boys over the age of nine, in an apparent attempt to recruit them as child soldiers.
"Apparently they have also been using loudspeakers mounted on the back of pick-up trucks or at the back of vehicles, and threatening severe punishment for families that do not comply with their order," she said.
A contingent of 200 Iranian Kurdish women fighters have joined the fight against IS around Mosul, Reuters news agency reports.
They are now part of a larger unit of some 600 fighters aligned to the Kurdistan Freedom Party.
"We are working hand in hand with the men who are fighting, our brothers, we fight together and co-operate with each other," said one of the women, Karin.
"We work together to protect our land from any threats it might face."


A search is continuing for a dog feared trapped underground at a cemetery in Dundee.

Bella, a nine-month-old Lakeland terrier, disappeared while out for a walk in Balgay Park with her owner Sheila Gaughan on Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters have been assisting in efforts to track her, with digging taking place at Balgay Cemetery.
It is thought Bella, who is reddish tan in colour, may have become stuck in a rabbit hole or fox tunnel.
On Monday morning, council workers were using special thermal imaging cameras to check rabbit holes on a hill at the cemetery.
Ms Gaughan has been posting updates on the Missing Pets, Dundee and Angus Facebook page.
On Sunday evening she said: "Am keeping everything crossed that she's still alive and we get her back safe. Really appreciate everything that everyone has done for Bella, there have been people as well as myself looking for her non-stop since she went missing. Say a prayer for her safe return. Thank you all so much."
Sniffer dogs were brought in to try to pick up Bella's trail. They indicated that it led to a disused fox den. A camera was used to try to locate her but was too big for the bends within the tunnels.
Firefighters then assisted park officials with digging but had to suspend efforts when darkness fell.
In a Facebook post, Ms Gaughan added: "I'm just home having still not got her but have left my coat at the entrance in case she finds her way out."
A fire service spokeswoman said: "The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was called to Balgay Park, Dundee on Sunday 22 January to assist in the search of a missing dog.
"Firefighters worked alongside animal control officers from Dundee City Council searching the area.
"Sadly, the dog was not found and the search was called off due to the deteriorating light."


Two Guernsey Police officers have been injured in a public order training exercise.

Both sustained leg injuries in the incident on Thursday.
A spokesman for the force said one of the two male officers had been discharged from the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
The force is investigating what caused the injuries and the Health and Safety Executive will carry out an independent investigation.


Police have released the name of a man who died following a collision on the B7066 Whitburn Link Road.

He was 58-year-old Andrew Nisbet. His family said he was a "much loved" husband and father.
Mr Nisbet was in a stationary car which was struck by a van on Wednesday morning near Polkemmet Country Park.
The driver of the van suffered minor injuries. Police issued an appeal for any witnesses who have not spoken to them to make contact
Andrew's family said in a statement:  "Andrew was a much loved husband and father of two who will be sorely missed.
"We value the support of all our family and friends at this very sad time and would ask the media to please leave us to grieve and come to terms with our loss in private."


As the row over the ban on burkinis - full-body swimsuits - on some French beaches continues, the BBC's Pakistan correspondent asks why some people find the garment so offensive.

This summer my husband and I spent some time in Spain.
The day we arrived, a really good friend took us to the beach.
She's a hijabi but as a fellow lover of the sea, she wouldn't let that get in the way.
And why should it?
Her children and I changed into our swimsuits, and she into her burkini, which was basically a surfing wet suit.
She covered her hair and off we went. We swam, raced, dived and laughed our hearts out.
Then we came out to dry up.
There were people all around us lying on the sand - sunbathing in their bikinis, tankini one-piece suits and some chose to take their tops off completely.
But guess who got the most looks on the beach that day?
Yes, my friend in the burkini.
Some looks were inquisitive; others were just unfriendly.
Fortunately, she's strong and confident and brushed it all off with a laugh.
We were out having fun. And the burkini meant that my friend and I could go swimming together.
That was it. She wasn't making a political or religious statement.
She wanted to swim and she did.
But somehow being a covered woman on the beach for religious reasons still grants you negative attention and not just in Western countries.
The burkini has been in my life for years, except that it wasn't called a burkini when I was growing up in Egypt.
I was born in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
I remember fun summer days on the beach either in my hometown or somewhere on the north coast of Egypt long before it became trendy, exclusive and ridiculously expensive.
For a while, it would be me my father, my uncles and my cousins swimming.
My mother and aunties, all of whom wore the hijab or head cover, would never swim.
Until one time they did.
They'd all put on what looked to me like gym clothes with long T-shirts and head covers.
It didn't matter - what mattered to us was that they joined us in the water.
But it wasn't really that simple.
What I hadn't realised as a child was that they only did that when we were on a fairly empty beach.
I also hadn't realised at the time that there was a class divide between women who went to swim "in their clothes", as a friend described it to me, and others who wore bathing suits.
Somehow, being a hijabi on the beach put you in a lower class.
You weren't as open-minded - you were part of the Saudi-isation or Islamisation of Egypt.
But the number of women who wore the hijab grew all over the world.
I'd seen endless variations of the burkini before it actually had a name. I wore the hijab for 10 years before I took it off two years ago.
I certainly tried one or two of those variations before I bought my first burkini.
Someone had finally clocked the gap in the market.
I remember covering a story about halal holidays in Turkey. I followed a British Muslim family as they enjoyed the sun and sea, and how the mother wearing her burkini had, for the first time, enjoyed swimming with her children.
"We can't do that back in the UK," she told me. "I wouldn't feel comfortable. I'd stand out," she said.
So this summer, apart from the looks and the general feeling of awkwardness that women in burkinis feel, the Mayor of Cannes David Lisnard took it up a notch.
He banned the thing altogether.
He said: "Beachwear which displays religious affiliation is liable to create risks of disrupting public order."
A strong statement for a garment with some extra bits of Lycra, I thought.
What kind of risks to public order would my friend pose if she decided to swim in Cannes?
What risk to public order did she pose when she went swimming in Spain?
I kept thinking.
Why would sitting next to someone in a burkini be more offensive than sitting next to someone in a bikini?
No one has come up with a convincing answer yet.
But living your life while female-covered-and-Muslim has yet again become a political issue - an issue of public order, which has eventually become a cause of public disorder.
It was reported that when young men in Corsica decided to take photos of women in burkinis, violence erupted.
I don't know how beachgoers in the French Riviera see the burkini.
They may see it as a form of oppression.
It may disturb the vast canvas of sun-kissed skin around them.
But to me, as someone who wore it for years, it has always meant that I could swim, and in that was a freedom that I still remember and am still grateful for.
You can hear Shaimaa Khalil's report on The World This Week on BBC World Service. The programme is also available as a podcast.


Sir John Major has launched an attack on senior Conservatives in the Vote Leave campaign, accusing them of exaggerating arguments to exit the EU.

The ex-Tory PM said claims by Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and Iain Duncan Smith did not bear factual scrutiny and warned about the tone of some exit campaigners' rhetoric on immigration.
Vote Leave said Sir John was "wrong".
Justice minister Dominic Raab said immigration was a serious issue and Vote Leave was handling it responsibly.
But he added: "Let's debate the substance and not engage in name-calling."
Employment minister Priti Patel, who is backing a vote to leave the EU, said Sir John was a "respected former prime minister" but it would be the public - not politicians - who would decide the outcome of the referendum.
The UK votes on whether to stay in or leave the European Union on 23 June.
David Cameron is campaigning for a Remain vote, as is most of his cabinet, but the party is deeply split over the issue, with many of its MPs supporting an exit.
In a hard-hitting speech in Oxford, Sir John - whose seven years in Number 10 were dominated by internal party rows over Europe - said the Remain side must "debunk myths" about immigration, sovereignty and the economy if it was to prevail.
He claimed that economic facts were simply "brushed aside" by Vote Leave and that those who favoured an EU exit were propagating "absurd falsehoods".
This issue looks at the costs of membership and what the UK receives from the EU.
"There is no shortage of their exaggerations," said Sir John, citing the cost of being in Europe as a "clear example".
"(UKIP leader) Nigel Farage, Iain Duncan Smith and Boris Johnson all put it at £20bn a year - it's even on Boris's battle bus; Michael Gove is more modest at £18bn (£350m a week), all of which, they tell us - if only we could be free of Europe - would be spent on the health service and our hospitals.
But he said their figures were "wrong" and said they should apologise for "peddling a clear cut untruth".
Sir John also dismissed arguments made by Leave campaigners, including Mr Johnson, that an EU exit would boost Britain's sovereignty.
"We should not forget that - in well over 90% of the votes cast in Brussels - the UK wins," he said.
"The caricature that we are repeatedly voted down in Europe is ill-informed nonsense."
The former prime minister also took issue with some of the Leave campaign's rhetoric on immigration.
He claimed senior Tories were "morphing" into UKIP by pandering to immigration fears and warned it risked creating "long-term divisions" in society.
He singled out for criticism claims made by pro-exit campaigners - including Mr Gove - that EU expansion would open Britain's borders up to another 88 million people.
"I assume this distortion of reality was intended to lead the British people into believing that almost the entire population of possible new entrants will wish to relocate to the UK.
"If so, this is pure demagoguery. I hope that - when the heat of the referendum is behind us - the proponents of such mischief making will be embarrassed and ashamed at how they have misused this issue," he said.
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
Sir John said he did not want to "silence" debate on immigration, as it was a "legitimate" issue - but he warned that "care honesty and balance" was needed to avoid "raising fears or fuelling prejudice".
Pro-exit justice minister Mr Raab said people cared about the "pressure" immigration puts on wages and public service, adding: "I think we're trying to handle a very serious issue responsibly."
He pointed to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday showed a "massive under-estimate" in the amount of EU immigration into the UK, and said: "If Sir John Major or anyone else campaigning to stay in the EU wants to make the case that that's just the price we've got to pay then he can make that argument.
"But let's have the debate on the substance, not name-calling."
Meanwhile, Conservative MP Peter Lilley, a former minister under Sir John, also said Vote Leave had got the tone right on immigration and suggested Sir John was "inventing a straw man".
"He was saying there is misuse of the issue - and that certainly would be wrong - but he didn't give any examples of this misuse," Mr Lilley added.
Conservative David Davis said it was "grossly unfair" to dismiss concerns about immigration as "UKIP".
"Sir John is right to warn that debates on immigration must not slip into xenophobia. But there are also great dangers from ignoring the very real concerns of the voters, and dismissing them as divisive and prejudiced," he said.


When World War One broke out in 1914, members of Londonderry's Hamilton Flute Band joined up "to a man".

They served as stretcher-bearers at the Battle of the Somme, performed concerts to lift spirits and their bass drum was even used as a communion table.
The Somme took the lives of Lance Corporal Joseph Scott, from Moore Street, and Rifleman George Mills, from Pine Street.
They were killed on 1 July but many more would die before the end of hostilities.
Established in 1856, the Hamilton Band is one of the oldest in Northern Ireland.
They formed the nucleus of the regimental band of the 10th battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Following completion of training in Ireland, the 10th Inniskillings moved to England and subsequently to France.
Once there, the men encountered combat and the awful reality of trench warfare for the first time.
After the Armistice those members who had survived the war undertook the process of re-building the band.
They had a bit of work to do as the battalion band had taken most of the instruments with them to the front.
It meant that when the band was revived, all of the drums and most of the flutes were missing.
Eventually the original drums were returned and Ian Bartlett, curator at St Columb's Cathedral, said they now hang in the Chapter House.
"This (bass drum) was in use right through the First World War and was, in fact, used to form a communion table on the battlefield on Sundays when the band celebrated the sacrament of Holy Communion.
"It was re-presented to the band when it reformed in the city after the war. They used it, I believe, until the 1970s when it was then laid up in the Chapter House."
Robert McGonagle, Hamilton Flute Band secretary, praised the men's courage.
"I just wonder would it happen now if we met such circumstances?
"The dedication and the bravery of all those people that joined up and went away into the unknown was amazing and probably wouldn't be repeated nowadays."
Those who lost their lives will be honoured during the act of remembrance at the war memorial in Derry.
This year there will also be a special drum service held at St Columb's Cathedral to mark the contribution of the Hamilton Flute Band.
"We felt that a wonderful way of marking the commemorations was to have a piece of music specially composed," said Robert.
"We  commissioned a piece built around the Battle of the Somme and how the members joined up, marched to the war and went over the top of the trenches."
You can hear more about the Hamilton Flute Band and their remarkable story here.


Ten-man Berwick Rangers beat Scottish League Two champions East Fife, who had not lost since February.

The hosts took a second-half lead when top scorer Blair Henderson headed home Allan Walker's cross.
Berwick's Jordan McGregor was then dismissed for picking up a second booking.
Darren Lavery struck from another Walker cross in added time to seal the win for the home side on the penultimate weekend of the campaign.


Scotland's senior prosecutor has warned that the country could be at risk of becoming a safe haven for international criminals as a result of Brexit.

Lord Advocate James Wolffe said this could happen if current levels of European law enforcement co-operation were lost.
He said it was in the UK's interests to ensure effective arrangements were put in place when it leaves the EU.
"It is hugely important the right choices are made," he said.
A UK government spokesman insisted that Brexit negotiations would include talks over "continued co-operation on security, law enforcement and criminal justice".
Lord Wolffe made his comments during a visit to Police Scotland's International Assistance Unit which was last year responsible for the arrests of 78 people on Europol's wanted list and handled 34 requests for cross-border surveillance.
A total of 71 people wanted by EU member states were extradited while a further 23 suspects wanted in Scotland were arrested under European arrest warrants overseas.
Officers also handled 950 inquiries from the international police organisation Interpol.
Visiting the unit at the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh with Justice Secretary Michael Matheson, Mr Wolffe told BBC Scotland: "It's absolutely essential that as we go through this process we make the right choices in order to preserve the benefits of international co-operation that we currently enjoy.
"One of the risks if we had, for example, no robust legal arrangements for the extradition of individuals wanted for trial in other countries, is that we would become a safe haven for criminals.
"Equally, if we were unable to extradite to Scotland people who we wish to prosecute then plainly our criminal justice system would be prejudiced. If we were not members of the EU the extradition process would be significantly more cumbersome, both slower and more difficult to operate.
"Ultimately, it will be a matter for negotiation what arrangements are put in place, but from my perspective as the prosecutor of crime in Scotland, it's hugely important that the right choices are made and the right priority is given to those particular arrangements."
Mr Wolffe and Mr Matheson's visit included them meeting two EU national Romanian police officers who are currently assisting with investigations involving Romanians as victims, perpetrators and witnesses of crime.
Mr Matheson said the unit's work reinforced the importance of international co-operation on policing.
Speaking before a meeting of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, he said: "Organised crime and terrorism do not respect borders and it is vital that our police service can work with counterparts in Europe and across the world to help keep Scotland safe.
"The excellent results achieved by our international assistance unit shows that this collaboration is currently working well. Yet dragging Scotland out of the EU places huge doubts over our Europol membership and participation in the European Arrest Warrant.
"This would have serious implications for the safety of Scottish communities, meaning it is much harder to identify, arrest and extradite criminals who travel here - as well as making it more difficult and time consuming to apprehend Scottish criminals who flee overseas."
He later told BBC Scotland: "We are very concerned about the potential impact that Brexit will have on our ability for our police here in Scotland to engage with their partners across the rest of Europe and to share information.
"There is no doubt that if we lose our access to Europol in the way in which we have at the present moment, we will be able to have a level of shared intelligence, a level of co-operation but it certainly will not be to the level we have at the present moment.
"It will be a slower process and we won't have that live data that we are able to get from Europol at the present time."
The average time for Police Scotland receiving a European Arrest Warrant to arrest or surrender is 42 days, compared with an average of nine months before the system was in place, the government said.
A spokesman for the UK government said: "The prime minister has been clear that one of her 12 negotiating objectives is continuing to work with the EU to preserve European security, to fight terrorism, and to uphold justice across Europe.
"As part of the negotiations, we will discuss with the EU and its member states how best to continue co-operation on security, law enforcement and criminal justice."


Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has started an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against her indefinite ban from competition.

Chand, 19, has not been allowed to compete since last summer after failing a hormone test.
The test revealed her body produced natural levels of testosterone above International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) guidelines.
Her legal team will argue the ruling is discriminatory and flawed.
There is currently no similar assessment for male athletes.
The landmark case against the IAAF and Athletics Federation of India started on Monday at Cas in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is expected to last up to four days.
A final judgement could take weeks or even months.
Chand was forced to miss the Commonwealth Games and Asia Games after failing the controversial test but refused medical treatment to help make her eligible.
Her appeal is the first to challenge the "hyperandrogenism" rules the IAAF introduced in the wake of the Caster Semenya affair in 2009.
South African teenager Semenya was asked to take a so-called "gender test" shortly before winning the 800m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
Subjected to enormous media scrutiny, Semenya subsequently returned to the sport, winning an Olympic silver medal at London 2012.


David Gwinnutt: Before We Were Men runs at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 March-24 September 2017.

The artist and photographer David Gwinnutt was part of the 1980s art scene that centred around the Blitz club in London's Covent Garden, leading to the creatives who frequented it being dubbed the "Blitz kids".
Although they were known for their flamboyant makeup and performances, Gwinnutt captured these young men and women relaxing around their homes, which were often squats or rented council houses.
Against a backdrop of the economic recession and unemployment of the early 1980s, some of these club-goers went on to become established artists and film-makers in their own right.
"Derek Jarman [the experimental British filmmaker] really liked the photographs I had taken of him and asked me who I'd most like to photograph. I said David Bowie," Gwinnutt remembered about this photograph.
"He laughed and said I should photograph John Maybury."
Maybury was also a film-maker, who used theatrical themes and visuals in his work.
The portrait above was taken as he smoked his first cigarette of the day in his Camden flat.
Gilbert & George are artists who have spent their lives as "living sculptures", wearing sharp suits and making their entire existence a performance, down to claiming to eat in the same Turkish restaurant every evening.
Gwinnutt met them at Planets nightclub in Piccadilly and, noticing how they stood out from the crowd in their neat suits, asked to photograph them in their East London home.
The artist Cerith Wyn Evans stands on the set of his film Epiphany, which took inspiration from the London club scene and starred friends such as the flamboyant performance artist Leigh Bowery.
In the image below, the artist Maggi Hambling looks in the mirror while smoking at a sink.
She is best known for her sculpture on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten, as well as another sculptural "conversation" with Oscar Wilde, located near Trafalgar Square.
In this photograph (above), co-founder of the fashion label BodyMap, David Holah, reclines on a sofa during a dinner party in Bloomsbury.
At the time of this photograph below, Norman Rosenthal was the Exhibitions Secretary of the Royal Academy in London.
Sensation, an exhibition he curated for the Academy in 1997, featured the work of Cerith Wyn Evans amongst others.
The picture was taken in Rosenthal's flat opposite the Academy, which was so sparsely furnished the curator and art historian was forced to sit on the floor.
Although Rosenthal was reclining, Gwinnutt recalled, "I felt all the time that he was observing me."
The film producer Alison Owen, mother of singer Lily Allen, stands in a doorway in the mid 1980s.
Since this was taken, she has worked on films such as Shaun of the Dead, The Other Boleyn Girl and Brick Lane.
Although known for his flamboyant dress sense and immaculate makeup, fashion designer Stephen Linard is seen below in bed in his Kings Cross flat.
On graduating from St Martin's School of Art, his first catwalk show of "mean and moody menswear" propelled him to overnight success.
The man at the centre of this artistic scene, Derek Jarman [below] stares intensely down the camera lens while his protégé John Maybury stands behind him.
"Using only his handheld camera and natural light, Gwinnutt's grainy black and white photographs feel unguarded and spontaneous," said curator Sabina Jaskot-Gill of the National Portrait Gallery, "offering a glimpse into the private worlds of these rising stars who lived, worked and played together".
"Gwinnutt's photographs serve as a social document of a moment that had far-reaching effects on the cultural landscape."


Tonight will see Scotland and England go head-to-head on the grass of the Stadion Galgenwaard in Holland.

19 July 2017 Last updated at 16:48 BST
Now you may be a little clueless about football and which players are going to make an impact.
So ahead of the excitement of tonight's game, here is ex-England women's goal keeper and all round legend, Rachel Fennis-Brown with her players to keep your eye on this match.
So check out the video and see who Rachel's top players are.


Appeal judges have ruled that a colleague used the incorrect legal procedure when sentencing a rapist to life in jail.

Lady Paton, Lady Dorrian and Lord Eassie concluded that Lord Uist was wrong to hand John MacIntosh, 47, a discretionary life sentence last year.
They have ordered that MacIntosh, of Dingwall, be assessed for an order for lifelong restriction (OLR).
MacIntosh attempted to rape a nine-year-old girl and raped three women.
An OLR means that he would only be released from custody when the parole board decides he no longer poses a threat to the community.
MacIntosh was sentenced at the High Court in Aberdeen in August last year.
Lord Uist said MacIntosh, who had previously been jailed for seven years for having sex with 13 and 14-year-old girls, was a "sexual fiend" who targeted vulnerable females.
The offences heard at the High Court in Aberdeen happened in the Inverness and Dingwall areas between 1996 and 2004.


Millions of shoppers have hit the Boxing Day sales on high streets across the UK, seeking out the best bargains.

The keenest queued from the early hours, with some stores opening their doors from 06:00 GMT.
Retailers including Harrods, Liberty, House of Fraser, Next and Marks & Spencer dropped their prices in store, and offered more discounts online.
Wealthy Chinese tourists were expected to help fuel record takings at London shops, the New West End Company said.
Selfridges reported its best-ever first hour of trade, taking more than £2m between 09:00 GMT and 10:00 GMT.
Online shoppers were expected to spend £856m on Boxing Day - up 22% from last year's £699m - according to data firm Experian and online retailing trade association IMRG.
In Sheffield, more than 20,000 shoppers descended upon Meadowhall shopping centre, where some queued from 02:00 GMT to get a bargain.
Figures from VoucherCodes.co.uk and the Centre for Retail Research suggested there would be 22 million shoppers, spending as much as £3.74bn in total in the post-Christmas sales - 6% more than last year.
A number of Bond Street stores in central London opened on Boxing Day for the first time as a result of it falling on a Saturday rather than a public holiday.
Fenwick department store in Bond Street opened for its first Boxing Day in its 124-year history.
Jace Tyrrell, chief executive of New West End Company, which represents 600 retailers in Bond Street, Regent Street and Oxford Street, said wealthy foreign tourists were fuelling bumper sales.
He said the West End was a "huge international draw", particularly for tourists from China, the Middle East and the US.
"They probably spend about four or five times the amount of a UK shopper," he said.
"We have seen the rise of Chinese in the last couple of years, they are now our third largest [international] shopper - and they will be number one in a couple of years."
He added that he expected £100m to go through the tills over the next three days.
Steve Richardson, UK regional director at analysts FootFall, said: "With Boxing Day falling on a Saturday, this means for most an extended Christmas break with the extra bank holiday on Monday."
General secretary of the shop workers' union Usdaw, John Hannett, urged shoppers to respect store staff "every day, but particularly during the Boxing Day sales when bargain hunting can turn into a frenzy".
He said: "We would prefer retailers to close for at least two days at Christmas, which would allow shop workers a proper break and time to spend with their family.
"However more and more shops are now opening for special sales promotions on Boxing Day, so we urge retailers to only staff those stores with employees who have volunteered to come in."
Retail ombudsman Dean Dunham said bargain hunters were better protected because of the new Consumer Rights Act, but he expected the most common complaint to come from consumers refused refunds or replacements because the packaging had been opened.
The Consumer Rights Act gives shoppers 30 days to return a faulty item and receive a full refund.


The Conservative manifesto promises to reduce net migration to the UK to the tens of thousands by 2020, but in calculating the cost of Britain leaving the EU in yesterday's report, the Treasury assumes a level still well in excess of that - of 185,000 per year in 2021 and beyond.

Asked to explain whether the government has quietly abandoned its pledge, the Treasury said the UK would probably have to accept the status quo on EU migration as the price of continued access to European markets. "No country has been able to agree significant access to the single market without having to accept EU regulations, financial contributions to the EU and the free movement of people" it said.
Critics have suggested the Treasury's "Brexit" calculation demonstrates that the department has no real ambition to see radical reductions in net migration. In the year to September 2014, net migration to the UK was 323,000, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Last month the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said that "net international migration to the UK is an important driver of the economy's underlying growth potential" and leads to a higher employment rate and lower dependency ratio (the number of children and elderly compared to the total population).
The OBR's central budget projection assumes net migration of 185,000 by 2021 (they clearly think it unlikely the government will be able to get net migration down to the levels they promised), and it is this modelling that was included in the Treasury report on the costs of leaving the EU.
The OBR also looked at higher and lower migration scenarios. A "zero net migration" model, it suggests, would lead to GDP 1.9% lower than currently projected and a fall in house prices of 3%, while a higher net figure of 265,000 by 2012 would see GDP 0.8% higher and house prices up an additional 1.3%.
While the OBR assumes that net migration has a positive impact on the economy in the medium-term, those wanting to leave the EU argue that controlling our borders and reducing immigration would be in Britain's long-term interests.
"At the moment any EU citizen can come to the UK to settle, work, claim benefits and use the NHS," leave supporter Michael Gove said at a Leave campaign event today. "We have no proper control over whether that individual's presence here is economically beneficial, conducive to the public good or in our national interest."
The pressure group Migration Watch argues that the effect of immigration on the UK economy is "essentially negligible" and claims there is broad agreement that it harms the earnings of the most poorly paid UK-born members of the labour force.
The OBR also makes the point that looking ahead 50 years, immigrants arriving now would add to age-related spending pressures.  "Higher migration could be seen as delaying some of the fiscal challenges of an ageing population rather than a way of resolving them permanently", it argues.
Nevertheless, it is surprising that the Treasury's calculations don't engage with the immigration debate, given its centrality in the leave campaign's argument.  Many economists argue that Vote Leave's aim to reduce net migration from the EU following "Brexit" would have a negative impact on economic growth, at least in the short term.
It is likely those making the pro-EU case would rather the referendum debate was focused on household incomes rather than immigration and that may be why the impact of changes to net migration was curiously lacking from yesterday's Treasury report.


A court in the Netherlands has ruled the Dutch state was responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

The Dutch were in charge of the UN "safe area" when Bosnian Serb forces overran it in 1995 and killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
The court in The Hague ruled that the Dutch troops should not have handed the three men over to Bosnian Serb forces.
The ruling was unexpected, and may open the way for other compensation claims.
The case centred on three Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) who were working for the Dutch force, Dutchbat, during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war and were among thousands who took shelter in the UN compound as Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Gen Ratko Mladic overran Srebrenica on 11 July 1995.
Two days later, Dutch peacekeepers forced the Bosniaks out of the compound.
By Lauren Comiteau BBC News, The Hague
The verdict is historic. It is believed to be the first time a state has been held responsible for the actions of its troops working under UN auspices. This could have far-reaching implications for other countries that may be wary of sending their troops on UN peacekeeping missions.
The Dutch government, which the court ruled had "effective control" over their troops, has been ordered to pay compensation to the plaintiffs.
This could pave the way for compensation claims by other Srebrenica victims, especially those whose relatives were similarly forced off the Dutch compound, a designated UN safe haven, where they had sought protection.
The verdict, which government lawyers say they have to study before deciding whether or not to appeal, will no doubt reopen a painful chapter in Dutch history.
In 2002, the Dutch government collapsed after an investigation by the National War Documentation Institute blamed them and the UN for sending ill-equipped Dutch soldiers on an impossible mission.
"The court ruled that the Dutch state is responsible for the death of these men because Dutchbat should not have handed them over," a spokeswoman for the court said.
The appeals court's judges have ordered the government to pay compensation to the dead men's relatives in a ruling that could have implications for similar cases against the Dutch state, says the BBC's Lauren Comiteau at the court.
The verdict came as a surprise to both the Bosnian Muslim plaintiffs and government lawyers, our correspondent says.
The court said that even though Dutchbat was working under the UN after the fall of Srebrenica, in a situation which they called "extraordinary", the Dutch government became more involved with Dutchbat and the evacuation, and in that sense they were responsible.
A court had previously ruled in 2008 that the Dutch state was not responsible for the deaths of Bosnian Dutchbat employees and their families because the soldiers were operating under a UN mandate.
When Bosnian Serb forces overran the Srebrenica enclave, Bosniak Muslims converged on the Dutch base. Between 4,000 and 5,000 were allowed into the compound, an estimated 15,000-20,000 remained outside.
Two days later, Dutch peacekeepers began expelling the refugees from their base, as the Bosnian Serb troops had demanded.
A lawyer for one of the plaintiffs, Liesbeth Zegveld, told the BBC that relatives of other Bosniak men who had been handed over by Dutch troops "may stand a good chance to win their case in Dutch courts".
About 300 men of military age are estimated to have been expelled from the compound.
The case was brought by relatives of Rizo Mustafic, who worked as an electrician for Dutchbat, and by Dutchbat interpreter Hasan Nuhanovic, who lost his father and brother in the fall of the Bosniak enclave.
Source: UN report from 1999
Timeline: Siege of Srebrenica
They filed a lawsuit against the Dutch state because Dutchbat handed over their relatives to the Bosnian Serbs, and have been trying to get the Dutch government to take responsibility for their deaths for nine years.
The ruling said even though the Dutch soldiers were operating under a UN mandate, they were under "effective control" of top military and government officials in The Hague when they ordered the hundreds of Bosniak men and boys out of their compound.
The ruling said the three men were among the last to be expelled on 13 July, and by that time the peacekeepers already had seen Bosnian Serb troops abusing Bosniak men and boys and should have known they faced the real threat of being killed.
"The Dutchbat had been witness to multiple incidents in which the Bosnian Serbs mistreated or killed male refugees outside the compound. The Dutch therefore knew that... the men were at great risk if they were to leave the compound," the court said in its ruling.
Mr Mustafic was forced to leave and was separated from his wife just outside the compound fence and taken away, and was never heard of again.
Hasan Nuhanovic was allowed to stay, but his relatives were forced to leave. The remains of his father and brother were recovered in 2007 and 2010.
The Srebrenica massacre remains a sensitive issue in the Netherlands. In 2002, the government fell after an official report was heavily critical of Dutch actions when the killings took place.
The conduct of the country's peacekeepers was highlighted again following the recent arrest of Gen Mladic.
In May, during a televised debate featuring former Dutchbat commander Col Thom Karremans, Dutch TV aired footage of Lt Col Karremans drinking a toast to peace with Gen Mladic on the eve of the massacre, in what commentators described as a humiliation.
The Dutch state, which has faced several cases in recent years over Srebrenica, has always argued that it was let down by the UN, which failed to give its troops sufficient support.
Gen Mladic is currently on trial in The Hague, charged on 11 counts including genocide of Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats during the Bosnian war.


The new year is under way and the BBC Scotland sport team have been giving their thoughts on the Scots to look out for.

Andy Murray was rarely out of the headlines last year with victories at Wimbledon and the Rio Olympics as well as finishing 2016 top of the men's tennis rankings and then being awarded a knighthood.
But who will make 2017 their year?
In a month's time, Scotland will begin their Six Nations campaign against Ireland and all the home nations will be looking to impress ahead of the Lions' tour to New Zealand this summer.
Phil Goodlad: "Stuart Hogg and Jonny Gray are the leading prospects for Scottish involvement in the Lions tour. Hogg travelled four years ago as back-up but in 2017 his pace, running lines and booming clearance kicks for both Glasgow Warriors and Scotland could be potential weapons for the tourists."
Andy Burke: "Hogg stands out as the best hope of a Scot starting in a Lions Test for the first time since 2001. If he performs to his scintillating best in the Six Nations then the Lions 15 jersey should be his."
Tom English: "Gray's excellence has been long appreciated in Scottish rugby but now the rest of the hemisphere is catching up. Competition for places in the Lions second row is massive, Gray is in with a huge chance of being on the plane to New Zealand."
Phil Goodlad: "In the boiler house Gray is a work horse. Tireless at the breakdown and adds huge grunt around the park. Never gives up which is exactly what Warren Gatland's men will have to do if they are to make an impression this summer."
And, closer to home, Clive Lindsay adds: "Edinburgh full-back Blair Kinghorn is likely to receive his first Scotland cap this year."
Scotland's women's and men's national football teams had contrasting fortunes in 2016. Anna Signeul's side sealed a place at Euro 2017 in the Netherlands - a first major tournament for Scotland women.
Chris McLaughlin: "Great chance for one of the world's best players, Kim Little, to shine at a major competition. The 26-year-old Arsenal Ladies midfielder already has 117 international caps to her name and has been widely tipped to be one of the key players in the Netherlands."
David Currie: "Glasgow City goalkeeper Gemma Fay could earn her 200th international cap this year - she has 193 at the moment. Scotland will need her to be in top form at Euro 2017. The Scots face England, ranked fourth in the world, Spain - 14th - and Portugal in the group stage."
In the men's game, Gordon Strachan's side have had a disappointing start to their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, taking four points from a possible 12 so far. However, Celtic's Stuart Armstrong and Hearts' Jamie Walker are among the Scottish midfielders coming to the fore in the build-up to March's meeting with Slovenia.
Chris McLaughlin: "Armstrong is a young confidence player who is now oozing self belief. Totally transformed under manager Brendan Rodgers, Armstrong is now having the kind of effect at Celtic that he had at Dundee United. If he continues to develop and finally breaks into the international set-up, the Scottish champions could struggle to hold on to him."
Liam McLeod says of Armstrong: "Scotland call-up. Watch this space."
Richard Wilson: "Hearts' most creative player, Jamie Walker, is maturing into an integral part of the Tynecastle side. He is currently the team's top scorer and with his ability to break opposition defences with his passing or running with the ball, he could progress into the Scotland squad in the next 12 months."
Scotland's athletes are between the Olympics and next year's Commonwealth Games but there are European and world events on the horizon.
Jane Lewis: "Laura Muir has already proved herself as a world-class athlete, although 2016 was a mixed year. She broke British records and won the Diamond League title, however there was disappointment at the Olympics in Rio. But Muir is a strong, gutsy character and will no doubt use that to spur her on to further success in 2017. The European Indoor Championships take place in Belgrade in March and then a home World Championships in August await."
Kheredine Idessane: "Andrew Butchart had a breakthrough year in 2016, in which he finished sixth in the Olympic 5,000m final in Rio (won by Mo Farah) and also broke long-standing Scottish records over 3,000m and 5,000m. He'll be a strong medal contender for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast. From Dunblane, Butchart is a friend of the Murrays, and his girlfriend Caitlin is the step-daughter of Andy Murray's dad, Will."
Jane Lewis: "Callum Hawkins had an impressive 2016 and as a result has already been selected for Great Britain at this summer's World Championships in London. The Kilbarchan long-distance runner finished ninth in the Rio Olympics marathon and capped off a great year by winning the Great Scottish Run half-marathon in Glasgow. The 24-year-old gets his 2017 season up and running at the Edinburgh International Cross Country on Saturday."
Tom English: "2016 was a wretched year for golfer Stephen Gallacher, his form falling off a cliff partly because of a persistent wrist injury. The end of the year suggested he's on his way back, though. His last four tournaments have been promising. Every week is a big week in 2017."
Andy Burke: "Described as 'the finest young talent Scotland has had since Ken Buchanan' by his manager Barry McGuigan, boxer Josh Taylor captured the Commonwealth super lightweight title by stopping Dave Ryan in October and will make his Las Vegas debut later this month on the undercard of the re-match between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz. A potential all-Scottish showdown with Ricky Burns also looms in the distance, though perhaps not this year."
Jane Lewis: "Duncan Scott already has two Olympic silver medals and he's only 19 years old. The Stirling University swimmer helped Team GB to relay success in the 4x200m freestyle and the 4x100m medley in Rio. His reputation is growing fast and he'll now want to further prove himself among the best. The British Swimming trials in April will be used as selection trials for the World Championships in Budapest in July."
David Currie: "Paul Foster has won the Indoor Bowls World Championships four times already, his new fitness regime might just help him to win it again later this month in Norfolk. He might have to beat five-time winner and best pal Alex 'Tattie' Marshall to do it."


Vodafone has threatened to take India to international arbitration over planned retrospective tax legislation.

The firm is India's largest overseas corporate investor, but has been caught up in a five-year tax battle.
The issue relates to Vodafone's 2007 takeover of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa's Indian mobile unit.
Vodafone said a move to retrospectively tax overseas mergers would go against court decisions and legal protections given to investors.
As a result it said it had served the Indian government with a "notice of dispute" in a first step toward international arbitration.
And it argued that the new Indian tax legislation was an attempt to bypass a ruling by the country's Supreme Court in January that Vodafone was not liable for taxes and penalties of up to $4.4bn (£2.8bn)
To retroactively tax overseas mergers would "countermand" the court verdict and "violates international legal protections granted to Vodafone and other international investors in India", Vodafone added in a statement.
The notice was served by Vodafone's Dutch subsidiary.


The British and Irish Lions were beaten in Auckland; now the challenge is not to be broken in Wellington.

While the second Test against New Zealand looms large, first the midweek side are tasked with lifting squad morale when they face the Hurricanes.
For some, this will be the last time they wear the Lions jersey; for others, it is a chance to play their way into Test contention.
As Elliot Daly and Liam Williams will testify, it is never too late.
Surplus to requirements twice last week, George North and Jonathan Joseph have a chance to revive their tours with a big performance in the Kiwi capital. Both would have had high hopes of being Test starters before boarding the plane.
Courtney Lawes - arguably the form lock in the northern hemisphere in 2017 - again starts as he looks to sneak into the Test squad, while the versatile Jack Nowell is at full back.
Having played 80 minutes at Eden Park, George Kruis is on the bench, while Rory Best captains as the midweek side look to build on their impressive victory over the Chiefs.
But the Hurricanes - Super Rugby champions - will be considerably stronger than the opposition in Hamilton, with a handful of All Blacks released, such as the prolific Julian Savea.
While many of the Lions midweek team may feel their chances of making a significant impact on the tour are almost over, head coach Warren Gatland has shown he is prepared to pick on form.
Joe Marler, Dan Cole, James Haskell, Dan Biggar and Jack Nowell all excelled in the win over their Chiefs, and will be looking for more of the same on Tuesday.
A good performance and a victory would show a united front in the Lions squad, despite the deflating defeat in Auckland.
But sources at the Hurricanes have spoken privately of a determination not to fold in the way the Chiefs did last week, and have picked their strongest possible side.
Victory for the Lions' midweek team at this stage of the tour would be a significant achievement.
Lions head coach Warren Gatland: "A few players put their hands up for selection from the Chiefs game and played their way into the Test team, so they know that there is another opportunity for them on Tuesday against the Super Rugby champions."
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd: "It's a fantastic event for our club, but also for the city of Wellington and the region."
Hurricanes wing Cory Jane: "To get on the field would be pretty cool. I'm showing my age - I'm 26 now."
4: Number of players released from the All Blacks squad back to the Hurricanes for the match: Vaea Fifita, Julian Savea, Ngani Laumape and Jordie Barrett.
232: Number of international caps in the Lions front row of Joe Marler, Rory Best and Dan Cole.
"$30m roaring into town" - The Dominion Post on the financial boost the army of Lions supporters will provide to Wellington.
"Laumape 'pumped' for chance to flex his muscles" - The Hurricanes centre has a point to prove.
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British and Irish Lions: J Nowell (England); T Seymour (Scotland); J Joseph (England), R Henshaw (Ireland); G North (Wales); D Biggar (Wales); G Laidlaw (Scotland); J Marler (England), R Best (Ireland, captain), D Cole (England), I Henderson (Ireland), C Lawes (England), J Haskell (England), J Tipuric (Wales), CJ Stander (Ireland). Replacements: K Dacey (Wales), A Dell (Scotland), T Francis (Wales), C Hill (Wales), G Kruis (England), G Davies (Wales), F Russell (Scotland), J Payne (Ireland).
Hurricanes: J Barrett, N Milner-Skudder, V Aso, N Laumape, J Savea, O Black, T Toiroa-Tahuriorangi, B May, R Ricitelli, J To'omaga-Allen, M Abbott, S Lousi, V Fifita, C Gibbins, B Shields (captain). Replacements: L Apisai, C Eves, M Kainga, J Blackwell, R Prinsep, K Hauiti-Parapara, W Goosen, C Jane.


Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has said her party wants to deprive Labour of control of health and education policy after the 2016 assembly election.

Launching a consultation on policies for the campaign, she said Labour had "wasted" 16 years of devolution.
But she would not say what price she would demand to share power with Labour, as Plaid did from 2007 to 2011.
Welsh Labour said the "tired attacks" were a "poor excuse for a campaign".
Speaking in Cardiff, Ms Wood said the four years of a Labour-Plaid coalition government were "a small beacon of hope in terms of a longer period of wasted opportunity".
Plaid wanted to be in charge of health and education "in particular", she said.
The party's education spokesman Simon Thomas said: "I don't think we will see any real change in Welsh politics until the hands of the Labour Party are off health and education."
Plaid Cymru is currently the third largest party in Cardiff Bay, with 11 of the 60 seats.
Ms Wood has already ruled out a deal with the Conservatives after the elections.
However, on the subject of coalitions, she said on Monday that people were "bored with that kind of conversation".
Ms Wood added that her party would be concentrating on their own policies "rather than constantly obsessing with which party will do deals with which party".
A Welsh Labour spokesman said Ms Wood's comments were "completely out of step with people's own experiences".
"Only Welsh Labour will take on the Tories," the spokesman added.
"It is telling that Plaid Cymru yet again seem unable or unwilling to take on the party that has slashed Wales' funding and attacked our most vulnerable communities.
"Wales won't forget that Plaid Cymru have tried before to get the Tories into power in the assembly," referring to talks in 2007 about a so-called "rainbow coalition" deal which would have excluded Labour from government.
For the Conservatives, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb called on the opposition parties to "think the unthinkable and look at the options that provide this country with an alternative to the Labour Party".
When asked how realistic it was for Ms Wood to work with Welsh Tory Leader Andrew RT Davies to make this happen, he told BBC Radio Wales it would be "difficult, challenging but I would never say it's impossible".


Roger Federer thrashed Andy Murray 6-0 6-1 to end the Briton's ATP World Tour Finals hopes in humiliating fashion.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion needed just 56 minutes to win his third Group B match and reach the semi-finals.
Murray required a straight-sets win to qualify but won only eight points in the first set and did not win a game until 6-0 5-0 down.
The result is Murray's worst since he lost 6-1 6-0 to Novak Djokovic in Miami seven years ago.
Japanese world number five Kei Nishikori qualifies behind Federer after his earlier 4-6 6-4 6-1 victory over Spaniard David Ferrer - a replacement for the injured Milos Raonic.
"Clearly, I'm very happy to play a good match today," Federer said. "I knew I was qualified so maybe I went in a bit more relaxed.
"It's not the way I thought it was going to go, but there's always next year for Andy and hopefully he can have a good season.
"At the end I was happy I didn't win the second to last game to be quite honest."
After 24 minutes, Murray's progress in the tournament was over as he suffered his first 6-0 set loss in four years.
"It was a tough night," Murray said.
"I've lost Grand Slam finals, which have been very tough, but in terms of the way the match went it was not ideal from my side of the court - far from it.
"He played exceptionally well, that's for sure. I can say I'm disappointed with my level tonight but if I played well, he probably still would have won anyway."
A tight, tense encounter had been anticipated with the Scot needing a fast start, and Federer keen to win the group and so probably avoid top seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
In the event, only one player brought anything like his best game.
The 17,000 spectators packed into the O2 must have thought they were in a for classic when Murray won the opening two points on Federer's serve, before the Swiss won an epic 34-stroke rally on the third.
From that moment on it was one-way traffic as Murray struggled to find first serves and Federer produced some sublime tennis.
As the games rolled by, he even threatened to inflict the dreaded 'double bagel' on Murray, whose ambition became drastically reduced.
"Just try and win the point," he said. "Try and set a target of winning points. Try and win two points in a row rather than trying to focus on, 'OK, I want to get this game.'
"You just try and set smaller goals than that. That's basically it."
Federer moves on to the semi-finals and keeps his outside hopes of ending the year as world number one alive, although Djokovic can end that race should he beat Tomas Berdych on Friday.


Lewis Hamilton's difficult start to the season has set the 2016 World Championship up beautifully.

Hamilton is 39 points behind Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who has won all three races after problems for the world champion in all of them.
With 18 races to go, that is by no means an insurmountable challenge - but it is the effect it will have on the protagonists that makes the season so interesting now.
It is crucial that the Briton does not become frustrated and let the problems he has had get to him.
The key thing for him is to do what he does best - which is to qualify well and race from the front.
Hamilton's problem is that, even if he starts winning, if Rosberg just keeps picking up second places and the odd win when Hamilton has problems, it is going to take a long time to catch him up.
That gives the German something to play on - and he may well want to emphasise that comfort zone whenever he can.
But some statistics help keep things in perspective:
However, Rosberg is stronger and more comfortable than he has ever been before. He has six wins in a row now, dating back to last year's Mexican Grand Prix.
If he wins in Russia this weekend, he will be joint-second in the all-time list of consecutive victories with Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher, and he has a confidence and a feel about him that suggests he is in a good place right now.
Rosberg has a momentum that can take him on for another few races and I never liked allowing my team-mates that advantage.
Hamilton will come back I'm sure - but I reckon it will be harder for him than it was in 2014.
Another concern for Hamilton is that the competition faced by Mercedes is far stiffer than it has been for the past two years.
That can play in Hamilton's favour - if he wins and a Ferrari or a Red Bull can get in between him and Rosberg, he will close the gap faster. But of course it can work the other way round as well.
Mercedes say that they face a genuine threat from Ferrari - that the Italian team are every bit as quick as them but have just had three messy races. I'm sceptical about that claim; I think there is a bit of game going on.
Ferrari are closer this year than they were last, there is no doubt about that. But equally there is no question that the Mercedes is the best car - not only the fastest but also the most consistent. Mercedes have got that little bit in hand that makes all the difference - and that makes it hard to tell exactly how much faster than anyone else they are.
Yes, it has looked close from time to time over the weekends this year. But when it matters, bang, Mercedes have turned up the wick and put the car on the front row.
It looks to me as if they still have a 0.4-0.5 seconds advantage over everyone else and I suspect that if Ferrari do get to where Mercedes are, then Mercedes have the potential to take another step forward.
I believe Mercedes are talking up their rivals for two reasons: to take attention away from the fact that they are dominating again, even if not by as much as before; and to keep everyone in their team focused, so no-one sits back and relaxes and takes things for granted.
I've said it before, but to have a chance, Ferrari have got to qualify on the front row with the Mercedes and give themselves the potential to get among them.
When they do that, Mercedes are vulnerable. But it is easier said than done.
Everything was rosy at Ferrari last year following Sebastian Vettel's arrival and a big step forward in performance from a traumatic 2014.
As ever, you get a one-season honeymoon period, which is over now. The time since Ferrari last won a world title just keeps on getting longer and nothing puts the pressure on more than the big boss turning up, as president Sergio Marchionne did in China.
He made it clear it is imperative the team start winning. Marchionne is a businessman with a very hard edge to him and he needs to see a return on his investment.
There is no fear of Ferrari having the carpet pulled from underneath them. Nevertheless, Marchionne's presence in China, a huge market for their car sales, was a very clear statement - so it was a tad embarrassing, after showing good pace in qualifying, for the two drivers to crash into each other.
Vettel was very critical of Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat following that incident at the first corner in Shanghai but for me it was clearly Vettel's fault.
He did not see Kvyat coming until it was too late. The door was open - there was easily a car's width between the kerb and the Ferrari.
Kvyat was under a bit of pressure himself after two poor races in Australia and Bahrain, and being comprehensively out-qualified by team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in China too. He needed to start delivering. He stuck his nose in, was completely alongside, and Vettel sort of got caught between a rock and a hard place, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen coming back towards the line after running wide earlier in the corner.
Kvyat was quite right to defend himself from Vettel's criticisms, which I suspect were founded in frustration at having the chance to challenge Mercedes taken away, and embarrassment at crashing into his team-mate in front of the Ferrari president.
Ferrari used more engine development 'tokens' than anyone over the winter - 23, leaving only nine for the rest of the season. They are also reputedly considering bringing an engine upgrade to Russia, which with their engine failures in Australia for Raikkonen and Bahrain for Vettel was not expected.
It is possibly a consequence of their realisation that they need to get some traction against Mercedes.
Red Bull are also looking threatening. The chassis looks good, the drivers are sniffing around the podium, and there is a big Renault engine upgrade due in Canada in June.
We will then see whether Mercedes' claims that the competition are close are true, or whether they then make another step forward. Which I suspect they will.
Progress from Ferrari and Red Bull means Williams are slipping back. We saw in the first races of the season that their race pace is not where it needs to be, meaning their chances of finishing third in the championship for the third consecutive year already look slim.
In the circumstances, this is not that surprising. Williams have limited resources compared with the top teams and they have to marshal them carefully.
They have to balance their efforts on the new regulations for 2017, which is a big technical change and a huge investment of manpower and finances, with their energies for this season and car development.
In their situation, focusing more on 2017 is a good plan, because an advantage at the beginning of a new set of regulations can pay dividends for two or three years. Any progress this year will only last for one.
Off track, Mercedes have reiterated their view that F1 is making a mistake in speeding the cars up for 2017 with new rules.
But the reasons why F1 bosses decided upon a wholesale change - which Mercedes initially backed - still apply. The argument for the rule changes was that the drivers needed to be challenged more and the cars needed to be faster and sexier, and back closer to the historic lap-time high of 2004-05.
Back then, drivers were in awe of the cars - and would be tested to their physical limits every time they drove them. That is not the case now.
Mercedes have pointed out that qualifying times this year are now back at 2004-05 levels. Well, that is partly true. In Bahrain, pole was the fastest ever, and in Australia it was just 0.3 seconds off.
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But it was not in China - there, pole was still three seconds off the fastest ever.
That was because Shanghai is the circuit on which power has the smallest effect on lap timeout of the first four races. The 2016 cars are making up much of their lap time on those of 10 years ago on the straights - where they are much faster. That is an impressive fact in itself. But they remain a lot slower in the corners.
And in the races the situation is even starker because of the need to manage the Pirelli tyres to such a large extent.
Comparing this year's race fastest laps to the fastest ever looks like this:
In other words, the reasons to change the rules and make the cars faster - so the drivers and fans are in awe of F1 again - remain as relevant as ever.
Allan McNish was talking to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson


There was a serene, enchanting glow to the view from the Vos Prudence search-and-rescue ship as it slowed to a standstill off the Libyan coast a few hours after sunset.

Three bright orange flames from an oil-rig were visible on the horizon. Closer to the ship, a seagull appeared over a moonlit strip of sea, flying so low it almost brushed against the waves.
We were on a ship run by the charity MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res on a mission to rescue migrants in distress at sea.
Days and nights passed with nothing in view but the open sea, until suddenly, out of the blue, the people start coming.
They are pushed out to sea from the Libyan coast, on unseaworthy boats packed with as many people as they could carry. They come from across North and sub-Saharan Africa, the Horn of Africa, Bangladesh, and Syria.
The EU wants to seal off the Central Mediterranean migration route, much as it did with the Aegean route between Turkey and Greece last year.
The EU strategy rests on two pillars. In Libya, it is funding and training the Libyan coastguard to stop the migrants before they cross into international waters, and send them back to Libya.
Outside Libyan waters, it has deployed military vessels to disrupt the smugglers' business, mainly by burning their boats so they cannot be reused.
But increasingly the strategy has come in for criticism.
Successive reports have suggested a link between the burning of the boats and the rising death rate on the Central Mediterranean. As the smugglers adapted by using cheaper boats that were more unseaworthy, the crossing became more dangerous for the migrants.
And testimony from the migrants themselves suggests the Libyan coast guard could be playing a double game: taking money from the EU to intercept migrants, and money from smugglers to let them pass.
93,417
Number of arrivals in 2017
2,208
Deaths on Central Mediterranean route
4,576 Deaths on same route to Italy in 2016
14,120 Nigerians make up biggest nationality crossing Mediterranean
A few hours after we arrive in the search and rescue (SAR) zone, the Italian Navy's Maritime Rescue and Co-ordination Centre in Rome calls with news that several boats have set off from Libya.
By the time we arrive, the action has already started.
From one side of the deck, there is a plume of thick smoke polluting the clear blue horizon; a smugglers' boat set on fire by an Irish military vessel following a rescue operation.
On the other side of the deck, much closer to the ship, an empty wooden boat is being towed away by two men on another boat, presumably to Libya for reuse.
Since late 2015, the EU has stepped up the destruction of migrant boats after the rescues, aiming to disrupt the business model of smugglers.
But there are indications that it is the migrants, not the smugglers, who are paying the price.
The EU's own data has shown that the smugglers quickly adapted by using more rubber boats, as the costlier wooden boats became a "less economic" option.
And as the EU stepped up its efforts, the death rate was rising.
A string of reports, including by Amnesty International and the UK House of Lords, began drawing links between the anti-smuggling operation, the smugglers' deteriorating offer for migrants, and a steadily rising death rate at sea.
An unintended consequence of... destruction of smugglers' boats has been that they have adapted, sending migrants to sea in unseaworthy vessels, resulting in more deaths at sea"
Soon enough, the lower deck of the Vos Prudence becomes packed with people - 727 men, 53 children, and 97 women - and heads for the Sicilian port of Palermo.
Crammed uncomfortably on the lower deck with barely enough space to stretch, they begin to describe the medieval horrors accompanying Libya's descent into lawlessness.
Time and again on board the Vos Prudence, we heard of torture in underground prisons, kidnapping for ransom, slavery, and killings on a whim.
For many, being forced back to Libya is the worst thing that could happen to them. They give a confusing picture of the coast guard.
Abdullah, a Sudanese from Khartoum, told me a friend of his, also from Sudan, got on a boat that was intercepted by the Libyan coastguard and forced back to Libya. He was sold into forced labour on a farm, until he managed to leave again.
But Abu Yasser, from the Syrian city of Aleppo, said the coast guard escorted the boat he was on all the way into international waters, then directed it towards an NGO vessel, and away from a military one.
"The real smugglers," he told me, "are the Libyan coast guard."
Husam, from Libya, said smugglers who pay get past. "There's no coast guard. It's all militias."
But Italy and the EU appear more focused on the search-and-rescue charities than the Libyan coast guard.
The Italian government has drafted a code of conduct and has warned NGOs that if they fail to sign it they will be shut out of Italian ports.
One of its demands is for charities to co-operate more actively with the anti-smuggling operation, by collecting when possible "the makeshift boats and the outboard engines used" by smugglers, and notifying Frontex, the EU's border and coast guard agency.
Another of the 12 points of the code is for NGOs to increase co-operation with Italian police, allowing them on board upon request to "conduct preliminary inquiries and investigations".
Both Frontex and MSF have become increasingly aware that the Central Mediterranean route is being used for trafficking in Nigerian girls and women.
"It is of utmost importance to protect them, to identify them early, to separate them from their traffickers before they disappear in the world of abuse," Frontex told the BBC in an email, before the code of conduct was delivered to the charities. "We can do it only if all actors actively cooperate with the police."
Stefan van Diest of MSF told us it was "not MSF's role to police international waters or to investigate trafficking and smuggling networks".
"We are doctors, not police and we are present on the Mediterranean to save lives."
But Mr Van Diest added that MSF was "acutely aware of the use of this route by traffickers".
"Potential victims of trafficking are systematically referred to the authorities and appropriate protection agencies during disembarkation."
The code of conduct will make these differences more pressing to resolve. MSF must now consider whether and to what extent to change the way it operates at sea.
For now, though, the work continues.
After filling up with fuel on the island of Malta, the ship heads back into the search and rescue zone.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.


A decision not to allow North Wales Police to hire out its firearms training centre to gun clubs and government organisations has been reversed.

Denbighshire councillors previously rejected the application for the range at Craig Y Ddywart quarry at Rhewl.
The decision was based on concerns about site supervision and gun crime.
Councillors agreed it could result in a cost award if its reasons for refusal were found invalid on appeal.
North Wales Police had urged the councillors to reconsider the matter.
A report by officers to the planning committee said: "In defending any appeal against a refusal, it would be necessary to provide a clear evidence that there is a reasonable likelihood of there being an increase in crime in the locality or nationally as a result of the grant of the variation.
"Officers do not consider that there is such evidence to support a refusal."