Scientists say they have developed a breath-test that can accurately tell if a person has bowel cancer.

The test, which looks for exhaled chemicals linked to tumour activity, was able to identify a majority of patients with the disease.
The British Journal of Surgery reported an overall accuracy of 76%.
However, another scientist said it was unlikely a fully functioning and reliable breath-test would be available soon for the general public.
Scientists are working on breath-tests for a host of other diseases, including several types of cancer, TB and diabetes.
If diagnosed and treated early, the chances of stopping cancer can be good, but there is often little or no outward sign of the disease until it has progressed significantly.
The current screening test for bowel cancer looks for signs of blood in the faeces, but only a small proportion of those who test positive actually have colorectal cancer, which means unnecessary and invasive further testing for many people.
The breath-test technology relies on the idea that the biology of tumours can lead to the production of specific "volatile organic compounds", combinations of chemicals unlikely in a healthy person.
These can be found in small amounts in the breath of the patient, and early studies found dogs could be trained to identify them - although the latest study relies an electronic device to analyse breath gases.
The team from a hospital in Bari, southern Italy, compared the breath of 37 patients known to have bowel cancer with that of 41 "controls" who were thought to be healthy.
The initial test identified the cancer patients with 85% accuracy, and although, when combined with a follow-up test, the overall result fell to 76%, the researchers were upbeat about its potential.
"The present findings further support the value of breath-testing as a screening tool," they say.
It might be possible that the technique could help identify patients whose cancer was returning after treatment.
Bigger studies with a greater number of patients were now needed to fine-tune the test and confirm it worked, said Dr Donato Altomare and colleagues.
Breath-tests have been suggested for a variety of diseases, including other types of cancer, TB and diabetes, but Dr Claire Turner, a lecturer in analytical chemistry at the Open University, said that it was often difficult to interpret the cocktail of chemicals contained in every breath, as they could be influenced by what the patient had been eating, or even just by being ill or spending time in a hospital environment.
She said: "These technologies show a great deal of promise, and hopefully we will see larger studies in the future.
"However, we are unlikely to see this kind of breath testing available widely in the short term."


Celtic will slim down their squad in the summer, with manager Ronny Deila challenging his players to show they have the character for a big club.

The Scottish champions secured Start 17-year-old Kristoffer Ajer on a pre-contract agreement this week.
And it has led to claims that Deila is signing too many midfielders.
"Yes, I think so," he said when asked if players would leave in the summer. "People have to show who has the character to deal with these things."
Deila was speaking ahead of a 3-0 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle during which the introduction of young midfielders Ryan Christie, Scott Allan and on-loan debutant Patrick Roberts breathed fresh impetus into the Celtic attack.
"I agree it is too big now," the manager said of his squad. "It starts with being 100% committed to Celtic and, if you do that, you will get your rewards.
"You see that with Kieran Tierney, with Callum McGregor coming back and Tom Rogic coming through.
"There's lots of players coming through and that's because they work harder.
"But if they get lazy then they are not in the team. That's how it is at big clubs and this is a big club - you have to fight for the jersey."
One newspaper ran a poll to suggest that few of Deila's signings since arriving in Scotland in 2014 have been a success.
"You don't get everything right," he admitted. "Some can be positive and some can be not so positive, but the most important thing is that you learn from it and we have learned a lot through this time and we are in a good position now.
"These are young players and you need consequences. If you don't develop and don't work hard, you don't have your jersey.
"To get people to progress, you need a big squad, but I think it's a little too big now."
Caley Thistle created the better of the chances at Celtic Park until Gary Mackay-Steven broke the deadlock via a deflection.
"We have to give credit to Inverness," said Deila after his side pulled six points clear at the top of the Premiership. "They are a good football team and they kept the ball and made it hard for us.
"In the second half, we started more positive and were more direct in our play and we got our chances and some good substitutions made a difference.
"In the end, we had more chances than them and deserved to win."
Caley Thistle manager John Hughes was "bitterly disappointed" that his side's efforts came to nothing.
"I am a bit frustrated, but I can't ask more of my boys," he added.
"I just feel for them because we played good stuff and had one or two real good chances.
"They passed it, Celtic knew they were in a game and it was the second goal that killed us.
"Even in defeat, you can take great pride and inspiration from the way we played. We gave as good as we got."


Angelina Jolie has spoken about how Cambodia was her "awakening", as she premiered her new film in the country.

The actress was speaking exclusively to the BBC before the screening of First They Killed My Father, a true-life account of the Khmer Rouge genocide through the eyes of a child.
She said she hoped the film, which she directed, would help Cambodians to speak more openly about the trauma of the period.
Two million people died.
Jolie, now a UN refugee agency special envoy, first visited Cambodia for the filming of 2001 hit Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
She later adopted Maddox, her oldest son, from Cambodia.
"I came to this country and I fell in love with its people and learned its history, and in doing so learned, how little I actually knew about the world," she told the BBC's Yalda Hakim.
"This country, for me was my awakening.
"I'll always be very grateful to this country. I don't think I ever could give back as much as this country has given me."
First They Killed My Father is based on a book of the same name by Loung Ung.
Ms Ung was five when she and her family were forced to leave their home in the capital, Phnom Penh, by the Khmer Rouge, the regime which ran the country between 1975 and 1979, under Pol Pot.
It is estimated that about two million people, around a quarter of the population, were either murdered by the regime or died from starvation and overwork.
"I thought that this war that happened 40 years ago, and what happened to these people, was not properly understood," said Jolie.
The film is predominantly in the local Khmer language, and Jolie said that while she wanted the wider world to better understand events in Cambodia she hoped it would have an impact domestically too.
"I hope it helps the country speak more," she said, as many survivors "haven't told their children their story".
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The film, made by Netflix, was given its world premiere on Saturday inside the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap, where Tomb Raider was partly filmed.
Among those present alongside Jolie and her six children was Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, who in 2005 granted the actress Cambodian citizenship for the work done by an environmental foundation she established in the country.
The premiere was the first major public appearance for Jolie since she filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in September last year, citing irreconcilable differences.
The couple had been together since 2004 but only married in August 2014.
"It was very difficult," Jolie said. "Many people find themselves in this situation. My whole family have all been through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children.
"We are and forever will be a family and so that is how I am coping. I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer."
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Cambodia's economy has grown rapidly in recent years, on the back of a large garment sector producing clothes for some of the world's biggest brands.
The government of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen, himself a former Khmer Rouge cadre, takes credit for providing peace and development, but is accused of using heavy-handed tactics and the courts to subdue political opponents.
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A UN-backed tribunal prosecuting senior Khmer Rouge leaders has convicted just a handful of people. Pol Pot died in 1998.
Jolie recently wrote a piece for the New York Times in response to US President Donald Trump's immigration ban, calling for her homeland to make decisions based on fact rather than fear.
She was reluctant to talk specifically about Mr Trump but said: "The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.
"I believe that many of the things that we're hearing that we feel are based on a sense of spreading fear or hate or dividing people by race or judgement is un-American.
"At this time I think what is amazing is we are seeing people around the world start to speak out for their civil liberties and rights and what they feel. In America, we are hearing people say 'this is un-American to me, this is unconstitutional to me. And this is who I am'."


One of Canada's largest animal welfare charities is investigating "absolutely sickening" acts of alleged abuse of chickens at a company.

Secretly recorded footage showed chickens being dismembered, flung around and used for violent sex acts at Elite Farm Services.
Elite told CTV that it has since fired several several employees.
The SPCA in the province of British Columbia said those behind the alleged cruelty would be held accountable.
Rights group Mercy for Animals filmed the video from 10 May to 9 June.
"The images in this video are absolutely sickening and the individual employees and the companies involved need to be held accountable," said Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the British Columbian (BC) SPCA, in a statement.
Elite Farm Services were not immediately available for comment to the BBC.
In a statement to CTV news, the company said they will also conduct an internal review of all guidelines, practices and training.
"We are sickened with the footage and want to ensure all our suppliers and producers that this is not reflective of who we are, our fundamental beliefs or behavior we accept from our employees," Elite president Dwayne Dueck said in a statement Tuesday.
The company was hired by Sofina Foods Inc to go to farms around the province, catch broiler chickens and transport them to slaughter. Sofina sells chicken products to Loblaws, one of Canada's largest grocery chains.
"We are appalled and extremely shocked by the video footage we saw," Sofina said in a statement.
"Ethical and responsible treatment of animals is of utmost importance to our organization."
The company said it was working with Elite Farms to conduct an investigation and would take immediate action.
Ms Moriarty said the SPCA received the video from Mercy for Animals and would be filing a report as soon as possible.
The BC SPCA, a non-profit organisation, is legally empowered to investigate alleged animal cruelty and recommend charges to prosecutors.
"The video includes some of the most brutal and sadistic acts of violence against animals I have ever seen," said Ms Moriarty.
"It is extremely difficult to watch."
The allegations have not been proven in court.
If convicted, the individuals and companies involved face a fine up to $75,000, a maximum five-year jail sentence and up to a lifetime ban on owning or being around animals.


Scotland's media landscape is being bulldozed - transformed by digital technology, burgeoning choice, and quite a bit of politics - particularly as the future of the BBC is now in play.

The politics is also apparent in the newspaper sales figures for the first half of the year. Out this week, they show the average decline at more than 10% since the first half of last year, continuing the industry's painful downward trajectory.
Scotland on Sunday saw print sales fall more than 20%. It now has an average weekly sale of less than 25,000. It doesn't have its own staff any more, relying on a journalism pool shared with its stablemate, The Scotsman.
"SoS" is now being beaten by the only weekly "regional" paper to register a rise in print sales, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Sunday Herald looked to be on its last legs, but found a niche by backing the independence cause.
Approving "Yes" campaigners backed it, with a big lift in the back half of last year, from which it's fallen back, but still retained an average 29,000 weekly sales.
Its publisher, Newsquest, also saw a gap in the daily market for pro-independence readers. Although the figures aren't audited, we're told they're selling nearly 17,000 a day.
These are small numbers when set alongside the total sale of newspapers. The constitutional debate may have polarised opinion and changed some buying behaviour, but it can be overstated. The decline of sales in Scotland has recently been steeper than those for the rest of the UK, but the trends are similar.
Meanwhile, publishers point out there's a rise in online readership. But that's not making them enough money to sustain their cost bases. In the case of the Scotsman's figures, daily online readers are down 33% since a busy referendum period.
Those news publishers are competing with broadcasters for online readers. We've just got half year figures for STV which show  it aiming to achieve its turnaround by the end of next year.
A high priority is the desire to find a new earner from making drama series, as royalties from Taggart re-runs fade to black.
It's finding the transition and investing in new services can be expensive, with an Â£800,000 half-year loss on its two city stations, STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh.
They're being watched by 900,000 people in the average month which, we're told, is 30% of the potential audience. The Glasgow channel is being aimed at break-even by the end of this year.
STV also lost a wad of cash by having to bail out Mirriad, a digital advertising firm in which it invested. It may have failed to raise the finance needed without the bail-out, but it's clever stuff, "advertising to the skip generation", with personalised product placement embedded in video content.
For instance, a music video might have a street scene, in which a background billboard has ads which differ, depending on who is viewing.
Advertising is not part of the BBC debate. Not yet anyway. But as the future of the licence fee is discussed, they are a sort of subliminal presence on the background billboards.
A project, financed by the BBC and published this week, sought to find out how small groups of people responded to living without the corporation's TV, radio and online content for a few days.
It concluded the group who resented having to pay the annual Â£145.50 missed it more than they expected, and some were despairing at the impact of adverts on their viewing of commercial channels.
Commissioning that research is part of the BBC's fight for its very existence, at least if you believe some of the interpretation of the government's green paper on how the next 10-year charter is going to change things. The charter is due to start from the end of next year.
We're half way through the consultation on that, and so far the UK government appears to have retreated from the early briefings to delighted print rivals that Auntie might as well be put in a retirement home, her funding clipped, with a remit to leave popular entertainment to the commercial market-place.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has been in Edinburgh for its International TV Festival this week, making reassuringly supportive comments about the BBC. He'll be aware that it has a lot of fans mobilised to defend it, including some formidable cultural celebrities. Some, including Armando Ianucci and Sue Perkins, used the Festival platform to sound off.
The context of the debate on the BBC's future in Scotland is, of course, rather different. The broadcaster's fans have not rushed forward to argue the case for it. The independence referendum seems to have left a bruised legacy of reluctance to engage.
It also left a legacy of a starkly changed political landscape, to which the BBC has to respond, even if Mr Whittingdale's green paper didn't make much of it.
The document only noted the Smith Commission's agreement that the BBC should be answerable to Holyrood on a similar basis to its accountability at Westminster (note that it's accountable for its management and use of resources, rather than its output and journalism).
On the pro-independence side, there's some tacit awareness that the broadcasting section was hardly the most compelling part of the Scottish government white paper. It proposed a new Scottish broadcaster while somehow ensuring that all the popular BBC stuff was retained.
Less tacit are vociferous critics of the BBC's political coverage, including pro-independence websites and bloggers, some threatening mass non-payment of the licence fee.
Having mobilised protests outside the BBC last year, that element continues to be fired up by Alex Salmond, in his newspaper column and promoting his book, with ever stronger condemnations of the BBC's referendum coverage.
The body set up to represent viewers, listeners and readers, the Audience Council of Scotland, took 10 months to produce a report that reflected on the referendum. When it did, it was both supportive and quite challenging of the corporation's coverage.
It said online was of "exceptional quality" (including something called "expert economic analysis" - though if there was, I missed it). But it also said coverage failed to respond to the change in campaigning style, as grass roots and social media played such a significant role.
The Council pointed to "an opportunity to review issues in the light of experience in the referendum", though it stopped short of explicitly calling for one.
So that was the complex background to Alex Salmond's successor, previously with little to say on the subject, setting out her thoughts on broadcasting, and the BBC in particular, with a speech at the TV festival.
Nicola Sturgeon said she approached the subject with trepidation. Her speech was very carefully worded. It's hard to believe this was anything like the speech Alex Salmond would have delivered.
Criticism of the BBC's campaign coverage last year was measured. The first minister said she saw no "institutional bias", and praised at least some BBC Scotland journalism.
She went on to argue that there was a failure to strike the right balance between holding independence plans up to scrutiny on a parallel basis with the prospects for remaining within the UK.
"The status quo and the consequences of voting 'No' were not really analysed at all," she claimed, voicing the irritation of those who feel there wasn't a level playing field.
And she cited the Audience Council in support of her view that London-based journalists had failed to catch the mood of Scots audiences. Their broad brush reports jarred, it was argued, with the detailed scrutiny of issues that had long been debated at every level of Scottish society.
BBC management responded to her speech with a statement beginning: "We believe our coverage of the referendum was rigorously impartial and in line with our guidelines on fairness and impartiality".
The Sturgeon speech then turned its focus on the future. For her followers, it's worth noting a change of direction - no longer talk of a Scottish Broadcasting Service splitting from the BBC, but a federal structure.
The design appears to allow for either devolution or independence. That way, it helps to disarm Ms Sturgeon's constitutional opponents in their claims that an independent Scotland would be deprived of Eastenders, Strictly Come Dancing and Sir David Attenborough.
The governance requires a Scottish board of overseers, she said, while the output requires a Scottish TV channel (in addition to BBC Alba in Gaelic), and a sibling station for BBC Radio Scotland.
Her most forthright criticism was of the BBC's past attempts to avoid becoming a leader of constitutional change by refusing the pressure to split its flagship network news coverage, at 6 and 10 o'clock, for a different perspective from Scotland for Scots.
"The criticism that should be levied at the BBC is not that it has tried to lead constitutional change," said the first minister. "It is that it has totally failed to follow it.
"The UK has changed dramatically since devolution, but broadcasters are still catching up with its consequences. And although that poses questions for all public service broadcasters, the issue is maybe most acute with the BBC."
The message was aimed at Mr Whittingdale to some extent, but more so at the BBC. So how will it respond?
Last month, the official answer to concerns about a lack of trust was to point to large audiences for the flagship news programme, Reporting Scotland. And even last month, these were "early days" for a debate about changes to governance.
Not any longer. Not with a BBC Trust survey finding that only 48% of Scots think that the corporation reflects their lives. That's lower than other parts of the UK.
That BBC spokesman's reaction to the first minister's speech continued: "We recognise that there is audience demand for greater representation and portrayal of Scottish audiences on all BBC services and we want this to be part of our response in charter review.
"The BBC's funding has now been set for the next five years and this will mean cuts across the BBC.
"We will have to balance our investment on pan-UK services with dedicated services in the Nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). We will aim to protect spending in the Nations so that content investment is cut less than in other parts of the BBC."
Expect more on that from the Beeb next month. With the first minister's speech, an important debate on the future of the media in Scotland has only (at last) just begun.


A Christian Benteke double was not enough for Belgium as Russia staged a late comeback to draw their international friendly in Sochi.

Russia, World Cup hosts in 2018, led when Viktor Vasin side-footed home.
Everton's Kevin Mirallas levelled for the visitors, who took a 3-1 lead into the break with two headers from Crystal Palace striker Benteke.
Aleksey Miranchuk pulled one back with 15 minutes to go before Aleksandr Bukharov's 92nd-minute leveller.
Russia, who qualified for the World Cup automatically as hosts, have now won just one of their last five games, having suffered defeats by Costa Rica, Qatar and Ivory Coast in the last six months.
Belgium are top of their World Cup qualifying group at the halfway stage, but have now drawn three of their last four international matches.
Everton's Romelu Lukaku, the Premier League's top scorer, played the final 13 minutes for Belgium.
There were starts for Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet, Tottenham defenders Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen and midfielder Mousa Dembele, while Chelsea forward Eden Hazard came on in the 85th minute.
Match ends, Russia 3, Belgium 3.
Second Half ends, Russia 3, Belgium 3.
Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Belgium).
Viktor Vasin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Russia 3, Belgium 3. Aleksandr Bukharov (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Samedov with a cross.
Attempt missed. Aleksandr Bukharov (Russia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Belgium. Dedryck Boyata replaces Thomas Vermaelen.
Foul by Thorgan Hazard (Belgium).
Igor Akinfeev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Aleksandr Bukharov (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Roman Zobnin.
Attempt blocked. Denis Glushakov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Bukharov.
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Thorgan Hazard (Belgium).
Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Mousa Dembélé.
Attempt missed. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
Attempt saved. Aleksandr Samedov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Offside, Belgium. Yannick Carrasco tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Roman Zobnin (Russia).
Offside, Russia. Denis Glushakov tries a through ball, but Aleksandr Bukharov is caught offside.
Substitution, Belgium. Yannick Carrasco replaces Nacer Chadli.
Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Christian Benteke.
Thomas Foket (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denis Glushakov (Russia).
Substitution, Russia. Denis Glushakov replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
Goal!  Russia 2, Belgium 3. Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandr Bukharov following a fast break.
Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Russia).
Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nacer Chadli with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Belgium. Conceded by Dmitri Kombarov.
Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Magomed Ozdoev.
Nacer Chadli (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aleksandr Samedov (Russia).
Offside, Russia. Aleksandr Erokhin tries a through ball, but Aleksandr Bukharov is caught offside.
Foul by Thomas Foket (Belgium).
Dmitri Kombarov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Kevin Mirallas.
Substitution, Belgium. Axel Witsel replaces Youri Tielemans.
Corner,  Russia. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.


London Mayor Sadiq Khan is on the lookout for an aide who will focus on boosting the city's night-time culture.

The night tsar will work with Mr Khan, the Night Time Commission, businesses, councils, Met Police and Transport For London to make London a "24-hour city".
The one-year post comes less than a week after the launch of the Night Tube, which is expected to add Â£77m to the city's economy each year by 2029.
The successful candidate will work two-and-half days a week for Â£35,000.
An advert on the mayor's website states the night tsar needs to demonstrate "proven leadership ability, public profile and convening power, plus a thorough understanding of the night time economy and the ability to work in a political environment".
The deadline for applications is on the midnight of 12 September and interviews will take place the following week.
Night Tube services began on the Victoria and Central lines on Friday, with more than 100,000 people riding the Tube in the early hours on the first weekend.
The service will be rolled out to the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines this autumn.


Worcestershire's Daryl Mitchell has been relieved of his position as county captain after six years in the role.

He is replaced as skipper by former Shropshire all-rounder Joe Leach, 25, who steps up from vice-captain.
Mitchell, 32, said on Twitter losing the captaincy was "devastating news".
"It was tough news to take, and tough for me to give. I just felt we need to freshen things up. It's no slight against Daryl," Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes told BBC Sport.
"He has done a fantastic job, got us two promotions in the County Championship and to two T20 quarter-finals.
"But, in Joe, we have a player who has shown he can have a really big impact on games. He was 10th in the MVP (Most Valuable Player) rankings in 2015 and was fourth this season."
Mitchell, one of few Worcestershire players who hails from within the county boundary, added, in a club statement: "Although I disagree with Bumpy's decision, I fully respect it.
"I know it has been made with the very best intentions. I would like to thank Bumpy for giving me the opportunity to fulfil a childhood dream of becoming captain of our great club."
Opening batsman Mitchell has scored almost 15,000 runs in all competitions since his debut for Worcestershire in 2005, including 24 first-class centuries.
Worcestershire came third in Division Two of the Championship in the season just finished, were beaten in the quarter-finals of the One-Day Cup by Somerset and failed to make it out of the group in the T20 Blast.
When he succeeded Vikram Solanki as skipper in 2010, Badsey-born Daryl Mitchell was the first Worcestershire captain from within the current county boundary in 85 years - since Maurice Foster in 1925.
But his predecessor, Wolverhampton-bred Solanki, came through the ranks at New Road, as did a succession of locally-reared captains between 1952 and 1967.
Ronnie Bird, was from Quarry Bank, near Dudley, Reg Perks and Peter Richardson were born in Hereford, while Don Kenyon, captain of their 1964 and 1965 Championship winning sides, was born in Wordsley.


China is to stop issuing multiple entry Hong Kong visas to residents of Shenzhen, state media reports.

The move is an attempt by Beijing to ease growing anger in Hong Kong over shopping trips by mainlanders who take advantage of lower taxes.
Shenzhen residents will now only be able to enter Hong Kong once per week, and stay for no longer than a week.
Hong Kong officials say 47 million visits were made in 2014 by mainland Chinese people.
Hong Kong activists who have been campaigning against parallel traders are celebrating what they call a small victory. The new policy is a clear sign that, despite a lack of capitulation to last year's Occupy Central pro-democracy protests, this time - when the row is over livelihood rather than political issues - the Chinese government will try to appease Hong Kong residents. Ronald Leung, a volunteer with the North District Parallel Imports Concern Group, told the BBC the policy change was an effort by central authorities to boost the popularity of pro-Beijing Chief Executive CY Leung. But the activists believe any drop in parallel trading will be temporary. There continues to be enormous demand by mainland Chinese for food and household goods sold in Hong Kong. They say the Shenzhen residents who had been ferrying those products will soon be replaced by Hong Kong residents who are not subject to travel restrictions.
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About a tenth of those visits were by people who entered Hong Kong more than once a week, a large proportion of them Shenzhen residents holding multiple entry visas.
Many of the visitors buy up household goods in bulk to resell across the border - as Hong Kong does not charge sales tax - despite this being illegal.
There have been angry protests in recent months over this so-called parallel trading, occasionally resulting in scuffles in shopping malls close to the border.
China's Xinhua news agency, citing the ministry of security, said on Monday that the new rules applied immediately.
It said the decision had been made because of concerns that Hong Kong was struggling to cope with the huge numbers of tourists.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung welcomed the move, saying he had raised the issue with Beijing in June.
Mainlanders have to get permission from their government to enter Hong Kong.
Mr Leung warned that existing visas would remain valid, meaning it could take some time for the effect of the change to be seen.
He also cautioned that the "unruly protests" seen in towns close to the border had actually hampered the discussions and "hurt the feelings between the people of Hong Kong and the mainland", the South China Morning Post reports.
Parallel trading has been a key factor in the growing anti-mainland sentiment in Hong Kong.
There is huge demand in China for household items from Hong Kong, in particular milk powder, as they are seen as being both cheaper and better quality.
Hong Kongers say this trade pushes up costs and causes huge delays at border crossings, while also complaining about poor behaviour from mainlanders.
The authorities on both sides of the border routinely arrest people caught smuggling and crack down on commercial operators, but locals have long demanded more decisive action.


A cargo ship carrying high-quality cars has "freed itself" from the sandbank where it has been stranded since Saturday.

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The Hoegh Osaka car transporter was deliberately grounded on a sandbank to prevent it from completely overturning.
At high tide, when the sea level was at its highest, the ship began to float once again and move in the waves.
Authorities had been pumping water out of the vessel, which still contains 1,400 cars and construction equipment like diggers.
All crew were safely rescued off the ship on Saturday night.
It will now be towed to a safe place so officials can work out what should be done next.


For such a divisive figure, Donald Trump managed to unify hundreds of thousands of Americans at the Women's March on Washington.

Moments after Mr Trump was sworn in as the 45th president on Friday, he delivered a thundering speech in which he promised to improve the lives of millions of Americans.
A day later, throngs of women, men and children streamed into the same area where he made that pledge, in order to take a stand for gender and racial equality.
Though Mr Trump's named was mentioned frequently, the march, which organisers estimate attracted more than half a million, was not only about the new US president.
Messages ranged from "Thank you for making me an activist Trump" to "We will not be silenced," but the common thread throughout the patchwork of signs was hope.
"It's about solidarity and visualising the resistance," said Jonathon Meier, who took a bus from New York.
"And I think it not only helps with the healing process, but it gives me hope for the next four years."
Washington rally leads Trump protests
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A sea of activists, some clad in knitted, pink "pussy" hats and others draped in American flags, ambled about the National Mall, stopping to catch a glimpse of some of the high-profile speakers and singing along to songs like "This Little Light of Mine".
Peppered among the many protest signs were images of ovaries and female genitals, a nod to concerns over losing access to birth control and abortion care under a Trump administration.
Jellema Stewart, who travelled from Buffalo, New York, said she was marching for her grandmother, who died at age 38 during an illegal abortion in the 1950s.
"I'm here to make sure her voice is heard," she said. "I marched in 2004 for reproductive rights and it's now 2017 and we're still fighting for the same thing."
Ms Stewart also said she was energised by thousands at the rally, insisting that it sends a message to the new president.
"He gave racism a voice again," she said of Mr Trump. "So we have to be louder than the racism and discrimination that came out of this election and show him that we are definitely a force. To show him that we count and we will be watching."
All eyes across the world seemed to be watching, not only the march in Washington, but the dozens of other sister marches that took place in more than 60 countries.
Aerial images showed thousands massing in so-called "solidarity marches" in the UK, Canada, and Australia as well as in US cities including New York, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.
For demonstrator Chrystian Woods, the marches signalled that the US would not be defined by who was in White House.
"It's not about being anti-Trump," she explained.
"It's letting the world know that America is more than just that. America is love, inclusiveness and unity and that America is accepting people who are not like us."
"I believe deeply this country is for all of us," said Brooklyn resident Amy Briggs.
"I would have been very dejected yesterday if I wasn't able to be here and experience this solidarity," she said as a young female approached her to sign a rainbow flag.
The mood was festive among the peaceful protesters, but some were cautious about what comes after the pink hats come off.
Leigh Caputo, a Baltimore public school teacher, said she did not want people to think a march was the only solution.
"I'm hopeful that this [march] mobilises people because there's a lot of work to be done," said Ms Caputo.
In the months leading up to the event, the organisers faced intense scrutiny over claims that the name exploited past African-American movements and catered to white women.
Critics on Facebook told white women to "check their privilege", leading to heated discussions about racial divisions and what the march could achieve.
It is difficult to ignore the fact that 53% of white women did vote for Mr Trump while the female half of more than 90 million eligible voters did not cast a ballot at all.  So what about the sea of white women at the march?
Lesley Mansfield, who travelled from Sante Fe, New Mexico, agreed that it was puzzling that so many women voted for Mr Trump.
"It's a reality we have to be aware of," she said. "But being here reminds us that there are people who think like we do - like the majority who voted for Hillary Clinton."
Those sobering statistics did not seem to loom over those in attendance on Saturday, and like the Trump supporters who stood in the same spot 24 hours earlier, they were full of hope for America's future.


The US House of Representatives will hold a vote on Thursday on a revised healthcare bill that Republicans hope will replace Obamacare.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the leadership in the party is confident it has secured enough votes for the bill to pass.
It would then go to the Senate where it could face a more tricky passage.
President Donald Trump made the repeal of his predecessor's signature law a central campaign promise.
He has played a personal role this week in persuading wavering Republicans to come on board.
Their first attempt at getting a healthcare bill collapsed in disarray in March, despite the party controlling both legislative chambers and the White House.
But several key Republicans this week reversed course, partly due to an amendment by Congressman Fred Upton to provide $8bn (Â£6.2bn) over five years towards coverage for sick people.
But Democrats said the amount was woefully inadequate.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said: "The Upton amendment is like administering cough medicine to someone with stage four cancer."
Members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of ultraconservative lawmakers, indicated the Upton amendment would not be a deal-breaker for them.
In March, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said 24 million people would lose health insurance under the bill, which is called the American Health Care Act.
The bill has been amended several times as Republicans have tried to balance demands from opposing wings of their party.
Conservatives want to see a complete rollback of Obamacare, while moderates are concerned about losing voters who like the existing law.
President Barack Obama's overhaul of healthcare extended insurance coverage to millions of Americans, but some have experienced rising premiums in recent years.
One of its popular elements is that it bans insurers from denying coverage to patients who are ill with "pre-existing conditions".
President Trump has insisted the revised bill will keep that, although it is thought that states will be able to opt out of making that an absolute provision.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel made a heartfelt plea that pre-existing conditions be protected, and spoke about his newborn son who has a congenital heart defect.
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said Manchester United's important players were "in our pockets" in a match that went "exactly" as they wanted.

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The Blues boss says his side have "almost" won the Premier League title after their 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge moved them 10 points clear at the top.
United dominated possession and had more chances than the league leaders.
Mourinho said: "We prepared for it to be like this. It was the game we wanted and expected."
Chelsea will be champions if they win at Arsenal and Leicester in their next two matches, having beaten third-placed United with a first-half goal from Eden Hazard.
Visiting manager Louis van Gaal said it was his side's "best display of the season" but Mourinho insists it was part of the game plan.
"It was difficult, but less than you think," he said. "Control their direct football to Marouane Fellaini and control the wingers from making crosses on the inside foot.
"When we know Wayne Rooney plays in midfield, we control his progression into the box. Control set-pieces and don't give away direct free-kicks as they have three specialists.
"Wait for a mistake and score a goal. We were able to make their important players disappear. Nobody saw them. They were in our pockets."
United went into the match knowing they needed to win for the first time in five league visits to Chelsea to have any realistic hope of winning the title.
But, despite big celebrations at the end of the match, Mourinho was careful to point out his side are not champions yet.
"We are not celebrating," he said. "Football is not about 'ifs' and 'almosts', it is about mathematics. When it is done, it is done, and until that moment we don't celebrate.
"The celebration is because we have beaten one of the biggest clubs in the world. The celebration is because they have everything to win that game and the result is because of the work they did all week to prepare for this game.
"I feel we are almost there but there are no 'almosts' in football."


Mark Noble scored twice as West Ham eased past West Brom to reclaim fifth place in the Premier League table.

The hosts had the best opportunities in the opening 15 minutes, but the Hammers soon took control.
Cheikhou Kouyate's header opened the scoring and the midfielder then set up Mark Noble, whose scuffed effort made it 2-0 before the break.
And Noble grabbed a second - his fourth goal in two games - when he volleyed home from Andy Carroll's ball in.
The Hammers, now unbeaten in 10 league matches, leapfrog Manchester United, who play leaders Leicester on Sunday.
And they have now reached their highest ever points haul in the Premier League with 59.
But the result leaves Tony Pulis' Baggies without a win in seven games.
West Ham have not lost a league game since their 1-0 defeat by Southampton in February and they look well set for a top-six finish - and a Europa League place.
Against a poor West Brom side, Dimitri Payet was impressive once again for the Hammers and he played a big part in two of the three goals.
The Frenchman had just switched to the right wing when he collected the ball and sent in an accurate cross for Kouyate to head in on 34 minutes.
Kouyate then turned provider when he raced forward unopposed and fed Noble, who managed to poke past Ben Foster on the stroke of half-time.
And it was Payet's weaving run which led to West Ham's third. The 29-year-old found Carroll out on the left, and the England striker's looping ball over the top was drilled in with force by Noble.
With West Brom's top-flight status all-but secure, Pulis handed a starting berth to 17-year-old Jonathan Leko -  and he became the first player born in 1999 to start a Premier League match.
The young winger made an immediate impact, too, as he glided through the West Brom defence and supplied Craig Gardner, who saw two efforts kept out.
Leko then tricked his way forward again, but Gardner could only head wide of the target.
As the teenager's impact faded, and the Hammers took the lead, West Brom rarely looked a threat.
Striker Salomon Rondon had only four touches in the box all game, and their best effort in the second half was sent wide of the post by substitute Saido Berahino.
West Brom manager Tony Pulis: "I thought we dominated the first 25 minutes but we had to take chances. You know they're going to get opportunities, and we've not had the breaks.
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"We went 2-0 down when they had three shots. They had four shots, three goals. We had five or six opportunities and we've not scored.
"We've got a lot of talent in the academy and Jonathan [Leko] has got raw talent. He needs to be out playing against men. Under-21 football isn't enough. We have to get these kids out. He's got unbelievable talent."
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "We totally deserved it. They are physical and organised. They have a good home record against big teams and they were better in the first 25 minutes. We were on the back foot but then we started to stretch them.
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"The goals helped - the first and second before the break. We scored magnificent goals from open play and it's a great win."
West Ham face Swansea at home on 7 May, while West Brom travel to Bournemouth on the same day.
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, West Ham United 3.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, West Ham United 3.
Attempt missed. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stéphane Sessegnon with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Reece Oxford (West Ham United) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Moses with a cross.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by Salomón Rondón.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by Craig Dawson.
Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion).
Hand ball by Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion).
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Angelo Ogbonna.
Hand ball by Andy Carroll (West Ham United).
Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt saved. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Substitution, West Ham United. Reece Oxford replaces Manuel Lanzini.
Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Sandro (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gareth McAuley following a corner.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Mark Noble.
Attempt missed. Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stéphane Sessegnon with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Mark Noble.
Attempt blocked. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, West Ham United. Victor Moses replaces Dimitri Payet.
Goal!  West Bromwich Albion 0, West Ham United 3. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Carroll with a cross.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Stéphane Sessegnon replaces Craig Gardner.
Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Sandro (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonas Olsson.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by Sandro.
Substitution, West Ham United. Emmanuel Emenike replaces Diafra Sakho.
Foul by Andy Carroll (West Ham United).
Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Craig Dawson tries a through ball, but Craig Gardner is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
Offside, West Ham United. Cheikhou Kouyaté tries a through ball, but Andy Carroll is caught offside.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Sandro replaces Claudio Yacob.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Saido Berahino replaces James McClean.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mark Noble (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Four people were killed when a large avalanche swept away a ski group in the Austrian Alps, police say.

The avalanche hit the remote Jochgrubenkopf peak in the Tyrol region at about 12:30 local time (11:30 GMT).
It engulfed a group of eight foreign tourists, but four managed to free themselves and seek help, according to Austrian reports.
Three bodies were found quickly but rescuers searched for hours to find the fourth body buried deep in the snow.
Local reports said the ski group was visiting from Switzerland.
Rudi Mair from the Tyrol avalanche warning service said "tonnes of snow" had come down the 2,400m (7,800ft) mountain. The avalanche was said to have been about 700m (2,300 feet) long.
The alert level at the time had been quite low.
But Mr Mair told Austrian broadcaster ORF that the avalanche had been triggered by a small amount of fresh snow on top of several, unstable layers of old snow.
Fourteen people in Austria have died in avalanche accidents this winter, officials say.


That's what many of us want to do when we feel our employer is being unfair, but few of us, especially with two young children, have the courage to go through with it.
But that's exactly what Kellie Simmons from Manchester did when the company she worked for refused to give her flexible working.
Kellie's experience is common for those earning less than £40,000, research suggests.
High earning parents who make more than £70,000 a year are much more likely (47%) to work flexibly than those earning between £10,000 and £40,000, according to a poll of 1,000 working parents carried out by the charity Working Families.
The research also found the majority of working parents regularly put in extra hours at work, with a quarter saying they worked at least five extra unpaid hours a week.
Perhaps more heart-rending, 56% of parents said it interfered with their ability to put their children to bed.
"We know flexible working makes business sense across the salary spectrum, so why should only the people who earn the most be able to reap the rewards?" asks Sarah Jackson, chief executive of Working Families.
"We want jobs at all levels to be advertised as flexible. And this should be the norm, rather than the exception."
Kellie first broached the idea of flexible working with her employer, a charity in the education sector, when she was on maternity leave with her second child.
Initially they said yes and allowed her to work from 9.30am to 4pm - with reduced pay - for six months.
These flexible hours enabled Kellie to drop off her children at childcare in the morning and "see them grow up in the early evening," says Kellie.
But at work she says she had to endure subtle jibes.
"Colleagues would say things like 'well had you been at the early morning meeting today you'd know about x, y and z.'
"It wasn't an easy environment to work in and I felt constantly under pressure, despite the fact I was contracted to work fewer hours and was getting paid less," recalls Kellie.
After six months she asked for an extension as her youngest was still only 11 months old. But her company declined and suggested instead that she took an unpaid career break and returned in six months on her old hours.
Kellie decided she was not going to put up with the lack of flexible working.
Within days of being told flexible working conditions were not an option, she made the decision to leave her job and set up her own business.
She gambled her savings on converting a run-down shop on Cheshire's Lymm high street into a modern beauty salon complete with crèche facilities for clients who pop in for a manicure or blow dry.
"It's early days, but it's going well so far," smiles Kellie as she juggles 18-month-old Isaac in one hand while overseeing her beauty staff in the salon.
"I can take my eldest boy to school in the morning and pick him up in the afternoon and also take my youngest to nursery three days a week while still earning decent money."
The Confederation of British Industry says employers that don't offer flexibility are short-sighted, arguing it benefits both companies and the wider economy.
It says "offering jobs at every level on a flexible basis will help companies to recruit and retain the people and skills that are needed to compete".
The Federation of Small Business (FSB), which represents small firms, agrees saying flexibility is an important way to retain staff.
"Our research shows 80% of small businesses offer or would consider offering flexible working opportunities to their staff.
"We know three quarters of our own membership currently have at least one member of staff working flexibly, including part-time, staggered hours, home working, or flexi-time," says FSB chairman Mike Cherry.


The internet has been slowed down all over the world after a huge cyber-attack on tech company Spamhaus.

Security company Arbor Networks said the attack is the biggest they have ever seen.
It is having an impact on popular services like Netflix.
The massive number of computers involved in the attack has slowed down the entire internet.
Security expert Professor Alan Woodward said: "Imagine the internet as a motorway."
"With this attack, there's so much traffic it's clogging up the motorway itself."


Authorities have identified the suspected gunmen who attacked an event near Dallas exhibiting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, US media say.

Officials have named them as Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, according to the New York Times and the Washington Post newspapers.
Agents were searching an apartment in Phoenix, Arizona, where Simpson reportedly lived, an FBI official said.
Two gunmen were shot dead after opening fire outside Sunday's event.
Simpson had been previously investigated on suspicion of terrorism offences, several reports said.
They drove to the Muhammad Art Exhibit in the Dallas suburb of Garland as the event was ending, firing with assault rifles on two officers in a car park.
One of the officers, a traffic policeman, returned fire and killed both the gunmen, Garland police official Joe Harn said. The security officer who with him was shot in the lower leg. He was treated in hospital and then released.
"Obviously they were there to shoot people," Mr Harn said.
The event was organised by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), which is run by controversial blogger and activist Pamela Geller.
One of the keynote speakers was the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, an outspoken critic of Islam in Western societies.
The conference included a contest that offered a $10,000 (Â£6,600) prize for a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are offensive to many Muslims.
Officials believe that Simpson sent several Twitter messages before Sunday's shooting, including one with the hashtag #texasattack part of which read: "May Allah accept us as mujahideen" [holy fighters]. The Twitter account was later suspended.
Simpson was convicted several years ago for lying to authorities about his plans to travel to Somalia, court documents show.
The FBI's John Lannarelli told US media that both suspects appeared to have lived in the same Phoenix apartment, although this has not been officially confirmed.
The bomb squad was called in to search the suspects' vehicle. They set off several controlled explosions around the vehicle, where they found additional ammunition but no bombs, Mr Harn said.
While he did not publicly name the men, he said that officials were confident they knew their identities.
The suspects' bodies remained at the scene on Monday morning, surrounded by dozens of empty shell casings.
Security had been tight ahead of Sunday's conference and Garland's mayor acknowledged that there had been a lot of local concern about the event, though police said there had been no credible threats.
A security plan had been put in place over several months, and event organisers paid $10,000 for additional security on the advice of the police, Mr Harn said.
Event organiser Pamela Geller said she was standing up for free speech, adding: "This terrible incident reflects the need for such conferences."
"We are continually abridging our freedoms so as not to offend savages," she said. She denied she was anti-Muslim, only "anti-jihad".
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama was being kept informed of developments, adding: "There is no act of expression, even if it's offensive, that justifies an act of violence."
There were widespread protests in 2006 when the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
In January this year, 12 people were murdered by two Islamist gunmen at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had published similar cartoons.
And a gathering of free speech activists in the Danish capital Copenhagen was targeted by a gunman in February, killing a film director.
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The first book printed in America is expected to fetch up to $30m (£20m) when it goes under the hammer in New York later this year.

The Bay Psalm Book, which was printed in Massachusetts in 1640, is one of 11 remaining copies of a translated version of the Book of Psalms.
The book has not appeared at auction since 1947, when it sold for a record breaking $151,000 (£98,990).
In today's money, it would be the equivalent of $1.56m (£1.03m).
At the time, it was the highest price paid for a printed book.
John James Audubon's Birds of America, which sold for $11.5m (£7.6m) in December 2010, currently holds the world auction record for a printed book.
The Bay Psalm Book was written by pilgrims 20 years after they established a colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Colonists John Cotton, Richard Mather and John Eliot, who wrote the book, wanted a version of the psalms which they believed was closer to the original Hebrew than the ones they had brought with them from England.
"The Bay Psalm Book is a mythical rarity," said Sotheby's David Redden.
"With it, New England declared its independence from the Church of England," he added.
Funds for the printing press were raised in England.
The 1640 edition of the Bay Psalm Book is the earliest surviving print from the press, and was adopted by nearly every congregation in the Massachusetts Bay area.
There were 1,700 copies of the original Bay Psalm Book, of which 11 are now left in various degrees of completeness.
The book comes from the collection of the Old South Church in Boston which has two copies of the edition.
Senior minister of the church, Nancy Taylor, said the money from the sale would help to keep the historic building open and help to increase outreach programmes.
The book will tour various cities in the US before the auction on 26 November.


Portsmouth "made history" in staging the The America's Cup World Series, the city council leader has said, despite criticism from some spectators.

Racing was cancelled and the public viewing areas evacuated due to bad weather on Sunday.
There was criticism on social media over spectator provision and the refund policy of a cancelled concert.
Leader of the city council, Donna Jones, said there would be a "detailed analysis of the event".
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were among those disappointed as racing was abandoned on Sunday.
Organisers Team Origin said Fanzone Arena and Grandstand ticket holders would be refunded.
Many spectators took to the organisers' Facebook page to complain about prices, viewing, toilet provision and catering.
Paul Dornan described the Â£45 Fanzone entry fee as "a lot for what you got".
Seafront attractions, including the Blue Reef Aquarium, blamed the event for a drop in trade.
Manager Lindsay Holloway said there had been "miscommunication and frankly poor management" by the organisers.
A spokesman for Team Origin Events said the Fanzone area was located directly in front of the racing and "enabled access to the free waterfront festival arena and the specific kids area".
He said: "We have set out from the start to engage with the existing seafront attractions to ensure that everyone benefited from this event."
Local boat tours owner Mark Askey also said takings were "down 70%" on the same week last year.
"It was a big deterrent for us and numerous other small businesses," he said.
Record-breaking yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said: "It was the right decision to cancel racing - but the real tragedy is Portsmouth built up so hard, but it has lost out on this big event."
On Friday, ticket holders to a cancelled South Coast proms concert were offered a refund plus free entry to Saturday's pop concert, angering people who had paid up to Â£48 for tickets for Saturday's show.
Organisers said the free tickets were a "gesture of goodwill".
Ms Jones said: "We need to remember this is the first time since 1861 this cup has been back on British soil, so regardless of what happens in the future, we've created history this weekend."


Anthony Hamilton has said he can only improve after dismissing his victory in the first-round of the UK Championship as "rubbish".

The Nottingham-born potter, who was once ranked number 10 in the world, faces former world champion Graeme Dott in the last 64 on Saturday evening.
But he offered little hope about his chances of progressing after his 6-5 success against Craig Steadman.
"It was rubbish - seriously. I can't play any worse," he told BBC Sport.
"It was a good attitude but rubbish snooker. I am rubbish now a lot of the time."
The 43-year-old turned professional in 1991 and has spent five years in the world's top 16 during his career.
He has reached two ranking event finals, and played in four World Championship quarter-finals - the last coming in 2007.
But Hamilton, who has been plagued by a neck injury in recent years, had slipped down the rankings to number 50 by the time the tournament got under way in York.
"The tables are gorgeous," he added. "A few years ago I would have been making 80 every poke, now I am making eight every poke.
"I am getting old basically. It's no fun but it's better than working."
But despite his scathing self-assessment, Hamilton said it might suit him to face a player like Dott.
"I will probably play better against a top player," he added. "They go for their shots, force the issue and if they miss they are in position so the chances come easier.
"You get fewer chances but the chances are better. I might be able to glean some old school form.
"It's simple mathematics; they are more attacking and that is perfect for me.
"Graeme might be a bit too clever for me now I am old and rubbish. But if I play well then I have a chance, it's simple."
One glimmer of hope for Hamilton, who now lives in Muswell Hill in London, is that he will not have a one-frame penalty as he did against Steadman.
Hamilton waited in the wrong place before his match and was docked a frame for being late.
"I came out of the dressing room and saw some players standing around waiting and just joined them," he said.
"My lot were over the other side, but obviously I didn't know that.
"I was only there a couple of minutes. By the time I got there I was late so I got docked a frame.
"What can you do? It's my fault I suppose, but there was a lack of info. I didn't know we were going from two places.
"But I got over it straight away and that was the only time I played well. I played well to start with but struggled in the second half of the match."


A man has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of his mother's partner who died after falling and hitting his head on the ground at a holiday park.

Ken Dickie, 64, died in hospital on 14 May, six days after the incident at the Rockley Park site in Poole.
Jamie Mitchell, 35, of Apple Close, had admitted intervening in an argument between Mr Dickie and his mother.
He shouted "yes" and was visibly shaking after the verdict was announced by a jury at Winchester Crown Court.
The trial heard Mrs Mitchell and Mr Dickie had been in a relationship for several years and were going through a "down phase" when Mr Mitchell visited his mother at the park on 7 May.
In the evening, Mr Mitchell accompanied his mother and Mr Dickie to the holiday park bar and got "tanked up" on alcohol.
The two men had a confrontation outside and were separated by members of the public.
Mr Mitchell had pleaded guilty to common assault in relation to the fight.
He and his mother Samantha, 57, also of Apple Close, also admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice by lying about the course of events.
The court heard the pair had initially told police that Mr Dickie had pushed Mrs Mitchell and she had pushed him back.
But Mr Mitchell later told police that he had tried to push the couple apart, causing what he described as a "tragic accident".
The pair will be sentenced on 6 February.


Wales is not the first thing that comes to mind when talking about the all-American, multi-millionaire super stars of the NBA.

But then Steve Nash is not your average all-American, multi-millionaire NBA superstar.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, worth an estimated Â£75m, you wonder how life might have turned out for him had his parents not decided to emigrate many years ago.
For the Californian surfer-style good looks of the sportsman, philanthropist, coach, motivational speaker, football club owner and businessman, belie a distinctly British heritage.
"I have a huge soft spot for my Welsh heritage," he tells me.
Nearly 10 years after tracking down and interviewing Nash's late grandfather in his flat in Swansea's St Helen's, I have finally caught up with the grandson whose framed photograph took pride of place on his bedside table.
One of the least well known sons of Wales, Nash's journey to the NBA has been an interesting one.
It goes back all the way to Swansea Bay where Nash's mother, Jean Hall, grew up before heading to the 'big smoke' where her father worked as a police constable.
There she met and later married John, an aspiring advertising executive from Tottenham.
The young couple embarked on a new life together emigrating to South Africa. Nash, their first child, was born in Johannesburg in 1974.
But not keen on their family growing up under apartheid, the Nash's made their next move. This time to Canada.
The family relocated to Regina, Saskatchewan, and finally Vancouver Island, welcoming two other children along the way.
From a young age Nash, who now has the likes of Red Hot Chilli Peppers star Flea on speed dial, had dreamed of sporting greatness. But it had nothing to do with basketball.
"I may have grown up on the west coast of Canada but in a British household and my dad was an avid Tottenham Hotspur fan just like his dad," Steve recalls.
"Spurs are a way of life for me. Football was my first love but I was better at basketball.
"I reckon my love of playing football and that competitive spirit definitely helped my basketball career."
And how? He smashed records with university team Santa Clara, starting as he meant to go on.
But there's more to Steve Nash than being the National Basketball Association's two-time most valuable player.
As mentioned earlier, he has many strings to his bow - the Steve Nash foundation raises millions of dollars for disadvantaged children worldwide, closer to home he has set up a junior basketball league, then there's his media production company, his chain of gyms and the two football clubs he part owns.
Undeniably the humanitarian focus of his work helped earn him a place alongside The Pope, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates in Time Magazine's Most Influential People in the World list in 2006.
'So what is the driving force behind Wales' un-sung son?' I wondered. It was a question I put to him during our chat during his most recent pilgrimage to Tottenham Hotspur's training ground.
"My parents taught me about inequality," he says.
"I was lucky to grow up where and how I did, there is always people less fortunate than you and it is up to us to share in the responsibility to help others."
His late grandfather Les Hall staked a genetic claim to Nash's humanitarian leanings. After leaving the police, Mr Hall was a social worker and probation officer and, half joking, told me: "Stevie must have got the caring side from me."
"I love going to see Steve," he went on to say. "I'm treated like royalty."
And Nash said he had enjoyed "rolling out the red carpet" for his "lovely granddad'.
"Our elders allow us to succeed and be the people we are fortunate to become," he adds.
Family means everything according to Nash, who is up early every morning with his three children from his first marriage, to get them ready for school.
He has spoken about the "really great home and family" he has built with Lilla Frederick, the former US junior volleyball player who he married in September.
keeping it in the family extends to his business dealings as his parents help run his foundation.
"He wants to make a difference in everything he does," Mrs Nash told me of her son.
"He's a really great guy and cares about everybody, whether that is his team-mates or children he has never met.
"Above all, that is what makes us, as his parents, so proud."
Nash occasionally visits London, naturally squeezing in a Spurs game, so knows all about where his father grew up. He is now keen to explore more of his mother's home.
"I would definitely love to take the kids to Wales to see where their nanny and great grandparents lived," said Nash, referring to twin 12-year-old daughters, Lola and Bella, and five-year-old son Matteo.
Indeed his Welsh heritage came to the forefront this summer as he watched the Welsh football team reach the European Championships semi-final.
"Wales were so exciting to watch with terrific performances but what I loved was their togetherness and fighting spirit," he says.
"I'm sure everyone back in Wales was immensely proud and drawn to them as a group.
"I watched every game from home in southern California, Wales were so charismatic. They had the country on fire for a couple of weeks.
"What got me was that belief and unwillingness to look across the line and see a team that most people would have picked ahead of them.
"Getting to the semi-final proved they are in with a shout against anyone in the world now.
"And being a Spurs fan, I love Gareth Bale. He is a truly world class player. He was fantastic for us when he hit his stride and I think he has been fantastic for Real Madrid, under a lot of pressure. He always rises to occasion in the big matches.
"And as a fan of football I'm glad to see Swansea in the Premier League. It gives me a reference point for friends in the US when I'm describing where mom is from."
So it seems Swansea has greater trans-Atlantic links than just having a football club with American owners.


Critics have welcomed a new production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses that has opened in London 30 years on from the original staging.

In its four-star review, the Telegraph said it could still "engulf an audience in a heady, intoxicating aroma".
First staged by the RSC in 1985, it later became an Oscar-winning film.
The Donmar Warehouse's revival made headlines in October when Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery withdrew from the show shortly before rehearsals began.
It recently emerged that the actress, who was replaced in the production by The Paradise and No Offence star Elaine Cassidy, had suffered a personal bereavement.
Based on a 1782 novel by Choderlos de Laclos made up entirely of letters, Les Liaisons Dangereuses tells of two French aristocrats who indulge in seduction and intrigue for their own private amusement.
Dominic West and Janet McTeer play the lead roles, characters Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan played in the original production, and that John Malkovich and Glenn Close portrayed on screen.
Speaking after Thursday's press night, West said the play was "a definite classic" that "holds up well" three decades on.
"This is something that was done 30 years ago and it will still be done in 30 years' time," added the actor, whose other recent roles include an adulterous husband in TV drama The Affair.
"The more you explore it the better it gets," said McTeer, adding that she and her co-star had been "determined to be wicked and have fun".
"Dom is a fiery, visceral man and he's so much fun to play opposite," she went on. "It's dangerous and witty and delicious."
"When you've got great writing it never ages," said Cassidy, whose role as conflicted spouse Madame de Tourvel was played by Juliet Stevenson in 1985 and by Michelle Pfeiffer in Stephen Frears' 1988 film, released as Dangerous Liaisons.
In its four-star review, Time Out said the play was "a splash dated [but] hardly without resonance in our own jaded age".
Its critic went on to praise McTeer for her "sensational" display of "goggle-eyed malevolence, cruel amusement [and] stark sex appeal."
The Stage was similarly effusive about what it called "a sumptuously dressed, imaginative anniversary production".
The Evening Standard, meanwhile, said Hampton's "pitch-black comedy of manners" was "theatre at its most seductive and sinister".
"Josie Rourke's respectful revival... is a handsome and mirthful affair, albeit low on sex or surprises," said the Hollywood Reporter.
Its review, which goes on to praise Hampton's "rapier-witted dialogue", is one of several to make reference to Dockery's departure.
Asked to comment on the recasting of the Madame de Tourvel role, West said it had taken place before rehearsals began and had been "fine".
"It wasn't like a Kim Cattrall," he continued - a reference to the Sex and the City star's exit from Royal Court play Linda, which happened shortly before the production began its preview period.
Rourke - the Donmar's artistic director as well as the director of its latest sold-out offering - said Dockery was "a wonderful person and an incredible actor".
"I really hope she'll be able to come back to the theatre soon and I think everybody understands why she was unable to do this production," she went on.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses runs at the Donmar Warehouse until 13 February and will be broadcast live in cinemas on 28 January.
Actress Lesley Manville, who played Cecile de Volanges when Hampton's play opened at the RSC's Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in September 1985, was among the audience on Thursday night.


Army units in Scotland are to undergo significant change under a package of reforms announced by the government.

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said the changes "sustain" the Army's footprint in the devolved nations.
But Scottish government minister Keith Brown expressed concern about the "upheaval" faced by soldiers and their families.
The plan involves at least three battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The 4th battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and the 1st battalion of the Scots Guards will become part of a new mechanised "strike brigade".
The 1st battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 Scots) which is currently based in Belfast, is to be one of a new type of specialised infantry battalion.
Sir Michael revealed the changes in a written statement to parliament.
Other moves in the plan include the 3rd battalion The Rifles relocating from Edinburgh to Catterick in 2021.
The 3rd battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will leave Fort George in 2032 but remain in Scotland, although their new base has yet to be confirmed.
Sir Michael said: "As we previously committed, we will continue to sustain a regular Army of 82,000, a whole force of 112,000 regular and reserve troops and the Army's footprint in the devolved nations.
"All existing regimental cap badges will be retained.
"Large parts of the Army will be unaffected, but it will involve some units changing their role, equipment or location."
The Scottish government has expressed its concerns about further changes to the military in Scotland being announced so soon after the confirmation of the closure of bases such as Fort George and Glencorse.
Veterans Minister Keith Brown said: "I am particularly disappointed to learn that the Royal Scots Borderers will reduce in size and will transfer to Aldershot. 1 Scots were uprooted from Scotland in 2014 and two years later, it is confirmed that they will be on the move again by 2019.
"This upheaval is extremely disruptive to families, especially children of school age, and it runs contrary to promises to assist personnel to put down settled roots.
"It is unclear how long this move will last - if it is intended to be permanent, it is a great pity that 1 Scots have not returned to a base in Scotland, close to their traditional recruiting ground and wider family support networks."
Mr Brown said the Royal Regiment of Scotland had been "decimated by successive cuts".
The UK government said regular Army personnel numbers in Scotland would be maintained at more than 4,000.


Hundreds of people took to the streets of south-east London to protest against planned cuts to library services.

The march from Lewisham Library to the Town Hall even stopped traffic as Transport for London warned of delays in the area.
The march was also in support of striking Unison members who work at libraries in the borough.
Lewisham Council said changes to the service would ensure a "sustainable library provision".
Chrissie Gittins, a poet and Lewisham's first writer in residence, said the plans would leave the borough with three professionally run libraries, down from 12 in 2011.
She said: "It means that more children, teenagers and adults will not have a professionally staffed library close to them, and they will have to travel further and at greater expense.
"I grew up in a home without books and if it wasn't for my public library I wouldn't have become a writer."
Six community libraries are currently running in the borough - where local groups commit to keeping the libraries open to the public in exchange for minimal rent.
But Ms Gittins said these were "failing their local communities", with borrowing down by 75% since they were set up in 2011.
A Lewisham council spokeswoman told the Mercury that "difficult decisions have to be made" to save up to Â£45m over the next two years.
"The changes to the service will ensure a sustainable library provision continues for residents with the retention of three hub libraries, a continued library presence in Laurence House and three more community libraries.
"We realise how passionate our residents are about the library service and we will be working closely with them as we move through the transition process."
There was a nine day occupation of Carnegie Library in Lambeth last month as campaigners protested against the library's one-year closure.


Basketball fans are paying up to $27,500 (£19,315) to see Kobe Bryant's final game for the LA Lakers.

Bryant, 37, the third-highest scorer in NBA history, will bring his 20-year career to an end when the Lakers face Utah Jazz in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
At the same time, defending champions Golden State Warriors will be going for a record 73 wins when they host Memphis Grizzlies in Oakland, California.
Resale tickets for that game are going for up to $15,900 (£11,155).
The Warriors are looking to break a record set by Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls in 1995-96.
The game is a 19,595 capacity sell-out with tickets only available via the resale market. Tickets via official channels start at $336 (£236) and rise to £15,900 for courtside seats on resale websites such as Stubhub.
Only resale tickets can be bought for the Lakers' game at the 18,118-capacity Staples Center too, with prices fetching between $700 (£491) and $27,500 for the chance to see 18-time all-star and five-time championship winner Bryant for a final time.
The Lakers have issued a fraud alert to fans warning them to only buy from their official ticket exchange, where fans can resell tickets securely. However, buyers using the official exchange can still expect to pay up to $10,000 (£7,000) to see the game.


A large army vehicle blocked a road in a village in the Vale of Glamorgan for more than three hours on Friday.

St Hilary resident Monica Dennis took to Twitter to post pictures of the lorry.
She tweeted: "So much for sat nav. Tanker currently stuck in lane by Manor Cottage, St Hilary."
Around 1,500 troops have converged at nearby St Athan in what is believed to be one of the largest military exercises held in Wales.


Great Britain's Jonny Brownlee says his chances of becoming 2017 World Triathlon Series champion have "gone" as he bids to defend his Edmonton title on Saturday.

The 27-year-old finished second to brother Alistair in Leeds in June, but pulled out of this month's Hamburg event through illness.
The 2012 champion is racing in only his third event this year in Canada.
"Finishing the season well is really important to me," said Brownlee.
Brownlee, who won silver at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and bronze at London 2012, is currently 23rd in the world rankings on 740 points - 2,124 points behind leader and defending world champion Mario Mola of Spain.
Following Edmonton, there are two more World Triathlon Series events in Montreal and Stockholm next month, with 800 points awarded to the winner of each race.
The World Triathlon Series Grand Final then takes place in Rotterdam in September, with 1,200 points for the winner.
"I was really disappointed to miss Hamburg, but I had to listen to doctors' orders," added Brownlee, who beat Mola in Edmonton last year.
"Although I'm not certain how things will go [in Edmonton], I know I'm feeling a lot better than I was."
Gordon Benson and Grant Sheldon, who finished fourth in Edmonton last year, will also compete for Britain this weekend.
However, no British women will be racing in Edmonton or Montreal because of planned altitude training and injuries to Non Stanford, Vicky Holland and Jodie Stimpson.


An Aberdeen man killed in an RAF drone strike against the so-called Islamic State group had "absolutely no fear of death", a childhood friend has said.

Ruhul Amin, 26, died in the Syrian town of Raqqa following the strike.
Stephen Marvin said he spoke to Amin on the phone after he went to Syria to ask him why he joined the group.
Mr Marvin told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programe: "He said 'if I die, I'll be with Allah'."
Cardiff-born Reyaad Khan, 21, was also killed in the precision strike on 21 August by a remotely-piloted aircraft "after meticulous planning", David Cameron told MPs on Monday.
Mr Marvin said: "On the phone he still spoke to me as if he was exactly the same person, as if we were sitting in front of each other speaking.
"But you could tell there was something completely different about him.
"He had absolutely no fear of death. When I was on the phone with him the first time I heard gunshots and I asked 'are you not scared of what's going on?'
"He said 'no, it was rebel fighters at the other side of a river'. He said 'if I die, I'll be with Allah'.
"He said 'two of my brothers died previously and they still had a smile on their face for three days and their body, when it started to decompose, still smelled like roses and that's because Allah is protecting them'."
He also said Amin told him: "We only attack people who will attack us.
"He assured me there were no plans to come to Scotland, anyway.
"It's kind of hard to have sympathy with him.
"I wouldn't say the government should be just going over and annihilating each and every one of them, but surely he knew what he was getting into."
Muslim leaders in Aberdeen have called on young members of the community to learn lessons from the deaths.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said the UK would "not hesitate" to launch more secret drone strikes in Syria to thwart potential terror plots.
He described the RAF strike which killed the two British jihadists as a "perfectly legal act of self defence".
One of the men was planning an attack on a "major event" in the UK, he said.
The strike was the first targeted UK drone attack on a British citizen.


American Jeff Overton is recovering after a "life-threatening infection in his spine", his wife has said.

Christina Overton detailed her husband's struggles in a Facebook post on his 34th birthday on Sunday.
"After several months off due to a herniated disc, Jeff underwent a minimally invasive procedure in hopes of improving the area," she wrote.
"Through the procedure he acquired a life-threatening infection in his spine, forcing an emergency surgery."
Overton, who was part of the US Ryder Cup team that lost 14½ to 13½ to Europe in 2010, last played on the PGA Tour in February.
"After a month in the hospital and acute rehab centre, many nights of excruciating pain and uncertainty, two months of IV antibiotics and home health care, we are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel," added his wife.
Overton tweeted: "These last few months have been surreal and it certainly makes you appreciate life and health."


Three people have been injured, two seriously, after two cars collided head-on in Powys.

The accident happened at 17:30 GMT on Wednesday on the A44 at Walton, just over the border from the Herefordshire town of Kington.
After the crash, the road was closed in both directions, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said.
A woman with serious injuries was described as critically ill while a man was was cut free from the wreckage.
A second man was described as walking wounded.
Three ambulances and a doctor were called to the incident and the casualties were taken to hospital.


Convicted rapist Ched Evans has been in talks about signing for League One club Oldham, BBC Sport understands.

Last month Oldham denied reports they were set to offer the 26-year-old a contract, or let him train with them, but it is believed they have now had a change of heart.
Striker Evans has been without a club since he left prison in October.
The Wales international served half of a five-year term for raping a woman in a hotel in May 2011.
An online petition against Oldham signing Evans was set up on Sunday and had been signed by almost 19,000 people by 23:30 GMT.
Former Oldham player Rick Holden told BBC Radio 5 live he was "not comfortable at all" with the possibility of Evans joining the Latics.
"It's one of those crimes that will never go away," said Holden, who played 189 games for Oldham between 1989 and 1993.
"I don't see how the chap can survive given the ferocity of football up and down the land."
Holden, who played 189 games for Oldham between 1989 and 1993, said the club were "courting controversy", but added that they had "a history of taking on these difficult challenges".
Earlier on Sunday, Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor had revealed that an unnamed club would hold a news conference regarding Evans on Monday, although he added that the player has yet to be signed.
"We've had a number of steps forward and a number of steps back. I'm not going to count my chickens," Taylor told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme.
"If a club are looking to sign him they need to be 100% committed."
If Oldham were to sign Evans it would not be the first time they have signed a striker who had served a prison sentence. In 2007 they signed Lee Hughes after he had served half of a six-year prison term for causing death by dangerous driving.
In November, Oldham chairman Simon Corney told BBC Radio Manchester that he felt people should be given a "second chance".
"I believe in the law of the land and my understanding is Ched went away and did his time in prison," he said.
"I know this is an argument people don't like but if he was an electrician and came out of jail he is entitled to work again.
"But we have the fact he's a role model. It is a dangerous topic to discuss but we do have to make sure we make the right decision."
On Evans's release from prison, Sheffield United offered him use of their training facilities.
However, the Blades withdrew the offer after a backlash from supporters and club patrons, while more than 160,000 people signed a petition protesting against his return.
Hartlepool also ruled out signing Evans after manager Ronnie Moore suggested he was considering a deal for the Welshman.
Taylor added: "Evans is a footballer. He wants to return to society as a footballer, so he does need an employer to take him on."
Evans maintains his innocence, and an investigation into his conviction by the Criminal Cases Review Commission is under way.


Sam Hutchinson scored in injury time as Sheffield Wednesday claimed a point at Brentford in a game which saw a player from each side sent off.

Brentford had taken the lead in the second half when Lasse Vibe blocked keeper Keiren Westwood's clearance before firing into an empty net.
The Owls' David Jones was sent off for two bookings and Vibe was shown a red card for the same reason late on.
After both sides went down to 10 men, Hutchinson headed in the equaliser.
Wednesday dominated the first half as Bees keeper Daniel Bentley kept Steven Fletcher and Fernando Forestieri at bay with a string of fine saves.
Lucas Joao should have put the Owls in front when he managed to fire over the bar from close to the goal line.
After Vibe chased down a lost cause to put the Bees ahead, Brentford were in the ascendancy with Westwood blocking Scott Hogan's deflected shot with his legs.
But the visitors still looked dangerous on the break and finally equalised deep into added time as Hutchinson powered a header past Bentley.
Wednesday move up to 19th in the Championship table with Brentford 13th.
Brentford manager Dean Smith:
"That was as bad as we have played in the first half. We were very poor, made basic mistakes all over the pitch and we were lucky they didn't bring their finishing boots.
"They were playing round us far too easily because we didn't press them high up.
"If you give players like they have that kind of space they will hurt you but we showed them far too much respect.
"We told them to get in their faces and once we did, we looked a different proposition."
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal:
"I am not at all happy with a point. How can I be happy with a point when I counted at least seven clear chances in the first half?
"We have created enough chances in the last two games to win three or four but the way we created them with artistic play and good football was a positive thing for me.
"Even with 10 players we still created some unbelievable chances and I don't know how we didn't score. Then they score from a mistake and we have to accept that because it is part of football."
Match ends, Brentford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Harlee Dean (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harlee Dean (Brentford).
Goal!  Brentford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a set piece situation.
Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott Hogan (Brentford).
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Almen Abdi tries a through ball, but Atdhe Nuhiu is caught offside.
Second yellow card to Lasse Vibe (Brentford) for a bad foul.
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lasse Vibe (Brentford).
Attempt blocked. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from very close range is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross.
Corner,  Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Daniel Bentley.
Attempt saved. Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kieran Lee.
Foul by Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday).
Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Brentford. Andreas Bjelland replaces Romaine Sawyers.
Foul by Almen Abdi (Sheffield Wednesday).
Lasse Vibe (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Callum Elder (Brentford).
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Lasse Vibe (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Brentford. Sam Saunders replaces Lewis MacLeod.
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Barry Bannan tries a through ball, but Kieran Lee is caught offside.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Almen Abdi replaces Liam Palmer.
Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Hogan (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Callum Elder.
Second yellow card to David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday).
Foul by Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday).
Scott Hogan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Brentford).
Attempt blocked. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Palmer with a cross.


Argentine President Mauricio Macri has asked Brazilian and Argentine fans at the Rio Olympics to cease their hostile chants and name-calling.

Mr Macri said the two countries should not let their bitter football rivalry spill over into the Olympic Games.
Brazilian fans have been loudly supporting any athlete competing against their southern neighbours.
Argentine fans have often responded with disrespectful chants against the Brazilians.
As the former president of Argentina's popular football club, Boca Juniors, Mauricio Macri is familiar with the problems caused by bitter rivalries in sports.
In a message posted on Facebook, he said he enjoyed supporting his country and his club.
But he warned that things were getting out of control at the Rio Olympics and could end badly.
"The sports rivalry between Argentines and Brazilians has turned into a verbal confrontation that could end badly," said Mr Macri in the message.
"Neither we, Argentines, nor the Brazilians are like that."
Brazilian fans have been booing Argentine athletes in any competition they take part in.
Tennis player Juan Martin del Potro was constantly booed by the Brazilian crowd during a match against his Portuguese rival, Joao Sousa.
Two fans ended up being expelled from the stands for exchanging punches.
Mr Macri quoted the Argentine basketball team captain, Luis Scola, who said during the week: "I don't want Brazil to lose. I just want them to lose when they play Argentina. It seems silly to me to sing chants against a team that is not even on the court."
The Argentine president's message came ahead of a much-awaited men's basketball match between the two South American rivals on Saturday afternoon in Rio.
The match, which Argentina narrowly won 111 to 107, was emotional and thrilling but supporters from both sides danced and cheered their teams throughout, winning praise for their supportive behaviour.


Two people have appeared before magistrates charged with the manslaughter of a man in Bristol.

Matthew James Hill, 31 and Michaela Sweeting, 38, both of William Street, Totterdown, are next due to appear before Bristol Crown Court on 24 June.
It follows an incident in the Quaker Memorial Garden off Redcliff Hill on Tuesday evening.
Robert Hines, 56, from Horfield, Bristol, suffered serious head injuries and died in hospital on Wednesday.
Mr Hill and Ms Sweeting have been remanded in custody until their crown court appearance.