A quarter of people wrongly believe antibiotics work on most coughs and colds, a Health Protection Agency survey has found.

However antibiotics cannot treat viruses, which cause most respiratory tract infections.
The HPA poll of 1,800 people in England also found one in 10 people keep leftover antibiotics - and many would self-medicate next time they got ill.
A leading GP said antibiotics were not a "cure all".
An expert in immunity and infection is also warning that the misuse of antibiotics, and drug companies' failures to develop new ones, could lead to a rise in untreatable infections.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said that antimicrobial resistance "is one of the most serious public health challenges that we face in the EU" and could cost at least 1.5bn euros.
Speaking on European Antibiotics Awareness Day, the HPA's Dr Cliodna McNulty said self-medicating was unsafe and could fuel drug resistance.
Dr McNulty, head of primary care for the HPA, said: "The majority of people can treat themselves at home using over-the-counter medicines to relieve symptoms."
Of those polled, 500 had been prescribed antibiotics in the previous year, with 11% reporting they had leftovers and 6% saying they might take them if they had future infections.
Dr McNulty said that while the numbers might appear small, they could translate into large numbers given that 30% of people take antibiotics every year.
She said: "There is evidence that the more antibiotics you have, the more likely you are to develop resistance. And you're also more likely to develop antibiotic-related diarrhoea."
But 70% were aware of the problem of antibiotic resistance in hospitals, and a similar number were aware that they or their family could be affected.
The HPA says health professionals must learn to resist demands from patients for treatments they know have little or no effect on coughs and colds. It found 97% of those questioned said that the last time they had asked their GP or nurse for an antibiotic, they were prescribed one.
Fergus Walsh on antibiotics
Dr McNulty added: "Despite many years of public health campaigns advising people that antibiotics don't work against coughs, colds and flu, our research results show that these myths prevail.
"We understand people feel very unwell with coughs, sore throats, flu and colds, but for the majority of people these symptoms are unpleasant but short-lived."
The Department of Health issued fresh guidance on antibiotic prescribing in hospitals on Friday, with doctors and nurses being urged to "think twice" before offering them to patients.
Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "Antibiotics are a wonderful thing when used properly, but they are not a cure-all for every condition, and should not be seen, or used, as such.
"The opposite is often true and, when used excessively or inappropriately, they can actually do more harm than good - reducing a patient's immunity to illnesses, or building up an immunity to antibiotics, both of which can have negative consequences for good health."
Writing in The Lancet Infectious Diseases medical journal, Prof Laura Piddock of the school of immunity and infection at the University of Birmingham warned there were global implications from the misuse of antibiotics, and drug companies' failures to develop new ones.
She warned: "The demise of antibacterial drug discovery brings the spectre of untreatable infections."
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control estimated, in 2009, that each year 25,000 Europeans die as a direct consequence of a multidrug-resistant infection.


Now we will discover who are the winners in a reshuffle made more dramatic and more wide-ranging by the decision of William Hague to quit the post he has filled for four years.
If, as expected, he is replaced by Philip Hammond we will see the appointment not just of new foreign and defence secretaries but also new environment and Welsh secretaries - to replace Owen Paterson and David Jones who've both been sacked - as well as a new attorney general and chief whip to fill posts left by Dominic Grieve unwillingly and Sir George Young who stood down.
The departure of at least another half a dozen senior ministers one rung below cabinet level leaves room for wholesale changes.
This purge of middle aged white men may help make way for the women David Cameron has long promised to promote and for the return of the former Defence Secretary Liam Fox.
At the end of today the question will be not which names have come and gone but the political impact of the changes.
We may have a new foreign secretary who has said he'd be ready to contemplate leaving the EU if it doesn't change and an attorney general who, unlike his predecessor, would not oppose threatening to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.


Robots designed to help elderly people live more independently are being tested in a replica apartment.

The "living lab", built by Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), mimics a single-storey flat and contains a network of Wi-Fi cameras and sensors.
Scientists believe it is the first time helper robots have been developed in a "real-life" environment.
Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly, from BRL, said the robots could step in "if someone forgets to eat or take medicines".
They will be tested to see how they overcome realistic scenarios, like navigating household clutter or picking things up for mobility-impaired residents.
Wi-fi cameras and sensors have also been installed on furniture, doors, medicine bottles, fridges, plugs and kettles inside the flat, dubbed the Personalised Assisted Living facility.
The sensors will gather data to create a picture of a person's individual habits and needs.
One of the features is a telepresence robot, which allows nurses, social workers or doctors to monitor patients remotely.
Dr Caleb-Solly said: "If an alert is sent because there is no activity in the house when a person would normally be up and about, an alert might be sent to the carer remotely.
"If there is no response from the person then the carer could activate the telepresence robot and see if there is a problem."
The studio will also enable elderly people, carers and clinicians to give their views on what they think is important.
"It's important for us to work in a participatory way for the people whose homes its going to be in," said Dr Caleb-Solly.
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There have been other caring robots, all over the world. Several were developed at the Bristol Robotics Lab, the largest academic research centre of its kind in the UK. But they have all been born in labs, and lived in lab conditions. The new centre is the first in the world to build a real life apartment, with its own bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and lounge as a reality check for the robot scientists.
And they have another unique ingredient, just as important as the high tech sensors, computers, and voice synthesisers. Older people, have been recruited to help the lab scientists assess their work. How do older people respond to an automated machine asking them if they want to play a game? What happens when Molly, the robot carer, talks to someone who has dementia?
These are vital questions, and the new lab hopes that asking them in a real-life situation will improve their work. How long before robots can live with us, keep a watchful eye over us in old age? "It's still a way off," smiles Dr Caleb-Solly, who leads the research. "But our new lab will make it sooner than it was."
The facility has been sponsored by The Anchor Society which supports elderly, frail and isolated people in Bristol.
It is hoped the apartment will speed up the development process.


Last year more people leaving London moved to Birmingham than any other UK city.

More than 6,000 people moved from the capital to Birmingham in 2015 with reasons such as the cost of housing being behind the trip up the M40.
Four people who have made the same move over the years tell us why they did it.
Caroline works in advertising and lived in London for four years before moving to Birmingham.
"I am from Warwickshire originally, so knew the old Birmingham before all the developments, but in recent years it feels like a totally different city.
"I love how much space I now have.
"For the same money that a room in a flatshare in London cost, I have a huge apartment with a garden.
"The advertising market is increasing in Birmingham as the overheads are lower and another big agency has just relocated from London.
"My quality of life has vastly improved. I definitely made the right choice."
Aimee works in financial services and was living in Croydon before concerns about high rent and transport problems saw her move away this summer.
"I moved to a very small village in east Warwickshire where I can get into central Birmingham in 40 minutes and London Euston in just over an hour. I now feel I have the best of both worlds.
"Most importantly I bought a three-bedroom property, something I could not have done in London.
"I have the flexibility to move my office location and enjoy exploring all Birmingham has to offer.
"I do miss elements of London, but mainly my friends who all moved there after university.
"I am now the proud owner of a very cheeky Westie called Poppy, something I could not have done in London, as I couldn't have a pet whilst renting."
David, a heating engineer, had moved between Paddington and Perivale in London. He was renting a room in a flat when his landlord told him he was selling the property.
"Moving to Birmingham was the best thing I did. People are friendly here. They will actually speak to you if you ask them for directions.
"In London, everything I was earning was just going on surviving. Now I own a couple of homes.
"London is good for the rich but everyone else struggles."
Anna was "born and bred" in east London before moving to Birmingham in March 2014 to be with her partner, who had moved there for work.
"I'd visited Birmingham but never for more than a few days so I didn't really know what to expect.
"Most of my London friends thought I was giving up a lot to move away and we always expected it to be a temporary move with a longer term plan to return. Now, two-and-a-half years on, I'm not so sure.
"Birmingham has everything London has, just on a smaller scale - three theatres rather than 300.
"I relish how friendly everyone is and am taken aback at the speed and closed nature of most interactions when I return to London.
"Recently a group of my London friends visited and when they left, they said they couldn't see why we'd ever go back. We haven't quite decided yet, but that reality seems more and more likely.
"That said, and I can't explain this one, somehow I still miss the Tube."


A campaign has been launched in a last-ditch attempt to save a landmark water park from demolition.

More than 300 people have signed an online petition calling on Denbighshire council to stop bulldozers moving in shortly at Rhyl's Sun Centre.
The council plans to replace the complex with a new aquatics centre elsewhere on the seafront as part of a multi-million pound regeneration.
It said the Sun Centre was too expensive to run each year.
Campaign organiser Nigel Beech said many people wanted the Sun Centre retained.
"They're telling us that the building is unsafe but for a few thousand pounds I think they could make it safe and save a lot of money," he said.
"I feel very passionate about saving it. Rhyl needs a centre like this to bring in the visitors and I don't think the aquatics centre that they're proposing would be the same."
Mr Beech said he and his family had used the centre for many years when they travelled from Crewe for holidays in north Wales.
"We used to go regularly and I then started taking my children when we moved to Rhyl four years ago," he added.
"It would be such a shame to see it disappear."
Officials have previously said that the demolition of the Sun Centre will be an important step forward in its plans to regenerate the seafront, using public and private sector funding.
Clearing the Sun Centre site will pave the way for the refurbishment of the adjoining Pavilion Theatre's ground and first floors, creating a green public space and more parking facilities.
A Denbighshire council spokesman said: "While we are aware that many hold feelings of nostalgia towards the Sun Centre, the building as it exists today costs the council thousands of pounds every year to maintain - money we feel would be better invested in the area's future."


Chinese women are increasingly taking to social media to speak out against sexual harassment.

In recent weeks, there has been an upsurge in campaigning comments on popular microblog Sina Weibo, where users are encouraging victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and rape to make their voices heard.
Rape can be taboo in China and victims are often afraid to come forward. Domestic violence can also be stigmatised, and China only passed its first domestic violence law in December 2015.
Moreover, women's rights activists in China have sometimes struggled to speak out. In 2015, five prominent activists were arrested, prompting international online campaigns using the #FreeTheFive hashtag.
One of the biggest stories dominating social media in recent days has been the alleged rape of a female intern at a Chinese media company.
Police in southern Guangzhou say they have arrested a reporter working for the Southern Daily newspaper. Two other interns have said they were sexually harassed by the individual.
The #OnlineFeverThatJournalistRapedFemaleIntern hashtag has been trending for the past two days and social media users have been particularly interested in an exclusive interview conducted with the alleged victim by the Women Awakening rights group.
Using the pseudonym Little Flower, she said she initially "didn't realise it was rape" and had thought of rape as "a stranger in the street... using violence, a knife to force you". She added that she didn't think much would come of the case, as she described her alleged attacker as "well-known".
Weibo users have also been following an incident of alleged domestic violence in northern China.
The hashtag #BeatenBecauseBoyfriendSuspectedCheating has been trending after images circulated of Beijing-based user "YuzuSama" with black eyes and bruises.
After the images gained traction online, YuzuSama said she had been encouraged to go to hospital and to contact the police.
Weibo users told her "not to be afraid" after she posted from the police station that her boyfriend had been arrested.
She told users on 30 June: "When I saw him, I was still terribly scared."
Thousands of female users have also been making their voices heard against other, more routine, offences.
In the past month, Weibo campaigns including #ShanghaiMetroWolf, #NowAWretchedManOnChengduMetro and #TwoWomenMolestedonMetroLine13 have been trending, after a number of women decided to "out" men who had touched them inappropriately on crowded subways.
In April, Zhengzhou in eastern China introduced its first women-only bus in an attempt to reduce the number of sexual assaults.
The concept of single-sex transport is relatively new to China and sparked debate on social media, with some welcoming the idea, and others asking whether such measures are divisive.
"Not all men are bad, but aren't all men being discriminated against here?" one asked at the time.
First Lady Peng Liyuan is a special envoy for the Advancement of Girls' and Women's Education at Unesco, and has spoken at the United Nations about women finding empowerment through education.
Yet there are still challenges within the education system about how sex education should be taught, with social media users saying that attitudes towards sex are outdated.
Weibo users reacted angrily in late June to a sex education textbook which described girls who have premarital sex as "cheap".
The High School Sex Education book said that premarital sex has a "tremendous negative psychological and physical impact on girls".
Women in China have not met with much success in the past on encouraging an open, collective discussion about women's rights, which is why they have been increasingly going online.
In March 2015, ahead of International Women's Day, five prominent women's rights activists were detained after planning events calling for an end to sexual harassment.
Rights groups including Amnesty International launched an international social media campaign, urging users on platforms including Twitter to use the hashtag #FreeTheFive.
The women were released a month later but protests in China in favour of women's rights are still discouraged. They are seen as acts of dissent, punishable by criminal law.
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"They have just killed the Labour Party."

That's what a Labour official told me just after this week's marathon meeting of Labour's National Executive committee, which had decided to put Jeremy Corbyn automatically on the leadership ballot without the need to demonstrate any support from his fellow MPs.
But that wasn't the consensus view amongst the anti-Corbynistas on Labour's ruling body.
"We can beat him," another told me, enthusiastically.
He recalled that Mr Corbyn had won a smidgen less than 50% of the vote amongst existing party members last September - his much-talked about mandate of nearly 60% from all participants in the leadership election was bolstered by trade union affiliates and the cut-price supporters who had signed up for the vote by paying Â£3.
So this optimistic anti-Corbynista delighted in pointing out that the current party leader had been talking to the media en-route to a supporters' rally -  at the very point the NEC was deciding two crucial issues.
First, the "Â£3" would have to pay eight times as much to participate in the forthcoming leadership election - Â£25 to be precise, and have just two days to sign up.
And fully-paid up members would have to have joined the party on or before 12 January to participate.
The current membership stands at 515,000 but was only 388,000 in January.
The assumption was that many of the more recent members signed up to back the beleaguered leader - even though his opponents in the "Saving Labour" group had also been drumming up support - so at a stroke of an NEC pen they were disenfranchised.
Even though the party moved to the left between last year's general election and January, there is also an assumption that the longer people have been members, the more disillusioned with the leadership they become.
So who's right? Those who think Mr Corbyn will win or those who think - with the help of that membership freeze - he is vulnerable?
Professor Tim Bale is the author of Five Year Mission, an account of Ed Miliband's time as leader of the opposition. But his study of Labour members since the general election demonstrates how the rank and file has both expanded and moved leftwards.
He and his colleagues at London's Queen Mary University and at Sussex University have examined the views and the background of those party members who had joined before February this year - so it's pretty close to those who will be eligible to vote in the leadership contest.
With just a narrow 48-hour window - opening on Monday and closing on Wednesday - for supporters to sign up, Professor Bale's "subjects" are likely to form the bulk of the selectorate.
And his research suggests that Owen Smith is quite astute in badging himself as a left-wing anti-austerity candidate. Angela Eagle, too, has said she would lead the party from the left, though her longer track record in Parliament might become a liability rather than an asset these days.
Given that his findings suggest 95% of members believe that government public spending cuts have gone too far, 94% distrust big business, and 92% - in the words of the Levellers (the pop group not the Civil War radicals) - see wealth redistribution as the new solution, the candidates have little choice.
And while many in the parliamentary party are worried about a growing gap - on issues such as immigration and the EU - with supporters in what were once Labour heartlands in northern England, leadership candidates would probably be wise not to concentrate in the next couple of months on reflecting those concerns.
That's because the membership are strongly in favour of immigration. Asked to say - on a scale of one to seven - whether they thought immigration was good for the economy, the collective score was 5.74. Eight out of 10 wanted to remain in the EU, compared with a little more than six out of 10 Labour voters.
Their attitudes on other issues are overwhelmingly liberal - 84% back equal marriage, just one in five want tougher sentences for criminals.
And fewer than you might think  live in some of the areas where Labour traditionally drew its support - nearly half of members (47%) live in London and southern England. Just over one in four - 28% - live in northern England.
Some 75% of members belonged to the social classes ABC1 - professional, managerial and skilled workers - and 57% have a degree.
As the party faces an influx of new members last summer to support Mr Corbyn, officials tried to weed out those who didn't share Labour values.
That was straightforward where an applicant had stood for a rival party against Labour, but it was far more difficult to become "thought police". So if a potential member had voted, rather than stood for a party to the left of Labour, who was to say that they hadn't just changed their mind?
Rather than widespread "entryism" from Trotskyists - though there clearly was some - Prof Bale has discovered that many of those signing up last year were defecting from the Greens.
Former Green Party voters now account for nearly one in 10 of Labour's members. The average age of members is 51, suggesting that many who perhaps previously left over Iraq or because of Tony Blair's rightward shift, have now rejoined.
Now, Mr Corbyn's opponents may portray themselves as not too far to his right, and argue strongly that the main factors dividing them from him aren't so much policies but competence, and an ability to reach out beyond a left-wing core.
However, the research suggests only one in five members value in a leader an ability to unite the party - only one in four are looking for strength and authority.
So can Jeremy Corbyn win the leadership a second time? It's likely that he will face a greater struggle, and he will be under greater scrutiny. But his supporters are likely to look at the make-up of the membership  and declare "Jez He Can".
If, however, a legal challenge to force him to seek nominations from 51 MPs and MEPs succeeds, then that - not the selectorate - is far more likely to scupper his chances.


England prop Alex Corbisiero has been called up to the British and Irish Lions squad to provide cover for the injured Cian Healy.

Healy's tour may be over after he sustained suspected ankle ligament damage against Western Force.
Team: London Irish
Position: Prop
Age: 24
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 118kg
England caps: 18
"Cian has had an X-ray and, while his left ankle is not broken, he will be assessed further," said Lions coach Warren Gatland.
"In the meantime we need to get Alex over here as soon as possible."
Healy, 25, twisted his left leg in the 37th minute of the Lions' 69-17 win on Wednesday and had to be taken off on a stretcher in Perth.
The Ireland international has also been cited for allegedly biting Western Force scrum-half Brett Sheehan.
Corbisiero, 24, was part of the England squad currently in Argentina for the two-Test tour, but has been released immediately to join Gatland's team.
The Lions play Queensland Reds in the third match of their tour on Saturday.
"We're delighted for Alex," said England head coach Stuart Lancaster. "It's very pleasing for him after he missed the Six Nations through injury and he goes with our full support and blessing."
England have no plans to add a replacement to their squad in Argentina.
The Red Rose face the Pumas on Saturday (20:10 BST) in the first Test, before the sides meet again in the second Test on 15 June.


Lawyers, politicians and generals alike will be looking with great interest at a ruling by a Dutch court that the Netherlands is liable over the killings of more than 300 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia-Hercegovina in July 1995, writes Media and Criminal Justice Professor Jon Silverman.

As ever with legal rulings, the devil is firmly in the detail.
It appears that the judges of the Hague district court made a distinction between the 300 Bosnian Muslims who were expelled from the UN compound before air support was requested and those, the vast majority, who were expelled later and subsequently murdered by Serb forces.
Why is the issue of air support important? Because the failure to provide it was held to be a direct responsibility of the UN - not the Netherlands Dutchbat peacekeeping force and, standing behind it, the state.
Relatives of the victims, campaigning as the "Mothers of Srebrenica", believe this is an artificial distinction and have already said they will appeal.
The Dutch international criminal defence lawyer, Jozef Rammfelt, said the judgment had the potential to be of great significance.
"Admittedly, this is a ruling of a lower court, but it follows a ground-breaking judgment of the Netherlands Supreme Court in 2013 that the state is liable to pay compensation for the victims of genocide," he said.
"This set an important precedent that countries providing troops for UN peacekeeping operations can be held legally responsible for their actions. Other states around the world will have to take note and I imagine they will think twice about their legal liabilities."
In the context of international law, this is yet another development in an ongoing debate about the UN's relationship with the conventions of international humanitarian law.
According to the UN, when states assign troops to peacekeeping duties, the forces answer solely to the Security Council.
And the UN Security Council is not a party to the Geneva Conventions and its various protocols.
For at least two decades, this has provoked tension with bodies such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, and in the absence of a controlling international legal regime and with sometimes ambiguous mandates, the burden of responsibility falls on field commanders on the ground.
The Hague court ruling means that there is a growing acceptance that an individual state can be held liable for deaths in a UN-mandated operation.
Professor Philippe Sands, of University College, London, argues that while the Srebrenica massacre has been accepted by international jurisprudence as an act of genocide "it is potentially very significant that the Hague court has ruled that the Dutchbat force should have been aware that a genocide might be perpetrated".
Prof Sands is representing Croatia in a suit against Serbia for genocide during the 1991-95 conflict.
After last year's Supreme Court ruling that the Dutch state was liable for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men expelled from the UN compound and subsequently killed, the government offered 20,000 euros ($27,000;Â£16,000) to each of the victims' relatives.
This latest ruling will require a far larger amount to be paid out. But it is the consequences for existing and future UN peacekeeping operations where the true impact may be felt.
Jon Silverman is Professor of Media and Criminal Justice at the University of Bedfordshire.
6-8 July 1995: Bosnian Serb forces start shelling Srebrenica enclave
9 July: Bosnian Serbs step up shelling; thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees flee to Srebrenica
10 July: Dutch peacekeepers request UN air support after Bosnian Serbs shell Dutch positions. Large crowds of refugees gather around Dutch positions
11 July: More than 20,000 refugees flee to main Dutch base at Potocari. Serbs threaten to kill Dutch hostages and shell refugees after Dutch F-16 fighters bomb Serb positions. Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic enters Srebrenica and delivers ultimatum that Muslims must hand over weapons
12 July: An estimated 23,000 women and children are deported to Muslim territory; men aged 12-77 taken "for interrogation" and held in trucks and warehouses
13 July: First killings of unarmed Muslims take place near village of Kravica. Peacekeepers hand over some 5,000 Muslims sheltering at Dutch base in exchange for the release of 14 Dutch peacekeepers held by Bosnian Serbs
14 July: Reports of massacres start to emerge
Timeline: Siege of Srebrenica


Venezuela's baseball season should be cancelled due to the country's ongoing crisis, a leading coach has said.

"There should be no baseball season this year," Alfredo Pedrique, a former Major League Baseball player, said during a radio interview.
He said he had seen people eating out of rubbish bins, and cited the "number of children who are dying because of the lack of food and medicine".
Pedrique said it was a humanitarian issue, not a political one.
The baseball coach appealed to the team owners in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) to support his call "out of respect for the Venezuelans who are sacrificing their lives for the freedom of this country, for the benefit of all".
Baseball is Venezuela's most popular sport - outdoing football, unlike many of its neighbours in South America.
The call comes days after Venezuela lost the right to host the 2018 Caribbean Series tournament, which will now be played in Mexico instead.
Tournament organisers did not specify a reason, but Venezuela has been hit by consistent political instability and street protests for months, which have led to dozens of deaths.
Angry demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro, which have taken place on an almost daily basis since April, show no sign of abating.
The opposition claims Mr Maduro's government has severely damaged the country's economy, and is calling for early elections.
The government has blamed the opposition for the violence at the protests saying it uses teenagers and children as "cannon fodder".


A year after the assembly elections and the EU referendum, Wales returns to the polls again in the first ballot box test for the parties since the Brexit vote.

On 4 May councillors will face the electorate, with all 1,254 seats up for grabs in Wales' 22 county and county borough councils.
Will Labour's low UK poll ratings mean the party will take a big hit in seats here? And will the politics of Brexit hurt - or benefit - the parties?
Labour is the party with the most seats in Wales - 580 - and therefore has the most to lose.
It did well at the last elections in 2012, adding 231 seats to its previous total.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has already warned that the elections will be tough for the party, in what appeared to be an effort in managing expectations.
Labour currently has a majority on ten councils across south Wales - stretching from Swansea to Newport - and also leads the Vale of Glamorgan and Flintshire as the largest group.
But some Labour activists fear it could lose its grip in areas such as Blaenau Gwent, where the party had a scare in the 2016 assembly elections.
And could Bridgend - Mr Jones' local council - slip into no overall control if the Tories gain seats and cut into Labour's majority?
If they have a really bad night, could Labour see numbers fall in north Wales?
Plaid Cymru has the second highest number of councillors at 170.
It had a bad night in 2012 when the party lost a council leader amid the Labour revival.
The party - which has a majority on Gwynedd council - will also be aiming to take overall control of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, both of which it runs as a minority administration.
Plaid will also be looking for gains in the south Wales valleys.
The party will not discuss targets publicly, but there is potential for the party to do well in Rhondda Cynon Taf - where leader Leanne Wood won a seat at the assembly election last year.
Plaid will also work hard to get a majority on the Isle of Anglesey, where it is currently short by just four.
And could the party rebuild its councillor base in Caerphilly - an authority it has previously led?
The Welsh Conservatives currently stand in third place with 104 seats, and will be hoping it can benefit from Theresa May riding high in the polls.
The party - which runs Monmouthshire with Lib Dem support - could also do well in Swansea and in the Vale of Glamorgan, the local council of both Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns and Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies.   Any gains might mostly be at the expense of Labour.
Newport was led by the Tories as a minority administration with the Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2012, and the Conservatives would undoubtedly think they can take a step forward in the city again.
The 2012 election left the Welsh Liberal Democrats the biggest losers - the party lost 66 seats, leaving it with 75 seats to defend in May.
Being on the losing side of the referendum has re-energised party activists, and they will be hoping to make gains in central Cardiff, where the party had an MP until 2015.
The Lib Dems lost control of Cardiff and Ceredigion at the last local election.  Both council areas voted Remain in the EU referendum.
And could the party make gains in Swansea?
It will surprise many how big the independent presence is at local council level. Independents are defending a large number of seats - 325.
They are a significant presence at Flintshire, Wrexham, Powys, Denbighshire, Conwy, Carmarthenshire, Ynys Mon, Pembrokeshire, Monmouthshire and Gwynedd.
And then there's UKIP. Its first AMs were elected in 2016, but its big issue is organisation on a local level. The former Welsh chair of the party, Chris Smart, has claimed the party is unravelling.
With no councillors in Wales currently, any seats won would be a boost.
If there is a natural home for UKIP in Wales, it may be the south east, where the party will want to capitalise on its strong showing at the general and assembly elections in Labour stamping grounds like Torfaen and Newport.
A big question at this election will be whether the EU referendum result will have any impact.
The Lib Dems will hope to rally voters around its strident pro-Remain views.
Plaid Cymru has pushed for years to expand its base in the south Wales valleys, but could its pro-EU stance damage those efforts in areas that voted heavily for Leave?
The same question could be raised of Labour, which is defending its running of councils in such areas.
But those parties may be helped by UKIP's difficulties, and the traditional weakness of the Conservatives in the Labour heartlands.
Most but not all councils count overnight. Nine out of the 22 will not start full counts until the next day.
Overnight counts:
Friday counts:
While laws are made at Westminster and the Welsh Assembly, councils operate services at a local level.
They do not run everything, but what they do run includes:
They also set rates of council tax.
Unlike the assembly elections, all councillors are elected on a first-past-the-post basis.
Voters in multi-member wards, though, would have the chance to select more than one councillor.
If you need to register to vote, you will need to do so by midnight on Thursday 13 April. You can do that at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
Alternatively, paper forms can be downloaded or collected from local registration offices and need to be completed and handed in before the offices close that day.
If you want a postal vote and have not had one before, you have to apply by 18 April.
New proxy vote applications need to be made by 25 April.


Police Scotland and the Scottish Football Association (SFA) have held talks to discuss allegations of child sex abuse within the sport.

Football has been shaken by claims from former players that they were abused by those in positions of authority.
The deputy first minister has called for the SFA to set up an independent inquiry.
Following the meeting, Police Scotland said it was the "investigative authority" for any reports of abuse.
The force said it was working with partnership organisations, including the SFA and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Scotland, to explore further ways of engaging with people who may have information about child sexual abuse within football.
Police Scotland confirmed the meeting took place but have stressed that they are the investigatory authority if there are allegations of sex abuse in football or anywhere else
So presumably that means that - at least at this stage - there will be no separate independent enquiry set up by the SFA.
And one survivors' group has told me that, for the first time, they've been invited to meet the SFA and the PFA in Glasgow, possibly as soon as tomorrow.
This chimes with the Police Scotland statement which says they want to look at further ways to engage with people who might be able to help their investigation.
Police forces from across the UK, including Police Scotland, are now looking into claims of historical sexual abuse within football.
More than 80 potential suspects and 98 clubs are involved, police chiefs have said.
On Friday, a BBC Scotland investigation revealed that former youth coach and referee Hugh Stevenson was allowed to carry on working in football for several years after being reported to police and the SFA over child sex offences.
After Monday's meeting, Det Ch Supt Lesley Boal, head of public protection at Police Scotland, said: "Police Scotland has met with a range of partners organisations over the last few weeks, including the SFA and the PFA Scotland to discuss our individual and collective ongoing commitment to those who have found the courage to report child sexual abuse within football.
"The intention of this group includes exploring further ways to engage with people who may have information about or may wish to report child sexual abuse within football.
"The group will assess how we can respond to any concerns at local community level and today's meeting cemented our lines of communication which will allow that information to be assessed in a timely and effective manner."
She added: "Police Scotland is however the investigatory authority in terms of any reports received with regard to child sexual abuse in football. Tackling child sexual crime and the abuse of children is a priority for Police Scotland."
Survivors' group White Flowers Alba has urged the Scottish government to set up a wide-ranging inquiry into child sex abuse.
Speaking on The Kaye Adams Programme, Andi Lavery, from the group, said: "The SFA can't police itself. It's up to the government to take leadership.
"We are a victims' group. As children we weren't listened to, as adults we aren't being listened to."
The English Football Association has commissioned an independent investigation into the way it dealt with abuse allegations and there have been calls for the SFA to set up a similar review.
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, the deputy first minister said he favoured such a move.
He added: "It should be conducted by an authoritative, independent, respected figure who will be able to look at these issues without fear or favour, and to examine all of the issues to the satisfaction of the wider debate within Scotland."
SNP MSP James Dornan told The Kaye Adams Programme he agreed that the SFA should set up and fund an independent inquiry.
He rejected calls to extend the Scottish government's inquiry into the abuse of children in care.
"If we continue to widen the inquiry, we will never get the conclusions that survivors demand and are entitled to," he said.
In a statement on Sunday, the SFA said: "We are open to the possibility of an independent review but with the right scope and terms of reference."
Opposition parties have called for the Scottish government, rather than the SFA, to take the lead on any inquiry.
Former Scottish justice minister Cathy Jamieson told BBC Radio Scotland it may be time for a wider inquiry into the historical sex abuse of children in Scotland, which the Scottish government or Holyrood could take the lead on.
"There will be, inevitably, some other organisation, or some other sphere, where historical abuse will raise its head," she said.
Speaking on the Good Morning Scotland programme, she added: "That is why it would be important to have an over-arching look at all these inquiries, and if government won't do that, and I believe they could have a role to do this, then perhaps the Parliament should step up and do it."


Drivers at a private ambulance company in Devon say they do not have enough time to provide a proper service.

NHS Devon said it was unacceptable patients were experiencing problems getting to and from appointments.
Two drivers, who did not want to be identified, told BBC News crews were under too much pressure to keep appointments.
NSL has provided non-emergency patient transport in the county since October 2013.
The drivers told BBC News they were often late because timings were wrong and crews were pressurised.
"I think the thing that strikes us all most is that NSL seem to have a profound lack of understanding of the fact they're transporting patients," said one driver.
"Some of them are very elderly and may be suffering from dementia, which makes them very vulnerable."
Another driver said he was late for patient collections every day.
"I feel upset for them, I really feel for them," he said.
Diana Baxter, a kidney dialysis patient from north Devon, said she sometimes had to wait two hours to be collected.
"It's very, very tiring because you're tired after your dialysis anyway, sometimes you're not feeling very well, and all you want to do is get home.
"If your transport is not well organised it really doesn't help. I've had to complain several times.
"All they're interested in is running their business."
NHS Devon and NSL said transport problems were "unacceptable" and they were monitoring the situation.
An NSL spokesman said 89% of outpatients and 94% of kidney patients were on time for appointments, excluding delays beyond the company's control.
The spokesman said that demand for transport was so high patients could not have sole use of vehicles unless they have specialist needs.
Patients who are not ready at their allotted collection time also cause delays, said the company.


The Chinese military has come up with some advice for would-be recruits on how to pass physical tests, sparking amusement among social media users.

In an online post, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) blamed overconsumption of fizzy drinks, excessive computer gaming and even masturbation for the poor health of young people.
It said physical test failure rates had reached an "alarming high", with at least half of the candidates failing in one city.
The military has been struggling to find recruits in recent years, despite its heavy promotion of patriotic "heroes" and military TV and film dramas.
The PLA's advice appeared on its official "ChinesePeoplesArmy" account on WeChat, a WhatsApp-like mobile messenger, on 19 August.
It cited data from a Chinese city where 56.9% of candidates failed their physicals, and recommended that potential candidates follow 10 basic principles:
The post quickly attracted widespread mockery, and thousands took to the popular microblog Sina Weibo to discuss it.
"Next year they'll be asking for circumcisions!" said one user. Another user said they suspected "having a birth mark is probably too much".
"How are there so many unhealthy people?" one user asked. Many people weighed in with why they would fail a PLA physical, mainly because of poor eyesight.
Others identified a decline in standards among young people. "Today's youths live too comfortably," said one user.
The military has staunchly defended its rigorous recruitment process, with the defence ministry saying it has "strict rules and procedures".
"The quality of our recruits is guaranteed and the headwaters of our military will flow long and strong," it added.
Many social media users, however, say they suspect that the post was intended to encourage enrolment because "money is not being sent to the army".
Last month, the Ministry of Defence announced plans to downsize the PLA from an estimated two million to one million.
It said this was intended to boost other branches of the military and to meet evolving security requirements, but some users speculated that it was because of falling numbers of recruits.
Poor conditions in the military have been highlighted in the media, with reports of low pay, bad food, poor prospects for marriage and difficulties in finding jobs after demobilisation.
The military has turned to unconventional means to try to boost recruitment, including releasing a rap music video last year.
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Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, says it will not sign a final peace agreement with the government by 23 March 2016 as both sides had previously announced.

A Farc negotiator told Colombian broadcaster Noticias Uno "there won't be a signing of the final agreement on 23 March".
He blamed the government for the delay.
The two sides have been holding peace talks for three years to end more than 50 years of armed conflict.
Senior Farc negotiator Jesus Santrich told Noticias Uno that the delay had been caused by government negotiators "changing the rules of the game".
The deadline of 23 March 2016 for the signing of a final agreement had been set by President Juan Manuel Santos on 23 September.
That day, the president travelled to Cuba to announce that the two sides had reached agreement on the issue of transitional justice, one of the thorniest on the agenda.
He and Farc leader Timochenko shook hands at the conference centre in Havana, where the talks have been taking place since November 2012.
A day later, however, another Farc negotiator, Ivan Marquez, was already casting doubt on the viability of the six-month deadline to sign a final agreement.
On Sunday, Jesus Santrich re-iterated those doubts.
He blamed government negotiator for the delay saying they had gone back on points which had already been agreed.
"That was a closed deal," Jesus Santrich said of the agreement on transitional justice.
"And then we had to discuss it twice more, and they [the government] came up with this made-up theory that this was just a draft," he said.
The government maintains the deal on transitional justice reached on 23 September only covered some points and that a comprehensive deal was only reached on 15 December.
The next item on the agenda will be the disarmament of the rebels.
An estimated 220,000 people have been killed as a result of the 51-year-long conflict and more than six million have been internally displaced.


Justin Bieber has scored his third UK number one single with the song Love Yourself.

The track, which was streamed 5.97 million times, knocked his previous chart topper, Sorry, to number two.
The last living artists to achieve the feat were The Beatles in 1963 with She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand.
Former number one Hello by Adele held firm at three, while Bieber's third track in the top five - What Do You Mean - was at four.
In the album chart, Adele's 25 retained her number one position thanks to another week of high sales.
The record sold 439,000 copies, outselling the rest of the top 10 combined.
Earlier this week, the Official Charts Company confirmed it was the fastest million-selling album in UK chart history, managing it in 10 days.
Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream and Bieber's Purpose remained at two and three, with Little Mix's Get Weird climbing two places to four.
Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh also rose three places to five.
The highest new entries came from The Vamps with Wake Up at 10 and The Corrs' first album in 10 years, White Light, at 11.
Christmas came early elsewhere in the singles chart, with Mariah Carey's 1994 hit All I Want For Christmas Is You re-entering the top 40 at 35.
Analysis - Mark Savage, music reporter
By replacing his own song at the top of the chart, Justin Bieber matches a feat previously achieved by The Beatles and Elvis.  But unlike them, he didn't do it by selling records - his position at the chart summit is mainly down to streaming.
When his album, Purpose, was released a fortnight ago, it broke records on Spotify, being played 205 million times in seven days. To put that in context - it's the equivalent of everyone in the world listening to Justin Bieber for a minute-and-a-half over the course of a week.
By contrast, the record only sold 90,596 copies in the UK - a figure that actually incorporates streaming data.
The contrast to Adele (800,307 first week sales, all on CD or download) is striking. Her audience skews older, towards people who grew up with CDs - hence her decision to withhold 25 from Spotify. ("It probably is the future," she told Rolling Stone earlier this week). Bieber, who was discovered on YouTube, is firmly part of the streaming generation.
None of that makes his achievement less impressive. Indeed, when you consider that, 12 months ago, his career was considered to be over, it's nothing short of a miracle.
Read more on Bieber's career resurrection.


Indian cartoonist Vishwajyoti Ghosh, who was friends with some of the Charlie Hebdo staff killed in Wednesday's attack, remembers a memorable day with courageous artists at the offices of the French satirical magazine.

A big round table, a generous spread of white paper and a few black markers - this was the first frame etched in my memory as I stepped into the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
The editorial meeting was under way early in the morning. Some of the artists had arrived, some were on their way. Ideation had begun.
As the cartoonists began thinking aloud, the editor stood by the white board noting ideas and themes for the coming edition.
So this is how it works, I said to myself, a 12-pager with only political cartoons, strips and a small editorial.
As the meeting progressed, more ideas and jokes were tossed back and forth across the table. Some of the cartoonists had already begun their day, now doodling furiously.
My friend Tignous rushed in, much like the boy who lives nearest to the school and eventually turns up last.
A quick look at the white board, the themes somewhat ringing a bell. Then the arms were out and black sketch pen was now committed to paper.
I was in France on an artist's residency at the time and had met Tignous through a friend.
It was 2004, the World Social Forum was happening in Mumbai and some of Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists were on their way there to cover the event.
Tignous introduced me, the cartoonist from India, and everyone looked up, hoping I might have something to say about the World Social Forum or France's latest intellectual fancy for Arundhati Roy. The Booker-winning Indian author had delivered a lecture at the Sorbonne about the Iraq war a few months earlier.
I smiled. I was introduced to the man next to me, Cabu. He had travelled to India too and had published a book of cartoons on India.
We chatted, talked about cities we had travelled to and the absurdities cartoonists often discover, if not look for.
By now, the paper's mandate was evident. Irreverence, care a damn and, most importantly, ridicule-the-ridiculous. Spare no one.
At the time a school girl  had been barred from wearing a hijab (veil) to school in France and the controversy had grabbed the headlines.
The entire nation was debating the story - and the cartoonists were drawing, poking at both sides of the debate.
Looking through many issues of the paper it was clear that no one would be spared - the god men, the institutions, the homophobes, religions and, of course, neither would Nicholas Sarkozy who was then pulling the strings as France's interior minister.
So here they were, a bunch of France's leading cartoonists vigorously expressing, ranting and laughing with their black markers.
In no time the cartoons were finding their way to the display board from where the best would make it to the paper.
The editor and the senior staff would have a word and discuss the pieces and then long debates would follow. Highly democratic and typically French.
After some time, Cabu turned to me and said: "Why don't you draw and put them up? Let's see if your humour's French enough."  I smiled and drew a few things - whether they were French enough I never found out although they were all very welcoming.
Tignous and I became very good friends over time despite not speaking each other's language.
His wife, being the translator, was often caught in the crossfire of translating our ridiculous jokes and digs.
A few years later I joined them at the Calcutta Book Fair where France was the guest country.
Along with other French cartoonists, our brief was simple - to bring out a daily tabloid about the city and the book fair, in cartoons.
The city fascinated him - the traffic, the honking taxis, the coffee house meetings and the filter-less Charminar cigarettes. Each of these came under his pen, the lines spontaneous and the humour erratic.
The conference room at the Alliance Francaise in the city was soon transformed much along the lines of Charlie Hebdo's editorial room. A bunch of creators, who loved having fun while making fun.
The charmed life of a cartoonist, did I think? For those men who ridiculed everything have now ridiculed death too, through their black markers permanently committed to their ideas of expression on white paper.
In times when the political cartoon becomes the easiest threat for the intolerant, the markers have the spirit in the ink to draw, critique, rant and ridicule.
We may agree or disagree with their politics, but I believe a thousand Charlie Hebdos are here to stay and make us laugh, think, hurt, debate and then laugh again.
Vishwajyoti Ghosh is a cartoonist/ graphic novelist based in Delhi


Security holes known as zero-day vulnerabilities can lie dormant for up to 10 years, a study has suggested.

And this means that hackers have plenty of time to develop sophisticated exploits for a range of software.
The study, from research organisation Rand, looked at 200 security flaws, 40% of which are not yet publicly known.
It comes as documents from Wikileaks suggest the CIA has collected a portfolio of zero-day vulnerabilities.
The study suggests:
Lillian Ablon, lead author of the study, said that "deciding whether to stockpile or publicly disclose a zero-day vulnerability is  game of trade-offs, particularly for governments".
"Looking at it from the perspective of national governments, if one's adversaries also know about the vulnerability, then publicly disclosing the flaw would help strengthen one's own defence by compelling the affected vendor to implement a patch and protect against the adversary using the vulnerability against them," Ms Ablon said.
"On the other hand, publicly disclosing a vulnerability that isn't known by one's adversaries gives them the upper hand, because the adversary could then protect against any attack using that vulnerability, while still keeping an inventory of vulnerabilities of which only it is aware of in reserve.
"In that case, stockpiling would be the best option."
Stuxnet, one of the most high profile pieces of malware in recent years, relied on four Microsoft zero-day exploits to compromise Iran's nuclear programme.
Wikileaks claims that, as of last year, the CIA has built up an arsenal of 24 Android zero-day vulnerabilities.
Google later said Android and Chrome users should be protected from many of the exploits, thanks to security updates and patches.
Art Swift, president of the PRPL Foundation, which champions open-source software, told the BBC: "The irony of these findings is that in the government's attempt to protect US citizens from cyber-attacks, it's actually exposing them to cybercriminals and nation-state attackers in the worst way.
"By using these flaws and encouraging vendor backdoors, it actually weakens the whole system."


Conservative AM Antoinette Sandbach has been selected as the party's Westminster candidate in a safe seat in Cheshire.

She was selected on Wednesday to fight Eddisbury, where the Tory majority was more than 13,000 in 2010.
If elected in May she would be the first AM to leave Cardiff Bay for a Parliamentary seat in England.
Departing MP Stephen O'Brien has a 13,255 majority.
Ms Sandbach, a north Wales regional AM since 2011, has said she intends to stand down from the assembly if elected.
She said she plans to donate her salary to charity during the campaign.
The constituency stretches from just outside Chester across to Winsford, before skirting around Crewe, Nantwich and Whitchurch.
Llandudno councillor Janet Haworth would take the north Wales regional seat in Cardiff Bay for the Conservatives without the need for a by-election.
Fellow Tory AMs Byron Davies and Mark Isherwood have already been selected as Westminster candidates to fight Gower and Delyn respectively.


Yorkshire are capable of winning the treble in 2016, according to all-rounder Will Rhodes.

The White Rose won the County Championship in 2014 and 2015 but have disappointed in the limited-overs forms of the game in the past two seasons.
"Every side goes into every season wanting to win every game they play and we see that as a realistic goal," Rhodes, 20, told BBC Radio Humberside.
"We believe we can win the treble but it will be a massive task."
He added: "Warwickshire came close in 2014 when they finished second in the County Championship, won the T20 and were runners-up in the One-Day Cup. They proved it can be done."
Rhodes opened the batting for Yorkshire at the start of 2015 while Adam Lyth was playing for England, and ended the season with 388 runs and eight wickets in nine matches.
The former England Under-19 international will spend a month in India before the 2016 season.
"I'm going out to India because batting against spin in limited-overs cricket was a big area for me to improve," said Rhodes.
"I'm really looking forward to getting out there. It's going to be a big challenge and a great trip.
"I'm hoping to pick up on some local knowledge because we don't really play on many spin-worthy pitches here."


Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ended a unilateral ceasefire with separatists in the east, saying: "We will attack, we will free our land."

Mr Poroshenko said the chance  to implement a peace plan was lost because of the "criminal activities" of pro-Russian militants.
The shaky 10-day ceasefire between the Ukrainian authorities and separatist groups had been due to end late Monday.
Both sides have accused each other of violating the truce.
Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted pro-Russian militia saying Ukrainian forces had resumed shelling the town of Kramatorsk.
"The decision not to continue the ceasefire is our answer to terrorists, militants and marauders," Mr Poroshenko said.
Earlier on Monday, the office of French President Francois Hollande said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to work together to establish a bilateral ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
It followed talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.
Armed pro-Russian rebels are occupying key buildings in towns and cities across the east, defying the government in Kiev.
Separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk have declared independence.
However, Ukrainian troops are besieging the insurgents in several areas.
European leaders and the US have urged Russia to use its influence with the rebels to end the violence and have threatened to impose another round of economic sanctions against senior Russian figures and businesses.
There had been hopes that the ceasefire would hold after the French presidency said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mr Poroshenko had agreed to work on "the adoption of an agreement on a bilateral ceasefire between Ukrainian authorities and separatists".
It followed a four-way teleconference between the two men, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mr Putin had earlier stressed the importance of extending the ceasefire, and called for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to play an "active role" in monitoring a truce.
However, the OSCE earlier said it was scaling back monitoring operations and freezing deployments to Ukraine's east.


Gregor Townsend has confirmed he turned down the opportunity to join the British and Irish Lions coaching staff for next year's New Zealand tour.

The Glasgow head coach will instead oversee Scotland's summer tour when he replaces Vern Cotter.
"It's a case of timing," said the 43-year-old.
"I feel hugely privileged to be given the Scotland job and our first opportunity to work with the players is at the same time as the Lions tour."
Lions head coach Warren Gatland will announce his assistant coaches next Wednesday.
Rob Howley, who is in charge of Wales in 2016-17 while Gatland concentrates on the Lions, is highly likely to again be the 2017 Lions backs coach.
England forwards coach Steve Borthwick and Ireland defence coach Andy Farrell are set to also be part of the Lions' backroom team.
Asked if he had been approached to join Gatland's team, Townsend said: "Yeah, a couple of weeks ago, and I was obviously flattered but my priority now is Glasgow and at the end of the season Scotland are going on tour so that's the priority then.
"To be approached was great and I'm sure Warren will talk about his coaching staff next week so I will leave him to talk about more details.
"I had a good think and didn't give an immediate answer. I really wanted to reflect on what was involved but I quickly realised that the Scotland tour of Australia is my number one priority at the end of this season.
"At international level you don't get that much access with the players, this is the most access you'll get with them - on a tour, you get to work with them, preparing them and spending time with them so that's the biggest factor on going on on tour."
Townsend, capped 82 times for Scotland, played in both wins over South Africa on the successful Lions tour of 1997.
And while he is looking forward to taking over the national side he hopes some of his star players will be absent.
"We had three Glasgow players on the last Lions tour, to get a similar number or more would be fantastic for us and Scottish rugby," he said.
"I want as many Scotland players as possible to be on tour with the Lions. It would be a brilliant experience, to learn from different coaches, to learn from different players and to take on the best team in world rugby."


Chelsea striker Diego Costa has told Football Focus he knows he is "no angel" on the pitch and he will not change his combative style of football.

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Costa has twice been banned for three games this year - after stamping on Liverpool's Emre Can and for a clash with Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny.
"I've got this far thanks to the way I play the game," said the 27-year-old Brazil-born Spain international.
"I'm not going to change that because of what people may think of it."
You can watch the full interview on BBC One's Football Focus on Saturday, 24 October at 12:10 BST.
Costa moved to Stamford Bridge in July 2014 from Atletico Madrid, and helped Chelsea win the Premier League and League Cup last season.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has suggested Costa should tone down his aggressive side, while Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accused the forward of always being "involved in provocation".
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque, meanwhile, described Costa's conduct during Chelsea's 2-0 win over the Gunners in September as "unedifying".
"I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all," said Costa. "People have to get used to this.
"Some people seem to think football is like theatre, and that everyone has to play the good guy.
"But I think that you transform when you cross the white line, you're not the same person as off it. I give no quarter and I ask for none. Out there I'm going to fight for my team and do the best I can.
"Afterwards, when the match is over, I have my family and my friends. I have fun like a normal person. But on the pitch don't try and put wings on me, as I am no angel."
Costa scored 20 times for Chelsea in 2014-15 but has managed just three goals so far this season.
He believes English referees give players less protection than their Spanish counterparts.
"I receive fouls that would result in yellow or red cards in Spain, but here it's seen as part of the game," he said.
"The countries have different footballing theories. But I'm not going to start complaining.
"It's my job to adapt to the culture and the way the game is played here, not to complain. I think that my efforts are there for all to see."
Defending champions Chelsea are 12th in the Premier League table, 10 points behind leaders Manchester City.
The Blues face West Ham on Saturday (15:00 BST kick-off), and Costa says his team's struggles are not down to a fragmented dressing room.
"Things aren't going so well for the team right now, but it's not because of the changing room," said Costa.
"The atmosphere is great. During the year I've spent here, there hasn't been one argument. There are normally disagreements in all changing rooms, but it hasn't happened here."
Costa said manager Jose Mourinho predicted Chelsea's difficulties in defending their title, with other teams "upping their game".
"Before the season started, the coach warned us," he said. "We had a meeting with him and he warned us about our mentality.
"Our coach is very clever - he saw the situation we are in at the moment before it happened."
Mourinho has denied reports of a rift between him and certain Chelsea players, saying there are "zero" problems.
Costa said: "What has surprised me with Mourinho is the affinity he has with his players.
"Everyone talks about Mourinho's image on the touchline, how serious and even arrogant he is.
"But he really has an affinity with his players in the changing room, on a day-to-day basis."


A supporter of leaving the EU admitted it could cause short-term troubles but claimed it would eventually be worth it.

Speaking in a debate organised by BBC Look North, Daily Mirror journalist and remain campaigner Kevin Maguire said leaving the EU would cause a recession.
But newspaper columnist and leave advocate Rod Liddle said the country would be better off in the long-run.
The EU Referendum will be held on 23 June.
The debate panel, which also consisted of Labour MP for Newcastle Central Chi Onwurah and Conservative MP for Berwick Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
Mr Maguire said: "If you leave you will disrupt the economy, there will be a recession, people will lose their jobs."
He also said it would be the poorer parts of society who would suffer the short-term troubles.
But Mr Liddle said it was "daft" and "ridiculous" for remain supporters to say "we will go to hell in a hand cart and it will be murderous" if Britain leaves the EU.
He said: "There is no doubt that in the short term there will be a bumpy ride, the Leave campaign should be a bit more honest about that, trade deals take time but we will be better off in the long run."
Ms Onwurah, a remain campaigner, said: "Rod and Leave can say it will be alright in time but the people who suffer when things go wrong with the economy are not the rich, they are poor people and young people who don't yet have a job."
Ms Trevelyan, who supports leaving, said the money being paid to the EU would be better spent by the UK government.


Two men have been charged with violent disorder offences following a demonstration in Cardiff city centre on Saturday.

South Wales Police said a May Day rally organised by the South Wales Anarchists group saw protestors enter the HSBC bank on Queen Street.
The two Cardiff men, aged 25 and 30, will appear in front of city magistrates on Monday.
They also face assault charges, including assaulting a police officer.


A legal battle is brewing between London boroughs and neighbouring towns over the rehousing of homeless people.

At least 20 London boroughs have moved families to places such as Luton, Basildon, Thurrock and Milton Keynes.
Luton housing chiefs say it is putting a huge additional strain on the town's resources.
But Waltham Forest Borough Council, which has placed 57 families in Luton, says budget cuts and an affordable housing shortage forces its hand.
Tom Shaw, Labour-run Luton Borough Council's housing portfolio holder, said the council had made a complaint to Waltham Forest about its placements in Luton.
"Look, we're not happy with this," he said. "That negotiation is going on at the moment at top director level and if that doesn't work we will contemplate legal action."
He said Luton has had to spend "thousands of pounds" on providing transport for the children of families arriving from the capital who then find the nearest school is already oversubscribed.
Waltham Forest said the shortage of suitable accommodation and increasing numbers of people coming to them in crisis meant it had few options other than out of borough placements.
Its cabinet member for housing, Khevyn Limbajee, said: "Rocketing prices in the private rented sector, government cuts to benefit caps and other changes to welfare and a lack of housing availability has resulted in our residents being priced out of the market and the number of homeless households in our borough rising rapidly.
"The number of households in temporary accommodation currently stands at over 2,000.
"We spoke to Luton Borough Council ahead of families being offered temporary accommodation there and subsequently notified the council of each individual placement, once confirmed".
Luton already has more than 10,000 on its housing waiting list and has had to put more than a 100 families into bed and breakfast accommodation.
A significant number of homeless families from Waltham Forest have been housed in a refurbished former office block called Cardiff House, which is about to be sold to a hedge fund as an "income generating asset".
Among those living there is Nicola Chapman and her four children, who arrived in Luton in June.
She said: "I got evicted from my home in Leyton and the council decided it would be best for me to come here for some unknown reason.
"I'm not happy at the moment, it is giving me really bad anxiety. Also, I am having to take one of my children to school every morning and it is a 40 minute walk away.
"I have no friends or family around here. I hope I get moved very quickly. The flat is tiny, it is more like a studio flat. It is very distressing for all of us."
At Cardiff House, the BBC spoke to one nine year old boy and his parents. He is yet to be found a place at school.
"I really miss my friends. I used to be able to walk to school. They are saying the nearest one, if it can take me, is five miles away. Or I will have to go to school in London."
Meanwhile Thurrock Council has taken more homeless families than any other area outside London.
At least 266 families are currently in the area, up from just 29 three years ago.
London boroughs are buying properties locally or paying Thurrock landlords to house their residents as tenants.
John Kent, leader of the council, said: "There is nothing we can do about either of these. But the first has the effect of reducing the number of homes available for local people to buy or rent and the second forces the cost of all local private rents through the roof."
The homeless charity Shelter said out of borough placements were unacceptable.
Campbell Robb, its chief executive, said: "Uprooting homeless families and sending them away from their jobs, schools and support networks should only ever be a last resort, but shockingly it's now the norm in London."


The EU is being urged to create an online register of drone owners.

The recommendation was made by the House of Lords EU Committee, which has been looking into what rules are needed to safeguard the use of unmanned aircraft.
It suggests the database would initially include businesses and other professional users, and then later expand to encompass consumers.
However, one expert questioned how useful such a register would be.
The committee's report warned that over-regulation risked stifling the drone industry, estimating that it could be responsible for creating as many as 150,000 jobs across Europe by 2050.
Even so, it suggested that creating the database would help the authorities manage and keep track of drone traffic.
In addition, it made several other recommendations, including:
"We have a huge opportunity to make Europe a world leader in drone technology," said committee chairwoman Baroness O'Cathain.
"But there's also a risk. It would just take one disastrous accident to destroy public confidence and set the whole industry back.
"So, we need to find ways to manage and keep track of drone traffic.
"That is why a key recommendation is that drone flights must be traceable, effectively through an online database, which the general public could access via an app."
The UK's current regulations are set by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
It prohibits unmanned aircraft from flying closer than 150m (492ft) to any congested area, or within 50m (164ft) of any vessel, vehicle or structure that is not in the control of the person in charge of the aircraft.
The CAA typically bans the use of drones weighing over 20kg (44lb), but lower than that weight they can be used if they remain in the operator's line of sight.
A report by the University of Birmingham last year noted that awareness and observance of the regulations was "limited in practice", and added that the UK's Air Traffic Control's system were inadequate to cope with the expected rise in the use of the aircraft.
One of the experts quoted in the report told the BBC he was concerned that the Lords' suggestions did not go far enough.
"Law abiding citizens are likely to register, but it would be very difficult to stop terrorists and other criminals from purchasing drones abroad and then using them here," said Prof David Dunn, who has written about the matter for The Royal Institute of International Affairs.
"The technologies have the capacity to crash into people and kill them, as they have done in the States," he added, referring to a case involving a remote controlled helicopter.
"Or, indeed they can potentially be used to fly into the engines of jets creating a mechanical bird-strike effect. Some of them can be used to carry 1kg [2.2lb] of weight - so they could be used to carry explosives or indeed to spray vapour.
"Up until now it was expensive and required skill to be able to fly an aircraft - which acted as a form a regulation in itself. Now, you can fly these things relatively easily over people's heads.
"I'm not sure this has been thought through as much as it might have been."
By contrast, the committee highlights drones' potential for good - carrying out "dull, dirty or dangerous jobs" including goods deliveries, search-and-rescue operations and geographic surveys.
The Economist newspaper has also pointed out that drones can be used to improve - rather than threaten - public safety, by making it relatively cheap to inspect wind turbines for cracks and carry out power-line inspections.
However, one expert from Imperial College noted that if the EU's use of drones rose as quickly as the Lords suggested, then the public's tolerance for related accidents would likely be put to the test.
"It's the scale of the accidents that I'm worried about," explained Dr Ravi Vaidyanathan.
"If a drone flying at relatively low speed scratches the side of my car and I have to get it fixed, but the drone's owner or manufacturer's insurance covers the costs, then I think there is a high tolerance for things like that.
"But if, for example, a drone cuts someone or hits the windshield of a car forcing it off the road, then I don't think the public is going to accept that."


Glasgow and Dumbarton power generator Aggreko saw its share price dip sharply after a warning that it's going to under-shoot its profit target.

A statement to the stock exchange on Friday morning said it was facing problems with the conditions attached to a contract in Bangladesh.
It is also facing challenges from the break-down of security in Yemen.
In North America, it has suffered the impact of the slump in the North American shale oil and gas sector.
It is now being hit by a slump in offshore power provision in the Gulf of Mexico.
Aggreko's statement profits this year are likely to be between £250m and £270m - at least 8% lower than previously forecast in a poll of business analysts. In response, the share price fell 12%.
Chris Weston, the chief executive, will issue results for the first half of this year, setting out his plans and priorities.
The under-shoot in financial performance could hit production at the Aggreko plant in Dumbarton, where its generators are assembled.
A statement in May said: "We anticipate fleet capital expenditure to be around £300m for the full year, with £140m now expected in the first half, reflecting planned investment in our gas fleet.
"As we have said in the past, our model allows us to flex this number up and down, and we will continue to do this based on the opportunities that we see in front of us."


Dealing with acute social problems affecting children and young people in England and Wales costs £17bn a year of public money, suggests research.

Some of the cash would be better spent on addressing the root causes of problems, argues the report by the charity Early Intervention Foundation.
Prevention would not only save money but could "transform children's lives", say the authors.
The government said it had taken action to improve all children's chances
The researchers analysed official statistics on the costs of addressing social problems including mental health issues, going into care, unemployment and youth crime.
Of the £17bn total, some £5bn is spent each year on children in care, £4bn on benefits for 18- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training and another £900m on helping young people with mental health issues or drug and alcohol problems, say the authors.
Local authorities bear the largest share of these costs at £6.5bn while welfare spending is £3.7bn.
The NHS, schools, police and the criminal justice system also share the bill.
The authors say making children and their families wait for help until their problems are acute is both expensive and ineffective. Late intervention "rarely turns lives around", they warn
"What these figures represent is merely the immediate impact on the taxpayer of thousands of lives blighted by thwarted potential and missed opportunities."
The focus should shift "from picking up the pieces to giving everyone the best start in life", they argue.
"Many of these children and young people might have had a different journey if they or their family had received the right help at an earlier time."
The report challenges the next government to redirect resources into prevention, with late intervention spending reduced by 10% or £1.7bn.
It says agencies should must co-ordinate services better, "to put those most in need at the centre", avoiding duplication and waste.
Early Intervention Foundation chief executive Carey Oppenheim said: "Our research lays bare how much the government spends each year tackling the social problems that early intervention is designed to prevent.
"Yet our public services remain increasingly geared towards picking up the pieces from the harmful and costly consequences of failure."
Sir Tony Hawkhead, chief executive of Action for Children, called the report an "impressive economic analysis".
"It serves as a stark reminder of the great human cost of social problems that are all too often preventable if we act earlier."
Local authorities said they recognised the benefits of early intervention but struggled to deliver it under the current funding system.
"All too often the savings from investment by one agency are recouped by another, resulting in disincentives to invest in early intervention," said councillor David Simmonds, chairman of the Local Government Association's children and young people board.
Mr Simmonds said it was essential money was "available flexibly to local communities where it can be most effectively put to use".
"We urgently need to reform how funding is allocated across local services to encourage joint working and savings to encourage investment in early intervention that shifts the balance from crisis spend towards prevention."
The government said it had increased early intervention funding, introduced free early education for disadvantaged two-year-olds, placed a fresh focus on improving young people's mental health, and driven up school standards.
"Our plan is working. The number of young people not in education or training is now at its lowest level since records began, youth unemployment has been falling dramatically, fewer young people are entering the criminal justice system, children in care are doing better at school and absences have decreased, foster children can now stay at home until 21, and this year a record number of children found places in stable, loving homes through adoption.
"We give councils the freedom to use their funding to meet the needs of young people in their area.
"We know the best councils take advantage of this to look for innovative ways to intervene and avoid problems later on.
"The earlier we can tackle issues the better, but this must be based on clear evidence. This is precisely why we set up the Early Intervention Foundation to advise on how best to respond to this challenge."


Tottenham kept up the pressure on leaders Chelsea with an impressive home victory over Watford, their sixth consecutive Premier League win.

Watford had started brightly, but Dele Alli's sumptuous strike - curled into the top corner after Son Heung-min's pass - signalled their quick decline.
Within just 11 more minutes they were three behind as Eric Dier smashed in from Son's deflected cross, before the South Korea forward added a third just before the break, firing in a rasping drive following Christian Eriksen's pass.
After half-time it was much the same story, with Watford only threatening in isolated moments, and Son further confirmed Spurs' dominance by meeting Kieran Trippier's perfect cross with a lovely half-volley at the far post.
Harry Kane, returning as a second-half substitute, struck the bar with an injury-time free-kick - the last kick of the game - and Son might have sealed his hat-trick from his earlier pass.
Mauricio Pochettino's side remain seven points adrift of Chelsea, who beat Bournemouth 3-1 later on Saturday.
But they are 14 points clear of fifth-placed Arsenal, who have two games in hand and play at Crystal Palace on Monday (20:00). Spurs have not finished above their north London rivals since 1995.
It was Vincent Janssen who led the line in Kane's absence from the starting line-up - and the Netherlands international missed another easy chance for the game's opening goal.
Trippier - one of the standout performers, his delivery was brilliant throughout - crossed low from the right flank, taking out goalkeeper and defence, but Janssen could only awkwardly divert the ball onto the bar via the top of his thigh with the goal at his mercy.
His only goal in 23 Premier League games, since a £17m summer arrival from AZ Alkmaar, remains a penalty against Leicester in October - and he was once again overshadowed by the dynamic and far more clinical Son.
Son's second goal was particularly admirable, diverting another superb Trippier ball into the back of the net with a deftly controlled finish.
But the pick of the bunch was undoubtedly Alli's. The England midfielder's excellent season continued with a 13th goal from his past 15 league games. You will struggle to see a better one this weekend.
Watford beat Arsenal 2-1 away in late January, but this performance was a world away.
They might claim mitigating circumstances - it was something of a makeshift defence with Miguel Britos suspended and Younes Kaboul and Sebastian Prodl both injured - but once their positive start had faded, Spurs picked them off with ease.
Walter Mazzarri's side had moved up to 10th in the league with two wins in a row, easing pressure on their manager, but the Italian will still be concerned by the possibility of a slide down the table in their remaining seven games.
Mazzarri has said he wants to stay, but the fate of Quique Sanchez Flores, who was fired at the end of last season with the club in 13th, will surely be at the forefront of his mind.
Tottenham, whose last league title came in 1961, need Chelsea to drop points if they are to overtake the Blues at the top of the league.
But even if they do not, a second-placed finish - which would be their highest in the Premier League - is looking likely.
Ex-Wales striker John Hartson on BBC Radio 5 live:
"I would use the word sensational for Son. Every time he had the ball, other than his miss from that Harry Kane pass, he's been really, really good. A top class player and he got a big bear hug from his manager."
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "Many things impressed me, we played really well. It is a massive result for us. We will keep pushing and keep believing.
"The team deserve full credit because the energy was fantastic. It was 4-0 but we deserved more goals. The players spoke for me on the pitch and I am very proud of that performance.
"We're second and the gap now is four but Chelsea have one game more to play. We will try to be there if Chelsea fail."
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Watford manager Walter Mazzarri: "We started really well and were playing at the same level as Tottenham, who are a phenomenal side. But it was really difficult after the three goals, that cut our legs.
"We had players who were tired from playing many games, it was a pity. But taking everything into consideration we are happy, and we have to look forward.
"We now have seven finals to play, and we are looking forward to building on this next year."
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Tottenham play Bournemouth at home in the Premier League next Saturday, when Watford host relegation-threatened Swansea City.
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 4, Watford 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 4, Watford 0.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Cathcart (Watford).
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Craig Cathcart.
Foul by Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur).
Isaac Success (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Josh Onomah replaces Son Heung-Min.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Kieran Trippier.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
Substitution, Watford. Christian Kabasele replaces Stefano Okaka.
Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Foul by Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Troy Deeney (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur).
M'Baye Niang (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Moussa Sissoko replaces Mousa Dembélé.
Attempt missed. Troy Deeney (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by José Holebas with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld.
Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaac Success (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Nordin Amrabat.
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by José Holebas (Watford).
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Ben Davies.
Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur).
Adrian Mariappa (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Isaac Success (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefano Okaka.
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Juan Zuñiga (Watford).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane replaces Vincent Janssen.
Substitution, Watford. Juan Zuñiga replaces Abdoulaye Doucouré.
Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tom Cleverley (Watford).
Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaac Success (Watford).
Goal!  Tottenham Hotspur 4, Watford 0. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross.


Swansea City are playing down reports of potential foreign investment coming in to the club.

But they are looking at possible overseas sponsorship avenues.
That response came after reports the Swans are talking to possible investors from USA, Russia and Asia.
A club spokesman told BBC Wales the board: "always speaks to anyone who knocks on the door" as they continue to try to compete with richer Premier League rivals.
According to reports the Swans are holding discussions with potential foreign investors who might be interested in injecting funds into the club.
The club, who are in their fourth Premier League season, survive mainly on television money and transfers.
And chairman Huw Jenkins said in September that Swansea were "miles behind" most of their rivals in terms of commercial income.
Swansea City currently sit fifth in the Premier League table six points behind leaders Chelsea after drawing 0-0 at Sunderland last weekend.


The basement of a 12th century castle has been explored by English Heritage for the first time.

18 July 2016 Last updated at 21:05 BST
Conisbrough Castle in South Yorkshire, built in 1175, is famous for the settings of Ivanhoe stories.
English Heritage volunteers were helped 30ft down into the bowels of the building's by a mine rescue team.
English Heritage said it was a "once in a lifetime" experience.


Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker says his old club "are on the edge of sporting immortality".

The Foxes, fighting relegation last year, are top of the Premier League with nine games to go.
They can go five points clear if they win their game in hand against Rafa Benitez's Newcastle on Monday.
"They are on the edge of sporting immortality," he said. "I don't think I have ever wanted something to happen more in sport in my entire life."
Writing for The Guardian, Lineker admitted he was wrong to be sceptical about the appointment of Claudio Ranieri, who succeeded Nigel Pearson as Leicester boss in July last year.
The Match of the Day presenter said he thought the 64-year-old Italian was an "uninspired choice" when he arrived after a spell as Greece boss.
"Oh how wrong I was," said former England captain Lineker. "How wonderfully, spectacularly, blissfully wrong."
Leicester were at the foot of the table with seven games remaining of the last campaign under Pearson, and Lineker says Ranieri has been "inspirational" in the club's rise from bottom to top.
"What we are witnessing, should Leicester go on to win the title, is quite possibly the most unlikely triumph in the history of team sport," added Lineker, who began his career with his home-town club.
"A collection of individuals who couldn't win a football match for love nor money a year ago have turned into an invincible force.
"A team with a spirit and togetherness the like of which the game has seldom seen.
"All beautifully held together by the canny, inspirational - yes, inspirational - Tinkerman."
Ranieri, who earned the nickname 'Tinkerman' while he was in charge of Chelsea as a result of his frequent squad rotation, has never guided a side to a top-flight title.
Lineker, part of an Everton team beaten to the title on the last day by Liverpool in 1986, has warned Leicester's current crop the pressure is about to rise.
"With expectation comes danger," added the 1986 World Cup Golden Boot winner. "They have, though, shown no fear thus far. No sign of wavering under the magnitude of what they might achieve."
The former Barcelona striker has witnessed more lows than highs in five decades as a Foxes fan, including attending an FA Cup final defeat to Manchester City and watching his boyhood club dip into League One as recently as the 2008-09 season.
But this Leicester side have lost just three Premier League games all season, compared to 19 last term.
"I watched Leicester City lose in the 1969 FA Cup final with my dad and granddad when I was eight and cried all the way home," said Lineker.
"I have seen them get promoted and relegated. I played for them for eight years. I even got a group of like-minded fans and friends to stump up a few quid to salvage the club when they went into liquidation.
"But nothing compares to this. Nothing. Things like this just do not happen to clubs like mine."


A lorry driver has been cleared of causing the death by dangerous driving of a cyclist on a Devon road.

John Noble, 43, had already admitted the lesser charge of causing the death of Chris Dennehy, 58, by careless driving on the A38 near Lee Mill.
But he was found not guilty of the more serious charge after a trial at Plymouth Crown Court.
Noble, of Horrabridge, Devon, will be sentenced at a later date after pre-sentence reports are prepared.
The court had earlier been told Noble had reached over for his mobile phone moments before he struck and killed Mr Dennehy, from Plympton, on 5 September last year.
His lorry was travelling 54mph along the straight road when the victim was struck by the nearside wing, said prosecutor Piers Norsworthy.
The victim was wearing a high-visibility jacket and a white helmet.
Mr Dennehy had worked at Tescos at Lee Mill for 35 years and rode to work daily.


The Scottish Football Association has said it is "appalled" by scenes of disorder after Hibs' historic victory over Rangers in the Scottish Cup final.

Fans spilled on to the pitch after the Edinburgh side beat the Ibrox club 3-2 with a late goal in injury time.
Rangers said some of their players and staff were assaulted. The club has condemned what it described as the "disgraceful behaviour of Hibs fans".
The SFA said a full investigation into the crowd trouble would be carried out.
Police Scotland described the behaviour of some fans as "totally unacceptable and inexcusable".
The force said a dedicated investigation team was being set up to identify those involved in acts of disorder and violence.
Hibs chairman Rod Petrie told BBC Scotland what happened was "deeply disappointing".
A late header from David Gray saw Hibernian end their 114-year wait to lift the Scottish Cup.
Anthony Stokes scored twice for Hibs, with Rangers goals from Kenny Miller and Andy Halliday.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan said: "Scottish FA is appalled by the scenes of disorder on the field immediately after full time and at the contemptible behaviour that ensued.
"What should have been an historic, memorable Scottish Cup final will now, sadly, be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
"The Scottish FA, along with Police Scotland and the stadium management have initiated a full investigation into the scenes that unfolded to understand how such a volume of supporters were able to enter the field."
Rangers said some of their players and staff had been assaulted by Hibs fans as they tried to leave the pitch. The team received their runners-up medals in the dressing room.
As Hibs fans returned to the stands part of the pitch was ripped up and the goal posts were broken by people climbing on them.
The invasion delayed the presentation of the trophy and there was no lap of honour by the Hibernian players.
A statement from Rangers condemned the "disgraceful behaviour of Hibs fans".
A spokesman said: "Rangers players and staff were assaulted by these fans who invaded the pitch and in the interests of their safety could not return to the pitch for the medal presentation.
"There can be no place for the violent behaviour witnessed at the end of the final and Rangers fully expect the Scottish Football Association and Police Scotland to launch an investigation to find out where security measures failed.
"The club would like to commend Rangers fans for the restraint they showed under severe provocation."
In a post match interview with BBC Scotland, Hibs chairman Mr Petrie said: "It is deeply disappointing that this happened. It shouldn't have happened.
"The images should have been about the club celebrating the win as opposed to any other aspect of it.
"The fact that it has happened, then you have to look at what the response was to it and the response seemed to be entirely professional, to contain the incursions on to the pitch and eventually to put people back into their seats."
Ch Supt Kenny MacDonald of Police Scotland said: "Officers, including the force's mounted branch, responded and brought the matter under control as quickly as possible.
"We understand that feelings run high at these events and fans want to celebrate their team's win, however the reckless behaviour of fans entering the pitch is totally unacceptable and inexcusable. This created a significant safety issue.
"This action led to an outbreak of disorder between rival fans on the pitch. A dedicated investigation team is being set up to identify those who have carried out these acts of disorder and violence."
Police horses were last needed at the 1980 Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Rangers.