Prolonged applause brought him back to the stage, but he declined to sing an encore.

Her superb jump over the wall in the fourth round when it stood at 7ft 1in drew prolonged applause from the appreciative crowd.

As the names of the dead were read out, hundreds of people gathered outside the sports hall broke into prolonged applause.

The performance drew prolonged applause from the appreciative crowd.

The song completed on a quiet note again the house lights went partly up as the crowd typically gave very prolonged applause.