Netflix has gone live in nearly every country in the world.

Article: Network Rail is lowering the track and carrying out platform modifications, in preparation for the electrification of the Great Western Main Line.
The line will be shut from Saturday until early on 11 April. Keynsham and Oldfield Park stations will be closed.
It is part of a Â£2.8bn project to electrify the line between London and South Wales.
Andy Haynes from Network Rail said: "Once completed, the residents of Bristol and Bath will be a step closer to the benefits that electrification will bring.
"These include faster trains with more seats and more legroom, and less noise and cleaner air for those who live close to the railway line.
"In addition, faster journeys and the ability to move more people by train will also benefit businesses in the area, helping to drive economic growth across the south west."
Regular rail replacement bus services will run between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads while the line is shut.

Summary: The main railway line between Bristol and Bath has been closed while planned engineering work takes place.
###
Article: The foreign secretary's spokesman said Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable should stop "making stuff up" after he claimed  Mr Johnson might quit his role.
Sir Vince's comment came amid reports of cabinet differences over what will happen to immigration after Brexit.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC he "didn't recognise the picture" of Cabinet splits being reported.
The latest prompt for reports of splits came after International Trade Secretary Liam Fox insisted the cabinet had not agreed a deal on a three-year transitional period after the UK's departure in March 2019 in which free movement would continue in all but name.
He told the Sunday Times the unregulated free movement of labour after Brexit would "not keep faith" with last year's EU referendum result.
On Friday, Chancellor Philip Hammond acknowledged that rules requiring the free movement of people within the EU - which the UK is signed up to as an EU member - would no longer apply after Brexit and all EU nationals coming to the UK after its exit would be expected to register.
However, he said it would take "some time" before a system of full migration controls was established and British firms must be able to "get on with their lives" without "massive disruption" - prompting speculation that the status quo would pretty much continue until 2022.
Sir Vince, whose party opposed Brexit and wants another referendum on the final Brexit settlement, has challenged Mr Johnson to say publicly whether he would back a settlement in which free movement continued until the date of the next election, scheduled for May 2022.
He suggested there was a state of "civil war" between "fundamentalists and pragmatists" in the cabinet and questioned which side of the table Mr Johnson - who was a prominent Leave supporter in the referendum but is regarded as being liberal on immigration - was sitting.
"There is no Cabinet consensus for moderation," he said on Sunday. "And the rumours of Boris Johnson being about to resign fuel the uncertainty."
Responding to the claims,...

Summary: Boris Johnson has said suggestions he could resign from the cabinet over Brexit tensions are "lies".
###
Article: Results from 30,000 users of the English Dialects app have been analysed by developers at Cambridge University.
People from 4,000 locations answered questions about the pronunciation of words such as "scone".
Initial results showed more people now speak with accents similar to those in London and the south-east of England.
More news from Cambridgeshire
They were compared with dialects studied more than 50 years ago by researchers at the University of Leeds in a decade-long field study of accents, called the Survey of English Dialects.
The app, developed with researchers in Zurich and Bern, asked questions about the pronunciation of 26 words and how they described certain nouns, such as a splinter.
During the 1950s there were about 10 commonly-used words to describe a tiny piece of wood that gets stuck under the skin, including "spell" and "sliver".
But according to app users, many appear to have died out, with only those in north-east England sticking to their own version - "spelk".
Other examples looked at how people pronounce the "u" in "butter" and the "r" in "arm".
Results showed there had been a "noticeable" shift since the 1950s towards pronunciations more commonly found in London and the south-east of the country.
"When it comes to language change in England, our results confirm that there is a clear pattern of levelling towards the English of the south-east," said Dr Adrian Leemann, a linguistics researcher at Cambridge University.
"More and more people are using and pronouncing words in the way that people from London and the south-east do."
Researchers concluded "regional differences" were disappearing, "some quite quickly", although people in the north-east of England seemed to be "more resistant to the patterns of overall levelling in dialect".
It put the shift in speech patterns down to "greater geographic mobility" in the decades since the 1950s survey.
Further results from the app will continue to be analysed.

Summary: Distinctive regional accents appear to have declined since the 1950s with more people now sounding like "southerners", researchers have concluded.
###
Article: Officials thought the bill would save £4.8m over four years but Lifelong Learning Minister Alun Davies said it is now expected to cost £8.2m.
Plaid's Simon Thomas said the change suggested a "serious miscalculation".
The Welsh Government said the bill is still expected to save more money than the existing system.
Mr Davies outlined the changes in a letter to two assembly committees.
It came after a charity disputed the Welsh Government's figure for the cost to councils of resolving disagreements over the provision of help for children with special educational needs.
SNAP Cymru, which provides resolution services to most of Wales' councils, told AMs earlier this year that one of the figures which appeared in the bill's regulatory impact assessment had "no basis in reality".
The proposed law's passage through the assembly has now been delayed until officials complete work to revise the figures - following a request from Mr Thomas to allow AMs to look at them again - with the bill not to return before the autumn.
If passed, the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill will set up a single system - called an individual development plan - to replace "statements" which currently address the needs of an individual aged up to 25.
It will also allow parents and young people to appeal to the special educational needs (SEN) tribunal, set to be renamed the Educational Tribunal for Wales.
Originally, the impact assessment suggested it could save £4.8m over four years, with the savings outweighing the costs.
Estimated savings were expected to be achieved from provisions in the bill which aim to remove the current adversarial nature of the statement process, the document said.
But in his letter, Mr Davies said that estimated savings had fallen from £14m over four years to £3.6m.
The overall cost of the bill had changed from a saving of £4.8m to a cost of £8.2m.
He said the figures were revised after new figures from SNAP Cymru suggested a reduction in the number of cases of dispute resolution and the...

Summary: A Senedd bill revamping the special education needs system will cost £13.1m more than previously thought, according to the Welsh Government.
###
Article: The firm announced it had switched on its service in 130 additional countries.
It said it was still trying to expand to China. The other exceptions are North Korea, Syria and Crimea, where it is banned from operating by US law.
The announcement was made by the firm's chief executive Reed Hastings at his keynote speech at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
He also confirmed that Netflix would begin offering HDR (high dynamic range) content later this year.
The company's shares closed the day more than 9% higher.
"We were expecting Netflix to go everywhere, but this has happened more quickly than we thought," commented Fernando Elizalde from the tech consultancy Gartner.
"Until now, the firm had been doing it in phased stages because of the costs of marketing and dubbing or subtitling the content.
"But it's worth remembering that in some of the emerging economies it will only be people in urban areas that will be able to use it because of limited internet availability."
Mr Hastings said Netflix was in talks with the Chinese government, but acknowledged it would take time to reach an agreement.
"It's a very large country, you know a billion Chinese that we want to give access to the Netflix content," he said.
"In China you need specific permission from the government to operate, so we are continuing to work on that and we are very patient."
But one company watcher had doubts.
"China is going to be a tough nut to crack given that that three strong domestic services already exist," said Mike Goodman from Strategy Analytics.
As part of its expansion, Netflix has added support for Korean, Chinese and Arabic to its list of supported languages.
That brings the total number - in which the firm provides subtitles, captions and alternative audio - to 21 languages.
Mr Hastings added that Netflix would initially focus on expanding the reach of its existing content rather than commissioning extra locally-made shows.
For consumers who already have Netflix, the biggest change may be the addition of HDR.
High dynamic range video...

Summary:


Three men have been jailed for sexually exploiting a teenage girl in Hertfordshire.

Article: Chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, Crispin Blunt, said ministers' response was "troubling", as he believed similar mistakes could be made in future.
In September, the committee said the UK had lacked a coherent strategy and intelligence had not been "accurate".
But the government disagreed, saying the coalition's actions saved lives.
An international coalition led by Britain and France launched a campaign of air and missile strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in March 2011 after the regime threatened to attack the rebel-held city of Benghazi.
But after Gaddafi was toppled, Libya descended into violence, with rival governments and the formation of hundreds of militias.
And so-called Islamic State, also known as Isil and Daesh, gained a foothold.
In its report in September, the foreign affairs committee criticised David Cameron, prime minister at the time, saying he had been ultimately responsible for failing to develop a coherent Libya strategy.
It said UK strategy was based on erroneous assumptions and an incomplete understanding of the evidence and ministers should have foreseen that militant extremist groups would attempt to benefit from the rebellion.
'Inadequate plans for stabilisation'
But Conservative MP Mr Blunt said the MPs on his committee "do not accept that it understood the implications" of intervening in Libya - including the rise of Islamist extremism.
He said its response had failed to "work through the logic" of the evidence heard by the committee and was "yet to appreciate the lessons from our experience in Libya including our lack of country knowledge amongst those drafting and deciding policy".
"This is troubling, because Libya should inform the development of future UK foreign policy," he said, adding there should have been a "robust process of self-examination in government to improve future performance".
"I believe we are about to repeat the failure to have adequate plans and resources for stabilisation in Mosul. Libya should have taught us these lessons."
He also...

Summary: The UK government appears not to have learned the lessons from its 2011 Libya intervention, say MPs.
###
Article: A justice ministry statement cited by state media said the offices of the Wefaq National Islamic Society had also been closed and its assets frozen.
A lawyer for Wefaq, whose leader has been jailed for inciting unrest, said the move had came "out of the blue".
Wefaq has helped lead pro-democracy protests in the country since 2011.
That February, demonstrators took to the streets to demand greater political rights and an end to discrimination against the Shia majority.
The following month, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa brought in troops from neighbouring Sunni-led Gulf states to restore order and crush dissent. The unrest left at least 30 civilians and five policemen dead.
Opposition activists say dozens of people have been killed in ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces, while bomb attacks blamed on Iran-backed militants have left a number of police officers dead.
The justice ministry statement published by the official Bahrain News Agency said it had filed a request with a court to suspend Wefaq to "safeguard the security of the kingdom"
A lawyer for Wefaq, Abdullah al-Shamlawi, told the Associated Press news agency that he had been served court papers on Tuesday morning that alleged the grouping had damaged Bahrain's national security since its inception in 2001 and also included claims that it caused unrest during the 2011 uprising.
Within hours, the court had approved the justice ministry's request, he said.
Mr Shamlawi added the court had scheduled a hearing for 6 October to decide whether to "liquidate" Wefaq.
Wefaq is Bahrain's largest legally recognised opposition political society and says it advocates non-violent activism.
Last month, an appeal court more than doubled the prison sentence of Wefaq's secretary-general from four years to nine, overturning a trial court's decision to acquit Sheikh Salman of advocating the overthrow of the government by force.
The appeal court increased the sentence despite what Human Rights Watch said was strong evidence that his trial was unfair and...

Summary: The government in Bahrain has suspended all activities by the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom's leading Shia Muslim opposition grouping.
###
Article: One Connect Ltd added a 20% mark-up to the tender price, a report by council (LCC) treasurer Gill Kilpatrick said.
Labour's deputy council leader David Borrow, said the firm was "not acting in LCC's interests".
But, Tory group leader Geoff Driver, leader when the contract was developed, said the report had "no evidence".
Tunstall Healthcare Ltd was selected for the contract to provide homecare alarm systems for the elderly and people with disabilities, in April.
But, it did not sign the deal and instead raised concerns with the council about the way the contract had been put together.
Following a review, councillors put the deal on hold and the authority's in-house provider continued to provide the services.
The report said there was "little evidence the deal offered best value for money".
By Chris RiderBBC Lancashire political reporter
Now the debates at County Hall  have been quite heated in recent times and this report will certainly add some fuel to the fire.
One Connect is not a name well know in the public domain -  maybe it is only known to councillors - but the firm has been at the centre of attention.  Many questions still remain and we still have the police involved.
It appears the Conservative leader Geoff Driver has been reading a different report to Labour council leader Jennifer Mein.
It was put together by the County Treasurer so is not strictly an independent report and there is certain to be some political fall out.
It concluded One Connect had marked up costs on Tunstall's tendered price by an average of 20%.
It also stated there was a lack of transparency in procurement processes operated by One Connect and a failure by the firm to secure best deal financially for LCC.
"It is of concern that, on the face of it, One Connect had used this position to secure financial benefits for itself... at the expense of LCC," the report said.
"This is evident from the mark-up of prices tendered by Tunstall and One Connect's inflexibility to address material concerns raised by Tunstall over the contracting...

Summary: A company brought in to save Lancashire County Council money actually intended to charge an extra £1.4m on a deal it negotiated, the council claims.
###
Article: Bicester Village Station has been rebuilt from the former Bicester Town station, to form part of Chiltern Railway's new Â£130m Oxford to London Marylebone rail link.
Rob Brighouse, managing director at Chiltern Railways, said: "The team has been working exceptionally hard to reach this significant milestone."
The station is due to open in October.
Two trains an hour will run to London from Bicester Village station, with a fastest journey time of 46 minutes at peak times, Chiltern Railways said.
The new station has two new platforms, a rebuilt car park, and a new approach road.
Andy Milne, senior programme engineer at Network Rail, called it a "real step forward in reconnecting the railway from Oxford and Bicester towards Bletchley, Milton Keynes and Bedford, bringing huge economic benefits to the whole area".
Mr Brighouse said the rail link would be the first "between a major British city [Oxford] and London for over 100 years".
The renaming of the station was met with criticism by some residents, who felt it took focus away from the town in favour of Bicester Village, a popular retail outlet to out-of town-shoppers.
The town's other station is Bicester North on the Chiltern Main Line.

Summary: The structure of a new railway station in an Oxfordshire market town has been completed.
###
Article: Alistair Spagnoletti, 21, of Luton, and Curtis Walker, 23, of Watford, pleaded guilty to controlling a child at Harrow Crown Court.
Callum Ward, 19, of Watford, was found guilty of the same charge.
Police said the men groomed a 17-year-old girl into prostitution in one of the most "damaging" cases of child sexual exploitation they had seen.
Det Sgt Iain MacPherson, of Hertfordshire police, said: "This is one of the most damaging cases of child sexual exploitation we have encountered in Hertfordshire.
"It has also been an extremely complex case. These men had groomed their 17-year-old victim into having sex with men for money which they took, she believed that by providing her with food, drink, drugs, they were looking after her and they were people she could trust.
"The power they wielded over her was so great that she felt she could not support police action against them. Sadly she may never recover from what they have done to her.
"These acts are deplorable and I am in no doubt these men pose a risk to other children. It is right they are now serving time in prison."
Spagnoletti, of Wauluds Drive, Luton, was jailed for six years and eight months. Walker, of Lord Street, Watford, was jailed for four and a half years and Ward, of The Thrums, Watford, was jailed for two years.

Summary:

Article: {{document}}

Summary: ||| {{target}}


A zebra that ran away from a horse riding club in Japan has died in a golf course lake after it was tranquilised.

Article: There are 21 institutions being investigated in England by the Department for Education, according to a ministerial statement.
The statement from children's minister Edward Timpson says "robust steps" are being taken to tackle unregistered schools.
But Labour's Lucy Powell said ministers had "dragged their feet".
The issue of illegal schools was raised by Ofsted last year.
Inspectors warned of pupils being taught in schools that were not registered, inspected or subject to any kind of formal accountability - and Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw called for urgent action to get them closed.
These are schools which are running as full-time places of education, rather than classes providing extra lessons.
In November, inspectors reported that they had uncovered 15 such illegal schools and then in December a further three schools were found operating outside the law.
The only one to be publicly identified was Bordesley independent school in Birmingham, which had already been closed down.
Labour has been pointing to this month's ministerial response which said there were 21 current investigations into institutions that might be "unregistered independent schools".
"However, this number often changes as new settings are established and existing ones close, or are confirmed not to be operating as schools," continued Mr Timpson's statement.
"We have taken robust steps to tackle unregistered schools and improve safeguarding which includes being clear it is a criminal offence to operate an unregistered independent school.
"All these institutions have been warned that it is a criminal offence to operate as an unregistered school. We are asking Ofsted to visit and to prepare cases for prosecution as necessary."
In November, Ofsted wrote to the education secretary saying: "The arrangements for closing down unregistered schools are inadequate.
"Too many children remain at significant risk of harm. I will continue to do all that I can to identify and inspect unregistered schools."
Lucy Powell, Labour's shadow education...

Summary: Labour has accused the government of failing to take fast enough action to close down illegal schools.
###
Article: In announcing his purchase, Mr Demoulas told workers, who had gone on strike in July to protest against his firing, "You are simply the best".
The 70-plus stores belonging to the chain are mostly located in the northeastern United States.
It was estimated the company was losing $70m (Â£42m) a day during the strike.
Late on Wednesday, Mr Demoulas announced that he had reached an agreement to purchase the 50.5% of the company he did not control from a rival faction controlled by his cousin, Arthur S Demoulas, for $1.5bn.
"Words cannot express how much I appreciate each and every one of you," Mr Demoulas said while addressing workers outside the company's Massachusetts headquarters on Thursday morning.
The company employs roughly 25,000 people in the area.
The saga - which had shades of a soap opera - began in June, when Mr Demoulas was ousted as chief executive of the company by a rival faction of his family, which controlled 50.5% of the firm.
The dispute was said to have been over a series of investments Mr Demoulas had authorised, which led to large losses and smaller payouts for Market Basket's shareholders.
However, the dispute simmered for a month until the new management fired eight workers who had protested against Mr Demoulas's demise in July.
That is when a campaign led by Market Basket workers and customers to "Save Market Basket" began to gather steam.
Workers went on strike, truck drivers refused to deliver fresh produce and meat, and shoppers boycotted stores, leading to empty shelves and the near-collapse of the firm.
Efforts on social media also paid off, with an anonymously-run Facebook page to save the firm gathering over 90,000 likes and the hashtag, #MarketBasket, trending often on Twitter.
This brought national and international attention to the plight of the workers, stunning many in the industry both because the workers were not unionised and because they were campaigning for an almost-unheard of thing: the reinstatement of their boss.
Although negotiations between Mr Demoulas and his...

Summary: The US supermarket chain Market Basket has agreed to sell to a majority stake to former boss Arthur T Demoulas, ending a months-long dispute.
###
Article: Before Trump came along, Alex Jones was the great white hope for an army of disillusioned Americans.
The radio presenter's rasping delivery may be hard on the ears but for his fans it's food for the soul.
On the fringes of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer Mr Jones was mobbed like a pop star after barking that he had given his enemies a "giant red, white and blue middle finger."
It was typical of the rhetoric from a man who came to prominence as a propagator of conspiracies, most controversially suggesting that the United States government was complicit in the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York City on 11 September 2001.
These days the star of infowars.com is a brash and boisterous defender of Mr Trump, and his advocacy has helped to deliver to the Republican candidate a group of supporters identified as the alternative right or, more commonly, the alt-right.
This relatively new political movement is popular predominantly with young people. It is amorphous and difficult to define but on the whole its adherents tend to reject both left-wing ideology and mainstream conservatism.
Liberty, free speech and the right to offend are its touchstones. Opponents call it racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic.
"You can define it very, very broadly," says one of its key figures, Milo Yiannopoulos, who argues that it includes "classical liberals, disaffected leftists" and "ordinary conservatives" along with perhaps its most important element, a "youthful contingent that has suddenly become interested in politics again."
"Donald Trump has re-energised those people," he says.
During the US primary season some of the alt-right's supporters were fans of Hillary Clinton's democratic socialist opponent Bernie Sanders but, in an election which has roiled the United States like never before, Mr Trump now appears to have a claim on their loyalty.
The movement itself is a 21st Century phenomenon, characterised by the use of humour; online chatrooms; and the production and dissemination of...

Summary: The populist rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has energised a disparate American movement that is accused of racism, anti-Semitism and misogyny.
###
Article: In some tests devised by a team of researchers, the commercial quantum computer has performed no faster than a standard desktop machine.
The team set random maths problems for the D-Wave Two machine and a regular computer with an optimised algorithm.
Google and Nasa share a D-Wave unit at a space agency facility in California.
The comparison found no evidence D-Wave's $15m (Â£9.1m) computer was exploiting quantum mechanics to calculate faster than a regular machine.
Is quantum computing possible?
Nasa buys into quantum computer
But the team only looked at one type of computing problem and the D-Wave Two may perform better in other tasks.
The study has been submitted to a journal, but has not yet completed the peer review process to verify the findings.
And D-Wave told BBC News the tests set by the scientists were not the kinds of problems where quantum computers offered any advantage over classical types.
Quantum computers promise to carry out fast, complex calculations by tapping into the principles of quantum mechanics.
In conventional computers, "bits" of data are stored as a string of 1s and 0s.
But in a quantum system, "qubits" can be both 1s and 0s at the same time - enabling multiple calculations to be performed simultaneously.
Small-scale, laboratory-bound quantum computers supporting a limited number of qubits can perform simple calculations.
But building large-scale versions poses a daunting engineering challenge.
Thus, Canada-based D-Wave Systems drew scepticism when, in 2011, they started selling their machines, which appeared to use a non-mainstream method known as adiabatic quantum computing.
But last year, two separate studies showed indirect evidence for a quantum effect known as entanglement in the computers. And in a separate study released in 2013, Catherine McGeoch of Amherst College in Massachusetts, a consultant for D-Wave, found the machine was 3,600 times faster on some tests than a desktop computer.
Last year, it was announced that Google, Nasa and other scientists would share time on...

Summary: A new academic study has raised doubts about the performance of a commercial quantum computer in certain circumstances.
###
Article: Police officers and veterinarians had chased the animal around the course near Toki city in the central Gifu prefecture for hours.
It ran into the lake shortly after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart.
The animal died despite being pulled out within minutes. Officers said it had likely drowned and that its heart had stopped.
The two-year-old male zebra was owned by a mobile zoo, reported the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, but was being housed at the Mikuni West Farm, a local stable and riding club.
On Tuesday evening, farm managers were bringing in the zebra for the night when it became agitated, trampled the paddock fence, and escaped, fleeing towards a nearby mountain.
By early Wednesday morning police were receiving reports of a zebra running along a highway.
They quickly tracked it to the Toki International Golf Course, where veterinarians and police tried to catch it.
It ran into a lake shortly after being darted.
"We pulled it out, but its heart had stopped," said police spokesman Takahiro Taniguchi, saying it had likely drowned.
The unusual story quickly became a talking point among Japanese netizens who expressed shock and sadness on Wednesday, with the Japanese word for zebra "shimauma" trending on Twitter.
Many retweeted a photo by a girl who said she had spotted the animal galloping down a road on Tuesday night and expressed surprise at spotting "a zebra in the forest".

Summary:


was arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a child in Belfast in March.
She was held under the Mental Health Act and was remanded in custody.

A woman accused of murdering her baby son has been remanded on bail at a mental health facility.

Article: John Falconar Slater was best known for his paintings of land and seascapes in the north-east of England.
Painting with a distinct impressionist style, one of his most celebrated works was Stormy Sea at Cullercoats.
Mr Slater was also part of the Cullercoats Colony - a group of professional artists from the North East who captured the character of the fishing community and the surrounding coastline throughout their work.
Born in 1897 in Rye Hill, Newcastle, in his later life Mr Slater lived in Whitley Bay before moving to Cullercoats 12 years before he died in 1937.
Now, on the 75th anniversary of his death, the current owners of the artist's final home are commemorating his life with a Blue Plaque.
Steve and Alwyne Barrigan approached North Tyneside Council earlier this year to request the blue plaque at their house on St Oswin's Avenue.
Blue plaques commemorate the links between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked.
Mr Barrigan said: "We have lived here for many years and when we discovered that John Falconar Slater had lived here we were inspired to mark his legacy in some way.
"This is a great achievement for us, Cullercoats and the North East."
Elected Mayor Linda Arkley was due to officially unveil the £300 plaque on Wednesday.
She said: "It is fantastic that we have been able to honour such a great artist and also fulfil a longstanding wish of Alwyne and Steve.
"The commemorative plaques are just one of the ways in which we are able to celebrate the borough's talent and heritage."

Summary: The life of a Tyneside artist is being honoured with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at his former home.
###
Article: The animals have been suspected as the source of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers).
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found "identical" Mers viruses in camels and their owner.
The 44-year-old man, from Saudi Arabia, died of the infection.
There have been 681 cases of Mers, leading to 204 deaths, since the virus was first detected in June 2012.
The precise source of the infection has been unclear.
The man, who was treated at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, kept nine camels that had been sick shortly before he was infected.
Medical notes show he had treated his camels with nose drops.
An analysis of viral samples taken from both the camels and the patient showed that "the full genome sequence from the two isolates was identical", the report said.
It added: "These data suggest that this fatal case of human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection was transmitted through close contact with an infected camel."
Jonathan Ball, a professor of virology at Nottingham University, told the BBC: "All the evidence points to camels being the culprit. This is probably the first time the virus sequence is identical and suggests this is a case of transmission.
"One of the things that hasn't been resolved is whether or not it is respiratory transmission. The man was administering nose drops to the camel, but there are also reasonable amounts of virus in camel milk."
Prof Paul Kellam, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, told the BBC: "This work further supports camels as a source for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and is the first to isolate the virus from a camel.
"However, as with other studies recently published, the camels were sampled after the human patient was diagnosed, making direction of infection difficult to prove.
"To be definitive, camel herds will need to be prospectively followed and showed to be infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and infectious prior to a documented transmission event to a human."

Summary: Doctors believe they have found the first evidence that a new deadly virus has been transmitted from a camel to people.
###
Article: The film, which sees Britain's Tom Hardy take on Mel Gibson's role as "Road Warrior" Max Rockatansky, will screen out of competition on 14 May.
Charlize Theron also appears in George Miller's futuristic action drama, set for release in the UK and US on 15 May.
Gibson made his last appearance as Max in 1985 in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third film in the series.
The original Mad Max, released in 1979, was followed by Mad Max 2, also known as The Road Warrior, in 1981.
Set in a post-apocalyptic universe where biker gangs fight for petrol and water, Fury Road sees Hardy's taciturn loner form an alliance with Theron's Imperator Furiosa.
First mooted more than a decade ago, Fury Road was originally to have seen Gibson return as Max - only for the production to hit problems.
After filming finally began in 2012, scenes originally intended to be shot in Australia had to be filmed in Namibia instead after heavy rain caused flowers to sprout in a formerly arid area of New South Wales.
The full list of films on this year's official Cannes line-up will be announced on 16 April.

Summary: The new Mad Max film, Fury Road, will screen at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers have confirmed.
###
Article: Tracey Sherlock of the Welsh Refugee Council said other migrants were "still struggling" to get the paperwork necessary to settle and find work.
Hayley Richards of Oxfam Cymru did not want to "belittle" the Syrian crisis.
But special arrangements for Syrians sent a message that other refugees were "not as worthy", she warned.
The UK government has pledged to settle 20,000 Syrians in the UK by 2020 under its Syrian resettlement scheme.
Latest figures - for July to September - show that 294 Syrians have been resettled in Wales since the scheme was launched in October 2015.
Ms Sherlock, policy manager for the Welsh Refugee Council, was one of several people who told the assembly's equalities committee on Wednesday how "resourcing heavily favours Syrian resettlement".
Referring to Welsh Government funding to help resettle refugees and asylum seekers, she said: "We have four caseworkers working on that supporting 700 people over the last quarter.
"By contrast, our Syrian Resettlement Scheme supported 46 people, so ten families, over the last year with two caseworkers.
"All of the administrative things that people when they get refugee status through the asylum route find very problematic, they're not issues for people coming through that Syrian resettlement scheme.
"So, very quickly people get support around employment, education opportunities, whereas people coming through the spontaneous route are still struggling when they get refugee status to access perhaps a National Insurance number, the paperwork necessary to then move into employment and all of those other things important for integration," she added.
Ms Richards, policy and advocacy officer for Oxfam Cymru, said it was "very obvious that the two-tier system exists" although she stressed: "That's not to belittle the crisis that Syrians are facing - it's horrendous."
However, she added: "It does send out a message to other asylum seekers and refugees in Wales, and this is also perpetrated by the media and the UK government, there's a real sense that Syrian...

Summary: Syrians are more favoured than others by a "two-tier system" of support for asylum seekers and refugees across the UK, AMs have been told.
###
Article: The 30-year-old is to remain there following the completion of a psychiatric report.
Belfast Magistrates' Court was told she would not be able to leave without the hospital's permission.
The woman cannot be named amid claims that identifying her would increase the risk of her taking her own life.
A press challenge to the temporary reporting restrictions is due to be heard next month.
The woman was arrested by detectives investigating the child's death following an incident in Belfast in March.
She was charged with murder and then held under the Mental Health Act.
Her barrister revealed on Wednesday that a medical report had now been prepared.
Based on its contents he sought a termination of the current arrangements for keeping his client at the facility.
"The application is that she be remanded on bail, subject to the condition that she continues to reside (there)," he said.
A doctor who assessed the accused confirmed that the health trust consented to the proposal, provided the accused was there as a detained person.
The judge was informed that under those arrangements the woman would not be able to leave.
Granting the application, she listed the criminal proceedings for a further update in eight weeks time.

Summary:


Second hand Volkswagens appear to be holding their value well, a motoring magazine says, despite the emissions scandal which emerged a year ago.

Article: University of Reading, UK, researchers have investigated how the decline in sea-ice, driven by warmer temperatures, will make the region more accessible.
They find that by 2050, opportunities to transit the Arctic will double for non ice-strengthened vessels.
These open-water ships will even be going right over the top at times.
And if CO2 emissions are not curtailed - if the aspirations of the Paris Agreement to keep global temperature rise "well below two degrees" are not implemented - then moderately ice-strengthened vessels could be routinely ploughing across the Arctic by late century for perhaps 10-12 months of the year.
"The reduction in summer sea-ice, perhaps the most striking sign of climate change, may also provide economic opportunities," commented Reading's Dr Nathanael Melia.
"There is renewed interest in trans-Arctic shipping because of potentially reduced costs and journey times between Asia and the Atlantic. So far only a few commercial vessels have utilised these routes as they are not currently reliably open."
Sea-ice is in a committed, long-term decline as the polar north warms.
The traditional September minimum extent is about to be set in the coming days, and this year looks on course to be the second lowest in the satellite record.
Researchers do not see this trend being reversed anytime soon.
"If we experience a 2-degree increase in global temperatures, we will get close to an Arctic that is effectively ice-free for part of the year; that's less than a million sq km of ice cover," said Reading's Dr Ed Hawkins.
"So, even if future emissions are consistent with the Paris agreement, it will of course mean shipping routes will be more open. Not every year, but more regularly than they are now."
"Open water vessels won't be hugging the Russian coast quite so much, and ice-strengthened ships will be going right over the pole," he told BBC News.
The incentives are clear: if vessels can transit the Arctic, they will shave many days off their journey times between the Pacific and North Atlantic...

Summary: Shipping routes across the Arctic are going to open up significantly this century even with a best-case reduction in CO2 emissions, a new study suggests.
###
Article: Kenneth Grisedale, 58, admitted causing the death of 46-year-old Andrew Birch in Scarisbrick, Lancashire in January last year.
Grisedale, from Southport, dangerously overtook Mr Birch's car which collided with an oncoming vehicle, Liverpool Crown Court was told.
He was sentenced to two years in jail and banned from driving for two years.
On the evening of 6 January 2015, Mr Grisedale carried out a dangerous manoeuvre in his BMW, overtaking a Peugeot Horizon on Southport Road before speeding off towards Southport.
As a result, the driver of a Toyota Carina that was travelling in the opposite direction lost control before it collided head-on with the Peugeot.
Andrew Birch, who was a passenger in the Peugeot, suffered fatal injuries.
His 80-year-old mother who was driving the car and the driver of the Toyota, a 41-year-old woman, were also seriously injured.
Det Sgt Keith Rimmer from Lancashire Police said it was "the reckless actions of Kenneth Grisedale" that led to the death of Mr Birch "in tragic circumstances".
"I hope today's sentence sends out a clear message to anyone who carries out dangerous manoeuvres and takes risks on the roads.
"Such behaviour can cost lives and cause devastation to the families of those involved."

Summary: A man who caused a fatal head-on crash has been jailed for killing a car passenger by dangerous driving.
###
Article: The Harvard School of Public Health team said high levels of pollution had been linked to a doubling of autism in their study of 1,767 children.
They said tiny particulate matter, which can pass from the lungs to the bloodstream, may be to blame.
Experts said pregnant women should minimise their exposure, although the link had still to be proven.
Air pollution is definitely damaging. The World Health Organization estimates it causes 3.7 million deaths each year.
The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, investigated any possible link with autism.
It analysed 245 children with autism and 1,522 without.
By looking at estimated pollution exposure during pregnancy, based on the mother's home address, the scientists concluded high levels of pollution were more common in children with autism.
The strongest link was with fine particulate matter - invisible specks of mineral dust, carbon and other chemicals - that enter the bloodstream and cause damage throughout the body.
Yet, the research is unable to conclusively say that pollution causes autism as there could be other factors that were not accounted for in the study.
There is a large inherited component to autism, but lead researcher Dr Marc Weisskopf said there was mounting evidence that air pollution may play a role too.
He said: "The specificity of our findings for the pregnancy period, and third trimester in particular, rules out many other possible explanations for these findings.
"The evidence base for a role for maternal exposure to air pollution increasing the risk of autism spectrum disorders is becoming quite strong.
"This not only gives us important insight as we continue to pursue the origins of autism spectrum disorders, but as a modifiable exposure, opens the door to thinking about possible preventative measures."
Prof Frank Kelly, the director of the environmental research group at King's College London, told the BBC: "I think if it was this study by itself I wouldn't take much notice, but it's now the fifth that has come to the...

Summary: A link between autism and air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been suggested by scientists.
###
Article: There is lots to discuss with our EU colleagues: what to do with half-used EU budgets and EU citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the EU. There is also, of course, the thorny issue of Britain's future trading relationship with the EU once we leave.
So you might imagine everyone will want to crack on as quickly as possible.
And certainly that is the view of many EU leaders. They want to end the uncertainty for the markets and begin formal talks.
The only problem is that David Cameron wants to delay the start of exit talks until a new Conservative leader has been elected in October.
That would give the new prime minister the chance to work out his or her negotiating strategy and get it endorsed by the House of Commons in a vote - and perhaps even the people in a general election.
But Derrick Wyatt QC, emeritus professor of law at Oxford University, told me that Mr Cameron might not have as much time as he had expected.
He said that the European Council - representing the 27 other member states - could trigger the negotiating process as soon as the prime minister discusses Brexit with other EU leaders.
Paragraph two of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty says that "a Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its intention".
Once this happens, the leaving state has up to two years to negotiate a withdrawal agreement.
The treaty does not say how this process of notification should happen.
It has always been assumed that this would come in the form of a letter from the prime minister to Donald Tusk, the European Council president, and the timing would be in the hands of the British government.
Prof Wyatt, who has represented clients in hundreds of cases before the European courts, said that EU lawyers might consider any discussion about Brexit between Mr Cameron and Mr Tusk and other EU leaders as effectively notifying the European Council of the UK's intention to leave.
Prof Wyatt said: "If David Cameron attends the European council on Tuesday, he is likely to...

Summary: We have voted to leave the EU but when will we actually start negotiating our exit?
###
Article: Industry magazine What Car? says prices of VW models have not collapsed as might have been expected.
VW cars which are three years old, or have done 36,000 miles, are typically worth 42.21% of their original value, the magazine said.
That is 2.7% lower than in September 2015, just before the scandal broke.
However, across the industry as a whole, second hand values have fallen by 2% over the same timeframe, suggesting that Volkswagens have performed only slightly worse than the average car on the market.
"I'm sure there are motorists out there who were rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of used VW prices falling off a cliff because of the emissions debacle," said What Car? editor Steve Huntingford.
"That simply hasn't come to pass, however, and while the VW story continues to rumble on a year after the story first came to light, the Golf and Polo are still among the most popular new cars in the UK."
The German car-maker admitted on 16 September last year that software had switched diesel engines to a "clean mode" whenever they were tested for emissions.
VW has recalled 200,000 cars in the UK as a result.
But while it is offering to repair them, it is not offering owners compensation.
VW drivers in the US have been offered up to $10,000 each to make up for the deception.
The What Car? research suggested that cars made by VW under the Audi brand experienced a similar drop in value to VW-badged cars over the past year.
It also found that the value of second hand Seat and Skoda models, also made by the VW group, fell by less than 0.5% over the 12-month period.

Summary:


Shares in Chipotle have slumped more than 12% after US health authorities reported more cases of E. coli linked to the Mexican restaurant chain.

Article: There are now some 14,800 shops selling CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray, with supermarkets and high-street chain sales leading to the rise.
The figures show "traditional retail still has a place", said the Entertainment Retailers Association.
The internet accounted for 71.8% of entertainment sales in 2015.
Physical stores were responsible for the remaining 28.2%.
The number of stores selling music and video has more than doubled since 2009, with DVD and Blu-ray available in 14,852 stores in 2015 and CDs and vinyl in 14,727, said the ERA, which represents retailers and digital services.
Many stores sell both, said a spokeswoman.
"These are astonishing numbers," said ERA chief executive Kim Bayley.
"Conventional wisdom has always suggested that the internet spelled the end for physical entertainment stores, but these numbers show that traditional retail still has a place, particularly for impulse purchases and gifts.
"After all, you can't gift-wrap a download or a stream."
She told the BBC that physical stores are now streamlining and tailoring customer offers.
"The growth of the internet has made retailers think differently," she added, with independent stores "catering to very distinct tastes" such as country music or world music.
Larger retailers are driving sales by focusing on campaigns and offers, as well as impulse buys, she said, adding: "People tend to go to stores like Amazon when they know what they want - but in a shop, they might decide to pick up a film to watch with a pizza on a Saturday night."
Stores now reporting sales to the Official UK charts for the first time include Argos, Boots, Primark and Urban Outfitters.
"The addition of these outlets to the chart panel means it is difficult to make a direct year-on-year comparison, but the trend is clear - just as the internet has demonstrated that accessibility and convenience are key to selling entertainment, physical stores are demonstrating that if you put entertainment in front of people, they will buy it," added Bayley.
In January, the ERA said "surging...

Summary: The number of "bricks and mortar" entertainment stores has reached a record high - despite rising online sales of music and film.
###
Article: Prof Vladimir Romanovsky said that he expected permafrost in parts of Alaska would start to thaw by 2070.
Researchers worry that methane frozen within the permafrost will be released, exacerbating climate change
The professor said a rise in permafrost temperatures in the past four years convinced him warming was real.
Permafrost is perennially frozen soil that has been below zero degrees C for at least two years.
It's found underneath about 25% of the northern hemisphere, mainly around the Arctic - but also in the Antarctic and Alpine regions.
It can range in depth from one metre under the ground all the way down to 1,500m.
Scientists are concerned that in a warming world, some of this permanently frozen layer will thaw out and release methane gas contained in the icy, organic material.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and researchers estimate that the amount in permafrost equates to more than double the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere.
Worries over the current state of permafrost have been reinforced by Prof Romanovsky.
A professor at the University of Alaska, he is also the head of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost, the primary international monitoring programme.
He says that in the northern region of Alaska, the permafrost has been warming at about one-tenth of a degree Celsius per year since the mid 2000s.
"When we started measurements it was -8C, but now it's coming to almost -2.5 on the Arctic coast. It is unbelievable - that's the temperature we should have here in central Alaska around Fairbanks but not there," he told BBC News.
In Alaska, the warming of the permafrost has been linked to trees toppling, roads buckling and the development of sinkholes.
Prof Romanovsky says that the current evidence indicates that in parts of Alaska, around Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, the permafrost will not just warm up but will thaw by about 2070-80.
"It was assumed it would be stable for this century but it seems that's not true any more,"  he told BBC News.
He says the current...

Summary: One of the world's leading experts on permafrost has told BBC News that the recent rate of warming of this frozen layer of earth is "unbelievable".
###
Article: Speaking ahead of the Queen's Speech, the SNP leader also reiterated her party's support for Britain's continued membership of the European Union.
She made the speech on a visit to Heart of Midlothian FC's Tynecastle Stadium.
She was joined by the Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney.
The pair also unveiled the Scottish Business Pledge which aims to promote "fairness, equality and sustainable economic growth".
An "alternative to austerity" was the centrepiece of the Scottish National Party's successful general election campaign.
In her first major economic speech since the election, Ms Sturgeon argued that the prime minister cannot ignore the democratic will of the Scottish people.
She said: "The result of the general election provides an opportunity and a challenge for the Scottish government. There is clearly an opportunity to ensure that Scotland's priorities are better understood.
"But there is also a significant challenge in working with a majority government at Westminster - many of whose policies we disagree with.
"We will continue to oppose spending reductions of the scale and speed that the UK government has suggested. These would slow economic recovery and make deficit reduction more difficult - something shown by the impact of the cuts imposed after 2010."
Ms Sturgeon said David Cameron must either change his approach or find ways to lessen the impact on Scotland.
She also said that business, employees and government needed to work more closely together to build a prosperous and cohesive society.
The SNP leader again insisted that the UK should only withdraw from the EU if there was a majority in favour of exit in all four nations of the UK.
She said: "Since a referendum is now inevitable we will work to protect Scotland's interests in that referendum. We'll propose a double majority meaning that exit from the European Union would only be possible if all four nations agreed to that, something that would ensure that Scotland couldn't be forced out of the European Union against our will.
"And...

Summary: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has used a speech in Edinburgh to attack the "scale and speed" of spending cuts planned by the UK government.
###
Article: The group of firms funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in profits through Luxembourg subsidiaries, according to leaked documents.
Disney said the arrangement had "not meaningfully affected the taxes we pay".
Microsoft, which owns Skype, said it "adheres carefully" to laws.
The European Commission is already conducting an inquiry into a number of companies' tax arrangements, including online retail giant Amazon and carmaker Fiat.
Commission chief and Luxembourg ex-prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker "remains committed to the fight against tax evasion and to his presidency," a Commission spokesperson said.
Mr Juncker has previously denied allegations he encouraged tax avoidance in Luxembourg.
Fresh additions to the thousands of so-called Luxleaks documents were published on Wednesday in a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Mr Juncker told French daily newspaper Liberation that he had been "weakened" by Luxleaks.
"Objectively, I have been weakened, because Luxleaks suggests that I participated in manoeuvres that don't meet elementary rules of ethics and morality," he said.
In November the Commission president faced a vote of no confidence over Luxembourg tax schemes, which he survived.
Documents relating to 35 new companies including Disney, Koch Industries, Skype and Hutchison Whampoa were added to data on hundreds of firms on Wednesday.
The deals in Luxembourg could have delivered huge tax savings, ICIJ said.
In some cases, companies enjoyed tax rates of less than 1% on profits moved into the country.
Disney established an inter-company bank in Luxembourg which then extended high-interest loans to operating affiliates in countries such as France, reducing their taxable income, the ICIJ said.
Disney said: "The report is deliberately misleading, Disney's global tax rate has averaged 34% over the last five years. The ruling has not meaningfully affected the taxes we pay in any jurisdiction globally."
Microsoft said: "Microsoft's acquisition of Skype was finalised in...

Summary: Companies including Disney and Skype have allegedly used Luxembourg tax deals, according to fresh leaks published by investigative journalists.
###
Article: The Center for Disease Control (CDC) said 45 people had been infected with a strain of E. coli, 43 of whom reported eating at a Chipotle restaurant.
The cases were in California, Minnesota, New York and Ohio.
Earlier this month, the chain temporarily closed 43 outlets in and around Washington and Oregon states.
This was after health officials investigated an E. coli outbreak that made at least 22 people ill.
"The epidemiologic evidence available at this time suggests that a common meal item or ingredient served at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in several states is a likely source of this outbreak," the CDC said.
"The investigation is still ongoing to determine what specific food is linked to illness."
Chipotle shares are now down by more than a fifth this year, valuing the company at $16.7bn (Â£11bn).
E. coli is short for Escherichia coli. It is a type of bacterium present in the gut of humans and other animals.
Most strains are harmless but some can produce toxins that cause illness in humans.

Summary:


oil prices, which has led to a fall in the value of the dollar.
The fall in the value of the dollar is the

China saw a sharp fall in the value of its imports last month, figures show, raising further questions over the strength of its economy.

Article: The former Candystripes captain replaced Roddy Collins as Brandywell boss in May last year.
Derry are battling against relegation from the Premier Division while they made their FAI Cup exit on Monday night with a 3-0 defeat at Cork City.
City assistant boss Paul Hegarty will take over as caretaker manager until the end of the season.
The 42-year-old, who was City's longest serving player, took Derry to last season's FAI Cup final.
However, Derry have won just six of their 27 league games this season and are just three points clear of basement side Limerick.
Hutton's final match in charge came on Monday in the quarter-final replay loss at Turner's Cross.
"The Derry City FC Board Of Directors would like to announce that Peter Hutton has left the club by mutual consent," said the Candystripes.
"Derry City FC would like to thank Peter for his service, and we wish him well for the future."

Summary: Derry City have parted company with manager Peter Hutton by mutual consent after a poor league campaign.
###
Article: Bradgate Park in Leicestershire said it will impose strict measures in some areas after admitting its current policy is no longer working.
It recently warned dogs could be shot after only 12 red deer calves were born rather than the usual 35-40.
This week a dog savaged a duckling in front of horrified families.
Last year, the threat of lead-only policy was enough to make owners more cautious and saw a drop in attacks on wildlife.
Currently, dogs must be kept on leads or under close control.
But park manager Peter Tyldesley said something now had to be done and restrictions will be placed on about a quarter of the 830 acres of land following the latest incident.
"A dog jumped into the water, got hold of a little duckling and killed it instantly. It was seen by an awful lot of people," he said.
"One of the most disturbing things was the owner seemed completely blasÃ© about it. Any suggestion that it might be her fault or the dog's fault was met with anger."
He added that people's attitudes to wildlife were changing and visitors were more likely to film an incident than stop it.
The park is now working with the local authority to create laws to make the restrictions enforceable.
New rules, which are still being drawn-up, are expected to be imposed in June with some areas out of bounds to everyone.
Meanwhile dogs will have to be kept on leads at the busiest spots in the park.

Summary: Dogs may have to be kept on leads in ancient parkland after a duckling was killed and a dramatic drop in the number of red deer births.
###
Article: Some of the changes may well only be temporary but experts say that they should be taken into consideration when making money choices.
Further, more fundamental, changes are expected when the UK negotiates the terms of its exit from the EU.
In the intervening months, the health of the UK economy will be key.
So, in the short term, this is what has changed:
For every £100 exchanged by UK holidaymakers, they are receiving the equivalent of £9 less in euros or £12 less in US dollars now than they did before the vote.
The fall in the value of the pound is the clearest change to our finances as a result of the referendum decision.
The pound hit a 31-year low against the dollar on Monday.
Many thousands of people who have saved for a retirement use these funds to buy an annuity - a regular income for the rest of their life.
The rates available, in other words that income that can be bought from these savings, have been falling steadily over the last year.
"The events of the past couple of days have given new momentum to that trend," said Tom McPhail, head of retirement policy at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Two major providers cut annuity rates on Monday, with one reducing rates by about two percentage points.
Buying an annuity is a one-off decision. Once an annuity is bought, then there is no going back, so timing is key, experts say.
Uncertainty has created volatility in the markets - with the value of banks and some housebuilders being particularly badly hit.
Investors may have seen the value of their portfolios fall, but clearly it depends on where they have put their money.
For example, the price of gold hit a two-year high on Friday. The gold price often rises in times of uncertainty as it is viewed as a haven asset.
Investments are long-term decisions, so they may recover their value in time.
This is slightly more difficult to judge, but swap rates - which are often the precursor to changing mortgage rates - have been falling since the vote to leave the EU.
If mortgage interest rates follow, then housebuyers and...

Summary: An immediate impact on some - but not all - elements of our finances has been felt following the UK's vote to leave the EU.
###
Article: People with conditions including coeliac disease can get prescriptions for some staple foods.
David Bailey, of the British Medical Association's GPs Committee for Wales, said the system was a poor use of doctors' time.
The Welsh government said prescriptions helped people stay gluten-free.
Welsh Conservative shadow health minister Darren Millar said: "We feel that there should be a different approach which is more efficient in the way that the taxpayer picks up the bill.
"An annual grant scheme of some sort we think is a more appropriate way of dealing with these things."
Dr Bailey, a GP in Caerphilly county, said it was right for people to feel supported by the NHS, but having to visit a GP's surgery may not be what they wanted to do.
Cerys Davage, who is 14 and from Cardiff, told BBC Radio Wales' Eye on Wales programme she experienced intense pain with coeliac disease.
"Being ill after tea was normal.  My stomach would really hurt and I'd have a lot of diarrhoea afterwards and I would just have a constant pain in my tummy for, maybe, a couple of hours," she said.
In England, six areas have scrapped gluten-free prescriptions.
But Tristan Humphreys, of the charity Coeliac UK, said any move away from the prescription system in Wales would be a concern.
"Prescriptions are vastly cheaper than paying for the resultant implications of things like osteoporosis and small bowel cancer in the long run.
"We are looking at just 0.34% of the total prescription budget, which is one of the cheapest treatments for any long-term condition in the NHS."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "Long-term prescriptions should be reviewed as part of the overall assessment of a person's condition, these are not therefore 'wasted appointments'.
"Although the number of commercially-available gluten-free foods has increased in the past few years, pharmacies are an important source of gluten-free produce for many patients."

Summary: The way gluten-intolerant people are given NHS prescriptions should change, with people given an annual grant, the Welsh Conservatives have said.
###
Article: In dollar terms, imports dropped 20.4% from a year earlier to $145.2bn, a steeper fall than had been expected.
The drop was due to lower commodity prices and weaker domestic demand.
Next week, China is due to report its third-quarter growth rate, which is expected to be lower than the 7% annual pace seen in the second quarter.
China recently revised down its growth rate for 2014 from 7.4% to 7.3%, the weakest pace for almost 25 years.
China has been attempting to shift from an export-led economy to a consumer-led one, although the steep fall in imports suggests domestic demand is not as strong as the government would have hoped.
In dollar terms, China's exports fell by 3.7% from a year earlier to $205.6bn - although analysts had forecast a steeper fall.
The country's trade surplus nearly doubled to $60.34bn.
In yuan-denominated terms, imports fell by 17.7% while exports were down 1.1%.
In a research note, economists at ANZ said: "September's import figure does not bode well for industrial production and fixed-asset investment.
"Overall growth momentum last month remained weak and third-quarter GDP growth to be released next Monday will likely have edged down to 6.4% in the third quarter, compared with 7% in the first half."

Summary:


A plan to expand 20mph zones across Manchester is to be reviewed after their impact on reducing the number of accidents was called into question.

Article: Ten-year-old Ewan MacKerracher, from Coleraine, was diagnosed with a tumour in 2010, which recurred in 2012.
His mother Kerrie said she was told he would need MRI scans every six months, and that the family "live in fear" that Ewan's tumour could return.
The Belfast Trust said it will be in contact with the family.
Ewan's last check-up scan was in January 2014 and the family waited almost 12 months without being informed of another before meeting a neurosurgeon in December last year.
"He said we would have a choice of a 9-12 month wait for one with anaesthetic or six months' wait for one without anaesthetic," Mrs MacKerracher said.
Keen to get the scan completed as soon as possible, they chose a non-anaesthetic scan.
But no appointment had been confirmed by June 2014, and the family were told the surgeon was on a three-month sabbatical.
They were then informed in September 2014 that Ewan was being transferred from an adult waiting list to a children's list.
"All that time he'd been on the adult waiting list and it was then lost," his mother said.
"The radiology department are now saying that there's been some form of lost paperwork between transferring him from the adult waiting list to the children's' waiting list.
"It's been a series of errors and problems and nobody can tell us when he's getting a scan.
"It should always have been a routine six-monthly scan. He should have had each of the scans pre-booked."
Ewan said: "Sometimes I do worry that [the tumour] will come back."
Children in Northern Ireland currently have MRI scans at an adult unit.
A new MRI scanner was delivered to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children in September, with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust saying it would reduce waiting times, but it is not yet operational.
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust said it the recommended intervals for follow-up scans was 12-24 months, and that was "endeavouring to provide the best treatment and support" for Ewan.
"We are keen to reassure Ewan's parents that we have followed the...

Summary: A County Londonderry boy who has had two brain tumours removed has been waiting almost two years for a check-up scan, his mother has said.
###
Article: In a report, they highlight continuing, persistent underachievement by working-class Protestant children, and wider male underachievement in education.
They also say that "prejudice-based bullying is a persistent problem".
They say the inequalities "have worsened over time" and have called for them to be addressed as a matter of urgency by government.
The commission's Draft Statement on Key Inequalities in Education is their assessment of inequalities faced by those in education in Northern Ireland.
The report also points out that while overall levels of educational attainment are increasing, "many inequalities remain persistent and hard to tackle".
The EC published a statement on inequality in Northern Ireland in 2007, and the current report measures progress, or lack of it, since then in education.
They commissioned independent experts from Queen's University to carry out the research.
Dr Michael Wardlow, chief commissioner of the Equality Commission, said that many children in Northern Ireland continue to experience persistent inequalities because of barriers linked to disability, gender, religion and their socio-economic background.
"We've known for a long time that while the education system in Northern Ireland works well for many of our young people, for too long, significant numbers of pupils have struggled to fulfil their potential as a result of that same system," he said.
"Identifying and highlighting these inequalities is only the first step. These educational fault-lines must be followed by action."
The report also claimed some students would not study at certain university and college campuses due to their political beliefs.
Researchers interviewed one unionist and one republican student group.
The republican group claimed they would not consider studying at Stranmillis University College and said they did not think Protestants would study at St Mary's University College.
However, the report admits there is no data to back up that claim.
Stormont education minister John O'Dowd said: "Over the...

Summary: The Equality Commission (EC) says inequality in education has become worse in Northern Ireland since 2007.
###
Article: A fairer economy, vibrant communities and free education for all are among the aims outlined in the party's manifesto.
The Greens promised to build 12,000 affordable homes a year, scrap tuition fees for students studying in Wales and establish a north-south rail link.
Wales leader Alice Hooker-Stroud said the Senedd needed a "shake up".
"The National Assembly for Wales is the last national political body in the UK that doesn't have elected Green voices," she said.
"Strong Green voices in the assembly will hold Welsh Government to account on the social and environmental issues that affect our communities, and create a better future for Wales."
The parties key policies include:
Some policy details had already emerged from the party, including its stance on tuition fees.
Deputy leader Amelia Womack told BBC Wales' Sunday Politics Wales programme Welsh students studying in Wales would not have to pay tuition fees if her party won power in the assembly election.

Summary: The Wales Green Party has vowed to "make history" by winning seats in the Welsh Assembly for the first time.
###
Article: The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurs in the Pacific Ocean but plays an important part in the world's climate system.
Researchers have until now been unsure as to how rising temperatures would affect ENSO in the future.
But this new study suggests that droughts and floods driven by ENSO will be more intense.
The ENSO phenomenon plays a complicated role in the global weather system.
The El Nino part of the equation sees a warming of the eastern and tropical Pacific, while its cooler sister, La Nina, makes things chillier in these same regions.
Like water in a bathtub, the warmer or cooler waters slosh back and forth across the Pacific Ocean. They are responsible for rainfall patterns across Australia and the equatorial region, but their effects are also felt much further away.
During the Northern Hemisphere winter, for example, you can get more intense rainfall over the southern part of the US in a warmer El Nino phase.
For years, scientists have been concerned about how this sensitive weather system might be changed by rising temperatures from global warming.
Now, in this new paper, published in the journal Nature, researchers give their most "robust" projections yet.
Using the latest generation of climate models, they found a consistent projection for the future of ENSO.
According to the lead author, Dr Scott Power from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, global warming interferes with the way El Nino temperature patterns affect rainfall.
"This interference causes an intensification of El Nino-driven drying in the western Pacific and rainfall increases in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific," he said.
According to Dr Wenju Cai, a scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), who was not involved with the study, the paper is "significant".
"Up until now, there has been a lack of agreement among computer models as to how ENSO will change in the future," he explained.
"This paper is significant in that there is stronger agreement among different climate...

Summary: Scientists say they are more certain than ever about the impact of global warming on a critical weather pattern.
###
Article: The number of pedestrians and cyclists hurt in accidents fell by more than a third between 2012 and 2016 - but the rate was lower in 20mph zones, the city council said.
The council said it will now evaluate the effectiveness of existing zones.
It also agreed to spend the Â£687,000 road safety pot on alternative schemes.
Since 2014, a 20mph limit has been introduced on more than 1,000 roads and around 138 schools in the city.
This has cost the council about Â£640,000, according to a BBC Freedom of Information request.
It led to an average speed reduction of 0.7mph in these areas but the "amount of accidents experienced in 20mph zones has not fallen as quickly as initially hoped", the council said.
For example, casualties of cyclists on the city's roads fell by more than 40% between 2012 and 2016 but the drop in 20mph zones was notably lower - 16% in Gorton and 12% in Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Moss Side and Fallowfield.
Last year, one person in Greater Manchester was convicted for exceeding the speed limit in a 20mph zone, police said.
While the review is undertaken, money for road safety will be spent on other traffic calming measures and pedestrian crossings.
Councillor Rosa Battle said: "It's important that we fully understand how effective these zones have been in terms of reducing accidents so far."
Rod King, director of 20's Plenty for Us, welcomed the report but said it was "incorrect to use early, small number datasets which are not statistically valid and compare them to whole city totals".

Summary:


Londoners face the longest average daily commute in the UK, a study found.

Article: Hundreds of homes in Welsh local authorities have had the insulation removed due to damp and condensation.
A report for a body advising the Welsh Government has recommended a wider investigation into the issue.
Construction Excellence in Wales (CEW) also wants better risk assessments on suitability for cavity insulation.
"There is evidence that that cavity wall insulation or external wall insulation has been installed in unsuitable properties, or without due regard for best practice," stated the authors of the report for CEW.
As many as 900,000 homes in Wales are built with cavity walls, according to the investigation. It was carried out by the construction research organisation BRE.
BRE said a survey in 2008 revealed that at least half those homes had the cavity gap filled with insulating material.
"The proportion of dwellings with insulated walls is likely to have risen considerably since this time," added the experts.
The report makes three main recommendations:
Pauline Saunders from Newport set-up the campaign group Cavity Insulation Victims Alliance and said she is not surprised by the report findings.
She said she has been contacted by around a thousand people and helped hundreds get funding to remove damaging insulation.
"It's confirming what we've known all along - that the cavity wall insulation industry is rubbish and it's ruined people's lives," she said.
"I've a file of cases about 12 inches deep. Wales has some of the worst cases. There needs to be an in-depth report because no-one has any figures."
The report for CEW has backed that argument, noting that its current findings are based on a small number of self-selected properties that had problems with damp.

Summary: Experts asked to examine issues with cavity wall insulation in Wales say there needs to be a nationwide survey of the problem.
###
Article: The first 1,200 civil servants are due to leave on 30 September.
That is now uncertain due to the Stormont Executive's continuing disagreement on welfare reform and the budget.
The head of the Northern Ireland civil service said a decision will be taken at the executive meeting on 10 September.
In a letter to staff, Dr Malcolm McKibbin said he appreciated that "this timeframe is very close to the conditional leaving date" for the first group of leavers.
But he added, that if the decision is taken to proceed, staff will leave on the planned date.
The voluntary redundancy scheme was part of the Stormont House Agreement.
It was struck between the executive parties and the British and Irish governments in December.
The scheme allowed the executive to borrow up to Â£700m to fund 20,000 redundancies across the wider public sector.
Around 3,000 of those redundancies are in the civil service.
But, with the welfare reform part of the agreement collapsing, it is doubtful if the redundancy scheme can proceed as planned.
More than 7,000 civil servants expressed interest in the scheme and 1,200 of those have been told they can leave, depending on funding.
If the executive is not allowed to borrow the money, it would have to pay for the scheme by making cuts to day-to-day departmental spending.
Some public bodies, such as Translink, have said they will proceed with redundancy plans even if the Stormont House money is not available.

Summary: Northern Ireland civil servants hoping to take voluntary redundancy will hear next month if the scheme will go ahead.
###
Article: Tory transport spokesman Russell George accused the Welsh Government of "hypocrisy", given its view that Severn Bridge tolls should be abolished.
Referring to the Cleddau Bridge tolls at 75p for cars and £1.50 for lorries, he said: "They've done nothing to tackle the one toll it could scrap."
The Welsh Government said it was a local authority matter.
Pembrokeshire council decided in May to keep the tolls in place after a review.
The criticism comes after the UK government announced plans to cut the Severn Bridge tolls by more than half.
Cars, vans and small buses could pay as little as £3 from 2018, after the crossings return to public ownership.
Wales' Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the tolls should be scrapped, as a tax on entering Wales.
Mr George criticised the minister, claiming he failed to answer his point about the Cleddau Bridge when he raised the issue of tolls in the Senedd.
"It's a bit rich of the Welsh Labour government to grumble about the Severn Bridge tolls when they've done nothing to tackle the one toll it could scrap," Mr George said.
"Hardworking people across Pembrokeshire will rightly question why the Cleddau Bridge is not afforded the same focus and status."
He added: "The decision to cut the Severn Bridge tolls by the UK Conservative government is a huge boost to motorists.
"While there's no doubt we'd all like to see the abolition of tolls in the future - what is much more important, however, is having a Welsh Government focusing its energy on decisions it has power over and can implement immediately."
In May, Pembrokeshire council revealed that it had accumulated a surplus of £11.2m on Cleddau Bridge tolls, and confirmed it would keep the charges unchanged.
In response, Mr Skates said: "Nobody is fooled by this cynical Tory attack designed to divert attention from the real story.
"The Conservatives have clearly been stung by the fact that they are the only party that want to maintain a tax on businesses and individuals for using a road crucial to the economy of south Wales.
"Welsh...

Summary: Welsh Labour ministers should act to scrap tolls on a Pembrokeshire bridge, the Conservatives have said.
###
Article: Rival Boeing says it could pave the way for the US to seek up to $10bn (Â£8bn) in annual retaliatory tariffs.
It follows years of accusations between the two aerospace giants that each received state funding.
The WTO is yet to rule on a similar EU complaint that Boeing benefits from billions of dollars in tax breaks.
Washington responded to the ruling by calling for an immediate halt for EU subsidies to support US jobs.
Meanwhile Airbus said it would appeal the judgment and the EU said it found some of the findings "unsatisfactory".
Analysis: Andrew Walker, BBC economics correspondent
There are two suppliers of large civil aircraft: Boeing in the US and Airbus in Europe.
The EU and the US have both taken complaints to the WTO about subsidies supplied by the other.
At the smaller end of the market segment there are other suppliers, and certainly the potential for more from China and Russia, for example, in the future - which could well involve state subsidies that eventually end up in front of a WTO dispute settlement panel.
For now, though the big stuff is a duopoly. There are two players with state backing, according to WTO judgements. For the rest of the world that is pretty good news.
It ensures there is at least some competition. And without the subsidies, a large plane could well be even more expensive.
It is the latest of a series of tit-for-tat transatlantic complaints about aircraft subsidies that make up the world's largest and longest-running trade dispute, which has so far been bitterly battled out over 12 years.
In June 2011, the WTO found that the EU and four of its member countries provided billions of dollars in subsidised financing to Airbus.
While the EU subsequently claimed to have come into compliance, the US disagreed and requested that a compliance panel intervene.
The compliance panel has now ruled that the EU failed to comply with all but two of 36 earlier rulings to cut back subsidies European governments provided to Airbus.
The loans were a "genuine and substantial" cause of...

Summary: The EU has failed to comply with rulings that it should cut subsidies to aircraft maker Airbus, the World Trade Organisation has ruled.
###
Article: Workers spend on average 75 minutes a day travelling to and from work in London, compared nationally with 52.8 minutes, the TUC said.
Wales sees the fastest commutes, an average of 41.4 minutes travelling, down 4.6 minutes since 2006.
The study compares pre-recession travel times of 2006 with those of 2012 and found the average commute was the equivalent of five weeks a year.
The TUC analysed the figures from the Labour Force Survey to mark Commute Smart week.
The study found that men working in the east of England saw the sharpest rise in travel times - up 3.8 minutes to 65.2 minutes.
But in London even though men spend just above 77 minutes commuting, the figure has fallen by 1.8 minutes since 2006. The study attributed the drop to an increase in part-time work, especially among men.
The trend was bucked by the capital's women workers who saw their travel times rise by three minutes to 72.8 minutes.
The TUC's General Secretary Brendan Barber said: "With rising transport costs far outstripping pay rises, reducing the number of peak-time commutes would save both time and money for hard-pressed workers.
"Recent trends suggest there is a link between long commute times and longer hours in the office, with the growing number of men in part-time work having shorter journeys to work.
"This trend is concerning if it means part-time workers and those needing to balance work with caring responsibilities are being excluded from certain types of jobs."
Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise UK, urged employers to "revise tired working practices" and adopt "flexible approaches to people management".

Summary:


A Scottish salmon producer has reported third-quarter losses after suffering an "unprecedented" level of deaths at its fish farms.

Article: The company, one of the country's richest and most powerful, said Wu Xiaohui was stepping aside as chairman.
It gave few details but said he was no longer able to fulfil his duties for "personal reasons".
Chinese business magazine Caijing had reported that Mr Wu was detained by authorities last week, but later deleted its article.
An official source told the BBC that Mr Wu had been taken away from the Anbang Office Building on 8 June by police who arrived in two cars.
It is not clear where Mr Wu is now.
If Mr Wu's detention is confirmed by the authorities, he would be the highest-profile target of the government's attempt to re-establish state control of the financial industry, and target corruption.
Anbang is known for a number of high profile international acquisitions, like the purchase of New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel in 2015.
The company, which manages some 1.65tn yuan (Â£190bn; $242bn) worth of assets, said in a statement that the chairman's duties would be managed by other senior executives.
Anbang did not comment on the report by Caijing that he had been detained.
Earlier, Anbang had denied a report by the Financial Times that Mr Wu had been stopped from travelling abroad.
Anbang had recently been in talks with a real estate company part-owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner.
The two sides were reportedly negotiating a deal to redevelop one of Kushner Companies' Manhattan buildings.
$242bn
Value of assets managed
$60m Starting capital in 2004
9.12bn Current capital
1.95bn Acquisition of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The possible deal had raised media speculation over a potential conflict of interest and was called off by "mutual agreement" without any reasons given.
Wu Xiaohui had long been considered one of the most politically connected men in China, having married the granddaughter of former leader Deng Xiaoping.
His company has in recent years been among the biggest players of Chinese firms pursuing high-profile overseas acquisitions and...

Summary: The head of Chinese insurance and financial giant Anbang is reported to have been detained by the  authorities.
###
Article: But he said he was not leaving the party and would remain a UKIP MEP.
Mr Gill said he was leaving the UKIP Senedd group as "infighting" had become a "distraction" from its work.
UKIP group leader Neil Hamilton said he did not think Mr Gill's decision would make "much difference", claiming: "We don't see him much in the assembly."
Meanwhile, Lisa Duffy, one of the candidates considered to be a front runner in UKIP's leadership election, called for Mr Gill to resign from the party.
A rift emerged between the two men when Mr Hamilton was chosen by a majority of UKIP's seven AMs to lead them in the Senedd following the election in May.
Five of the group called on Mr Gill to honour his pledge to give up his seat in the European Parliament if elected to the assembly.
However, Mr Gill has insisted he can carry out both roles.
The North Wales AM had been threatened with expulsion from UKIP if he did not give up one of his two elected posts, with party bosses arranging for a vote of members in Wales to decide his future.
"After much deliberation I have decided to break away from the UKIP group in the Welsh Assembly and sit as an independent," Mr Gill said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Too much time has been wasted on infighting over issues that cannot be resolved and it has become a distraction to the work we were elected to do.
"I remain UKIP leader in Wales and am committed to serving my constituents."
Responding to the news, Mr Hamilton said: "I haven't been officially informed - his letter must have got lost in the post.
"We'll have to do our best to survive without him - we don't see him much in the assembly so I don't think we'll notice much difference."
UKIP Wales chairman Chris Smart called Mr Gill's departure from the party's assembly group "inevitable".
"Nathan has played no part in the group and did not attend yesterday's group [meeting]," he said.
"He should now resign from the assembly having been elected as a UKIP member."
Assembly rules do not require AMs leaving a political group to resign and seek...

Summary: UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill has announced he is leaving the party's group in the Welsh Assembly to sit as an independent AM for North Wales.
###
Article: She will play campaigning defence solicitor Emma Blunt in the six-part series, which is described as an "exciting, visceral political thriller".
Harbinson said it was a legal thriller "but one that's written in the crash zone where law and politics collide."
The Peaky Blinders actress said she was "thrilled" to be leading the new drama.
"When l was at drama school l was inspired by Prime Suspect, watching as Britain led the way in creating strong female characters to lead their dramas," she said.
"It's a thriller that starts deceptively small, then begins crossing borders to different cultures and continents."
She said she knew and admired Harbinson's writing for Homeland, which starred her husband Damian Lewis in its early series, and can't wait to start filming.
The drama will follow Blunt as she investigates the killing of a schoolgirl in East Anglia and tries to free the man she thinks was wrongly convicted of the girl's murder.
As part of her investigation she starts to sense that forces in the police and the intelligence services want to stop her uncovering the truth.
Harbinson, who was also an executive producer on 24 and Person of Interest, said he was "delighted" that McCrory had agreed to play the lead role.
"She is a complex and contradictory character, and I am incredibly lucky to have someone of Helen's wit, warmth and intelligence bringing her to life," he said.
Harbinson said he immediately said yes when he was asked if he was interested in writing a legal series inspired by the work of campaigning lawyers like Gareth Peirce, who helped gain the release of Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon, and Helena Kennedy.
"Much of the work I've done in America in the last 10 years (24, Person of Interest, Homeland) has been about life in the post 9/11 (and post 7/7) world," he said. "The so-called war on terror has put serious stress on the ordinary workings of the law.
"National security justifies all sorts of police and state over-reach - and the great majority of us are prepared to accept this.
"So I...

Summary: Helen McCrory is to star in an ITV legal thriller from Homeland writer and executive producer Patrick Harbinson.
###
Article: The party of President Paul Kagame, which came to power after the genocide of 1994, won 40 of the 53 seats directly elected on Monday.
The opposition FDU-Inkingi, whose leader Victoire Ingabire is in jail, did not take part in the election, as it is not officially registered.
Two other parties regarded as close to the RPF took 13% and 9% of the vote.
Voting took placed days after two people were killed in two grenade attacks in the capital, Kigali.
No group has said it carried out the attacks but officials have blamed the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which is accused of links to the 1994 genocide, and critics of the government recently exiled in South Africa.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) government has been praised for maintaining stability and overseeing rapid economic growth since the slaughter of some 800,000 minority ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
But President Kagame has been increasingly accused of ignoring human rights and stamping out any opposition.
The RPF has kept its parliamentary majority but lost two seats.
A third opposition party to contest in the election, PS-Imberakuri, did not win any seats.
Its officials told the BBC that their supporters were harassed during the campaign - charges rejected by the RPF.
Helped by quotas, Rwanda has been the world's only parliament where women form a majority.
The parliament has 80 seats, 24 of which are reserved for women, two for candidates representing the youth and one representing disabled people.
Women's groups were electing the female MPs on Tuesday; the other quota MPs will be selected on Wednesday.

Summary: Rwanda's governing RPF party has won a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, securing 76% of the vote.
###
Article: The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) said it was hit by "exceptional mortalities" amounting to 1,300 tonnes - about a fifth of its potential harvest.
SSC also said "biological challenges", such as sea lice, had led to a lower mean weight of fish harvested.
As a result, operating costs increased and earnings dipped, it added.
The Oslo-listed company reported losses of Â£1.4m in the quarter before interest and tax.
This was despite a 39% increase year-on-year in revenue as a result of increased harvested volumes and higher market prices.
Revenue stood at Â£25.5m, while volumes rose from 5,130 tonnes to 5,486 tonnes.
SSC managing director Craig Anderson said: "This quarter has been challenging and, like many other operators in the sector, results have been impacted by biological issues.
"We have been working for some time to develop effective long term solutions to tackle these industry wide issues, such as the use of cleaner fish to combat sea lice.
"In the shorter term, we are using a range of established best practice methods to manage the situation.
"We remain focused on growing our business and developing our export markets to enable us to capitalise on the continued demand for premium Scottish salmon.
"Maragay Mor, our new site in the Hebrides, has been commissioned and is an important element in delivering our strategy of long term sustainable growth."

Summary: