Beauty and the Beast has been pulled from Kuwaiti cinemas amid concerns from censors.

The live-action remake of the classic animation makes LeFou, villain Gaston's sidekick, the first openly gay character in a Disney film.
A board member at the National Cinema Company, which operates most of Kuwait's cinemas, said an edited version might be screened later this week.
Disney is yet to comment on the move.
Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast, has taken more than $350m (Â£282m) around the world and opened in Kuwait on Thursday, rated PG-13.
But the National Cinema Company - which runs 11 of the 13 cinemas in the predominantly Muslim country - contacted those who had tickets to see the film on Monday to say the screenings had been cancelled.
It cited "unforeseen difficulties" and promised a full refund.
Board member Duaij Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah told the Associated Press news agency: "We were requested to stop the screening and further censor the movie for things that were deemed offensive by the Ministry of Information's censorship department."
The film's "exclusively gay moment" earlier led to censors in Malaysia requesting edits, but Disney pulled the film from release there. A drive-in cinema in the US state of Alabama has also cancelled screenings of the film.
The film sees Josh Gad star as LeFou, opposite Luke Evans' Gaston.
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(Close): London's main share index rose on Wednesday, helped by better-than-expected results from ITV and strong UK growth data.

At one point, the FTSE 100 touched its highest level since August last year, reaching 6,757.96, but closed slightly off that, 26 points higher at 6,750.43.
ITV shares jumped 8% to 199.26p after its latest results.
It said advertising revenue was set to fall 1% in the first nine months of the year, which was less than feared.
Shares in housebuilder Taylor Wimpey rose 6% to 153.84p after it said it had not been affected by last month's Brexit vote.
Pre-tax profits for the first half of the year rose 12% to Â£267m, and the company said "current trading remains in line with normal seasonal patterns".
"Customer interest continues to be high, with a good level of visitors both to our developments and to our website," said chief executive Pete Redfern.
Sentiment in the market was helped by the release of stronger-than-expected UK growth figures.
The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter of the year, according to official figures, faster than the rate of 0.4% in the previous quarter.
However, the data suggested growth was much stronger in April before easing off in May and June.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.27% against the dollar to $1.3095 and dropped 0.28% against the euro to â‚¬1.19230.


For such a small country, Belgium has been a major European battleground over the centuries.

Occupied by Germany during the First and Second World Wars, it has experienced an economic boom in the past 50 years to become a model Western European liberal democracy.
However, there has also been a growing divide between the mainly Dutch-speaking north and the mainly French-speaking south, as well as concerns about the growth of Islamic extremism among immigrant communities in the capital, Brussels.
Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), making it the polyglot home of an army of international diplomats and civil servants.
10.8m  population - similar to Somalia
30,528 sq km area - similar to Lesotho
77 - 83 years -  life expectancy (men - women)
$41,700     GDP per capita - similar to Finland
Monarch: King Philippe
King Philippe succeeded to the throne in July 2013 on the abdication of his father, the 79-year-old Albert II, who stepped down on health grounds.
Respect for the monarchy is one of the few factors that crosses the communal divide in Belgium, and King Albert exercised his constitutional authority in advising political leaders on the formation of a government during the 2010-2011 parliamentary stalemate.
Prime minister: Charles Michel
Following elections, Reform Movement leader Charles Michel formed a right-wing coalition in October 2014, becoming at 38 the country's youngest prime minister since 1841.
His liberal party comes from the French-speaking community, but the other three parties in the coalition represent Flemish speakers - including the nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), which came first in the elections.
Belgian broadcasting mirrors the unique political and linguistic nature of the country. The cultural communities, rather than the federal authorities, are responsible for regulating radio and TV.
Some key dates in Belgium's history:
1830 - Declaration of independence from Netherlands.
1914-18 First World War - Occupied by Germany.
1940-45 Second World War - German occupation.
1993 - Constitution changed to recognise division of country into three administrative regions: Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
2002 - Euro replaces Belgian franc.
2016 March - Islamic State suicide bombers kill 35 people in attacks on Brussels.


The price of diesel has fallen below petrol at some supermarkets for the first time in more than a decade, after the big chains announced price cuts.

Supermarket Morrisons cut the price of diesel by up to 2p per litre, and Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's followed the move with their own price cuts.
The last time diesel was cheaper than petrol was 2001, according to analysis by Experian Catalyst.
Morrisons said lower wholesale diesel costs meant it could pass on savings.
Mark Todd, petrol director for Morrisons, said: "This is a milestone in motoring and many younger drivers won't remember the last time that diesel prices were lower than unleaded."
Pump prices are influenced by factors including the distance from oil terminals and refineries, so not all diesel prices will be lower than petrol, the supermarkets said.
In July 2001, diesel cost 77.92 pence per litre on average, compared with 77.94 pence for a litre of petrol, according to Experian Catalyst data. A month prior, diesel had been as much as a penny cheaper per litre, and a price difference of just under two pence was found in 2000.
There may be some delay until UK motorists see the price dip among all competitors. Experian Catalyst said the on Sunday UK average prices narrowed to 117.10 pence per litre for petrol and 118.33 pence for diesel.
Diesel is normally more expensive than petrol per litre for a variety of reasons, according to the United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association.
While most recent investment in refineries UK has been for unleaded petrol production, more efficient engines mean petrol demand has been decreasing since the early 1990s, depressing prices by comparison to diesel, it says.
However, increased supply of diesel from refineries outside the UK is likely to be the reason behind this recent price flip, according to the RAC.
"With the price of crude oil standing at $56.50 and the pound relatively strong against the US dollar - the fuel trading currency - there is scope for further price cuts of up to 4p per litre off diesel over the next fortnight, and unleaded may even benefit from a slight reduction too due to the continued oversupply of oil," said RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams.
"Drivers of unleaded petrol vehicles should not feel short changed - what we are seeing is the diesel pump price coming down to a level closer to what it should be due to the effects of greater refining capacity in the Middle East."
Wholesale prices for diesel have been cheaper than petrol since 27 May, the RAC said.
As crude oil has become cheaper, both petrol and diesel prices have fallen too. However, petrol prices have fallen more slowly allowing diesel to become cheaper, says James Challinor, research director for research and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie. This is caused in part by demand for petrol from the US.
"Fundamentally it is strong demand for European gasoline [petrol] from the US and West Africa that is supporting the wholesale" petrol price, he said.
Refinery outages in Latin America are creating demand for exports of US petrol into that region, which in turn leads European petrol to be exported to the US, he added.


Head teachers want primary school pupils to learn more about the links between learning and the world of work.

More than 1,000 schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed up to a project putting them in touch with local employers.
The National Association of Head Teachers says it wants to raise the aspirations of children.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says the project will "inspire children" to think about different opportunities.
There have been widespread calls for improvements to careers advice in school - the education secretary recently saying that this had been overlooked for too long.
A report from an advisory body set up by the government said last month that careers services for young people needed to be urgently improved.
The Primary Futures project has been launched by head teachers, with the Education and Employers Taskforce, to develop a scheme to link schools with the workplace.
NAHT general-secretary Russell Hobby says that primary school children are "right at the age where they are beginning to develop their aspirations and ambitions".
The project will create links between schools and employers, providing primary teachers with people they can invite to talk about their jobs.
A survey for the head teachers' union found that there was widespread demand from primary schools to make connections with local employers - if it was straightforward to arrange.
They were also keen to have careers links which could show pupils the value of improving their skills in literacy and numeracy.
Primary Future is promising a wide range of potential job types to invite into schools, from "archaeologists to zoologists".
CBI director-general John Cridland said he wanted all businesses to "increase their engagement with schools because they have a key role to play in raising ambition and inspiring pupils to pursue exciting careers".
"We know that even at an early age, the more that young people get an understanding of and interest in the workplace and different jobs, the better they will be prepared for life outside the school gates," said Mr Cridland.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: "We want schools to connect with industry and the business community in order to inspire children to consider the vast array of different opportunities available to them."
Getting people from different types of jobs into school "will help to show children what they could achieve and that no occupation should be closed to them because of their gender. It is exciting to see schools taking the initiative in this way," said the education secretary.


Barcelona youth goalkeeper Andre Onana has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Ajax in July, the Dutch champions announced on Saturday.

The 18-year-old Cameroon youth international has agreed terms on a three-year deal and will arrive at Ajax on a free transfer when his Barcelona contract expires in June.
Onana has been in Barcelona's youth system since 2010 and this season was promoted to their Under-19 team, but he has not played a senior game.
He caught the eyes of the Dutch side when he played for Barcelona against Ajax in November in the Uefa Youth League, the continental youth competition for clubs competing in the Champions League, and the four-time European champions have swooped in ahead of other interested teams.
The Cameroon-born Onana joined the famous Barcelona La Masia academy through a link with the Samuel Eto'o football foundation in Cameroon.
Compatriot Fabrice Ondoa, 19, is expected to be first choice for Cameroon at this month's Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea even though he has yet to make a first-team appearance for Barcelona.


Giant posters vilifying the financier George Soros have gone up all over Hungary - the crudest step in the latest campaign by the rightwing Fidesz government against the 86-year-old Hungarian-born philanthropist.

Many Hungarian Jews fear that open or concealed anti-Semitism lies behind the campaign. The government strenuously denies this.
The posters show a grinning Mr Soros beside the words, "Don't let Soros have the last laugh".
In smaller letters at the top of the poster is the message, "99% reject illegal immigration."
The government has spent an estimated 5.7bn forints (€19m; £16.3m; $21m) on the campaign, which follows an earlier series of poster campaigns and "national consultations" designed to stir up public feeling against refugees.
Last year, Hungary granted protection to just 550 people, one of the lowest rates in Europe, and has refused to accept a single person from the 1,294 quota allocated by the European Commission in September 2015. With Slovakia, the Fidesz government has also taken the Commission to the European Court of Justice over the quota allocations.
The Fidesz government is also trying to close the Central European University, founded by Mr Soros in Budapest in 1992, and has passed legislation forcing non-governmental organisations to declare themselves "foreign-funded" - and therefore suspect, in the increasingly xenophobic atmosphere in Hungary.
That legislation targets Soros-funded NGOs in particular.
Since the mid 1980s, Mr Soros has spent $12bn, mostly through his Open Society Foundations, on civil initiatives to reduce poverty and increase transparency, and on scholarships and universities around the world, especially in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
These usually have a strong human rights component, which have made him the bogeyman of many nationalist and illiberal governments.
What appears to have irritated the Hungarian government most is a series of statements by Mr Soros over the past two years in favour of controlled immigration to Europe, the US and Canada.
In an article in the journal Foreign Policy in July 2016, Mr Soros suggested that Europe might accept 300,000 refugees a year directly from Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. He also sees selected immigration as one of the solutions to labour shortages in many fields in Europe, from IT to care homes.
Like the Hungarian government, however, he emphasised that refugee resettlement and relocation programmes must be voluntary, not compulsory.
The Hungarian government also stands accused of whipping up anti-Semitism with the anti-Soros posters. Mr Soros has Jewish roots, and as a nine-year-old during the Holocaust in German-occupied Hungary, he helped warn Jewish families about imminent deportations.
Many government posters have had anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on them. The posters on the floors of Budapest trams were deliberately placed so passengers would have to tread on Mr Soros's face.
Andras Heisler, leader of the Jewish community in Hungary, personally appealed to Prime Minister Viktor Orban to end the poster campaign.
Mr Orban rejected the appeal and suggested that Hungarian Jews do more to oppose Muslim immigration to Europe.
The controversy is already overshadowing the planned visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary on 18 July.
Israel's ambassador to Hungary initially denounced the anti-Soros campaign, saying it "sows hatred and fear", but then Israel's foreign ministry issued its own statement critical of George Soros. According to Israeli reports, the change in tone had been ordered by Mr Netanyahu's office.
The ministry complained that the philanthropist "continuously undermines Israel's democratically elected governments by funding organisations that defame the Jewish state and seek to deny it the right to defend itself".
There is little love lost on Mr Soros's side towards Mr Orban, even though his foundation once funded a young Mr Orban's scholarship to study at Oxford University.
"I admire the courageous way Hungarians have resisted the deception and corruption of the mafia state Orban has established," Mr Soros told the European Parliament on 1 June, "and I am encouraged by the European institutions' energetic response to the challenges emanating from Poland and Hungary."
One small opposition party, Together, has already begun tearing down the posters in the 16th district in Budapest, and hopes to initiate similar actions elsewhere.


Singapore has topped 131 cities globally to become the world's most expensive city to live in 2014, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

The city's strong currency combined with the high cost of running a car and soaring utility bills contributed to Singapore topping the list.
It is also the most expensive place in the world to buy clothes.
Singapore replaces Tokyo, which topped the list in 2013.
Other cities making up the top five most expensive cities to live in are Paris, Oslo, Zurich and Sydney, with Tokyo falling to sixth place.
The EIU's Worldwide Cost of Living Survey is a relocation tool that uses New York city as a base. It looks at more than 400 individual prices.
The top 10 cities this year have been dominated by Asian and Australasian cities as well as some in Europe.
"Improving sentiment in structurally expensive European cities combined with the continued rise of Asian hubs means that these two regions continue to supply most of the world's most expensive cities," said the editor of the report, Jon Copestake.
"But Asian cities also continue to make up many of the world's cheapest, especially in the Indian subcontinent."
Most Asian cities that top the list are there for predominantly higher costs of groceries. Tokyo is still at the top of the list for everyday food items.
However, not all Asian cities are tough on the wallet.
India's major cities - including Mumbai and New Delhi - were found to be among the least expensive in the world.
Mumbai's prices are kept low by large income inequality.
The low wages of many of the city's workers keep spending low, and government subsidies have helped them stay that way.
Outside of the subcontinent, Damascus in Syria saw the largest drop, becoming the fourth cheapest city in the world as the country's ongoing conflict has led to plummeting prices.
While the EIU's survey takes into account the cost of living, other firms employ different research methods.
Mercer conducts research to determine the most expensive cities for expatriate living.
It found that in 2013, Luanda, Angola was the hardest on expatriate wallets due to the difficulty of finding adequate secure housing, and the high price of imported goods.


Courier company Hermes has announced a trial of self-driving robots in the London borough of Southwark.

The six-wheeled robots from Starship Technologies will be used to collect parcels rather than deliver them.
The project follows a pilot scheme in Germany in which the robots delivered parcels to several suburbs in the city of Hamburg.
But one expert suggested there might be a backlash if the facility became commonplace.
"At the moment, in big cities, it can be hard to walk down the street because of the number of people," commented Prof Andy Miah, from the University of Salford's School of Environment and Life Sciences.
"In time, it could be the robots we are trying to dodge. I'm not sure that would be a better world."
Starship Technologies' machines are already used by Just Eat for food deliveries in parts of London.
They are 55cm (22in) tall and 70cm (28in) long.
They weigh 18kg (40lb), and can travel at up to 4mph (6.4km/h).
Hermes is only using the robots within a two-mile radius of its control centres, in a limited number of 30-minute collection slots to see how they cope with tight turnarounds.
Each robot will be able to carry a maximum of 10kg in cargo in a secure compartment, which customers can access using a code sent to their smartphones.
The self-driving robots are thought to have several advantages over aerial drones, from being able to carry heavier payloads to being less likely to fall foul of aviation laws.
"In the sky, we still have to figure out what a drone highway would look like and figure out some sophisticated collision-avoidance technology," noted Prof Miah.
By contrast, Starship's ground-based robots will be kept under close supervision by human operators.
Each supervisor will watch over three robots via their on-board cameras and take control of road-crossings and other challenging situations.
In time, however, Starship says one operator should be able to control up to 100 robots, which would make its operation more cost effective.


The most affordable way of holding a bank current account, an academic has concluded, is to keep small sums in it but to never go overdrawn.

John Ashton, professor of banking at Bangor University, studied 17 years of bank account data to examine the costs faced by customers.
He told the BBC that it was well documented that overdrafts were an expensive form of borrowing.
What was overlooked was the "cost" of keeping large deposits in an account.
By doing so, customers were missing out on much higher levels of interest that would be paid in a better home for their savings.
"It is a surprise how large these amounts can be [in current accounts] - many thousands of pounds," he said.
It might be possible to manage a current account to make the most of the system but, for many, the best way to get value for money is by switching to another current account altogether.
Bank customers could save £70 a year on average by switching their account to another provider, an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded.
Why? The CMA explains: "We looked at the average charges for a customer who was £500 in credit and had a number of foreign exchange transactions in a year, and tried to work it out, if they switched to a different type of account, and we found that, if they switched to a reward account under which they received cashback rewards and interest on their credit balances, they would make the £70 saving."
For those who go into the red, the savings made by switching would be even greater, the CMA suggested. The average overdraft user could save £140 a year. Heavy overdraft users could save £260.
Switching is relatively simple. It is a seven-day process and all existing regular payments, incoming and outgoing, are automatically diverted to the new account.
Customers, for the most part, remain unmoved despite the simplicity of the system.
Last year, 1.03 million current accounts were switched last year, compared with 1.15 million the previous year. That is a fraction of the 68 million active current accounts in the UK.
Commentators suggest, despite a big advertising campaign, customers do not swap owing to a lack of trust in banks to ensure direct debits are automatically switched to the new account.
They also say that the complexity of these accounts and the lack of a clear "price" make it enormously difficult to decide between the options.
There are 269 different current account options to choose from for UK consumers, according to financial information service Moneyfacts.
One of the High Street giants - Barclays - has 69 different options on its own, although they are not all available to everyone.
Customers who do attempt to find a better deal are met by a blizzard of numbers when comparing the charges levied by each account.
For overdrafts, there may be authorised overdraft fees, overdraft arrangement fees, overdraft review fees, as well as the same again for going into the red without prior authorisation from the bank.
To add an extra layer of complexity, the cost of an overdraft is not always clear from the interest charged.
For example, two banks charge 15.9% interest on overdrafts but borrowing £500 for two weeks costs £17 with one bank, but £27 with another. Why? One of the banks does not charge for the first £250 that is borrowed.
Frustrated customers, by sticking with the account they had got and paying the fees regardless, ultimately faced extra expense, the competition authority suggested.
"Banks have an incentive to set high overdraft charges, due to the lack of customer engagement," the CMA concluded.
There is also a range of costs for more specialist services. Different fees are charged, for example, for banker's drafts, same-day transfers of large amounts of money, and transactions in foreign currencies.
That is the complexity of costs, so what about judging the benefits offered with accounts?
Since Prof Ashton's work was published in 2013, banks have become more likely to offer a cash incentive to customers to switch to one of their accounts, and rewards for regular use of the account.
Packaged accounts, which have been around for some time, charge a fee but include add-ons such as insurance products.
Reward accounts may also charge a fee but may also offer cash upfront, as well as cashback or savings if the account is used in certain transactions - such as paying household bills or shopping at certain stores. The sting may be charges elsewhere, such as going overdrawn.
"Customers should choose a current account based on its overall package to ensure it covers all their financial requirements. This is particularly important if they want a reasonable overdraft to cover any unexpected outgoings, otherwise they could end up being stung with excessive fees," said Rachel Springall, of Moneyfacts.
Sir Donald Cruickshank conducted a well-received review into the UK banking industry for the government nearly 16 years ago in which he highlighted the stranglehold of the biggest banks on the market.
He is more upbeat about the market now, and said bank accounts with a subscription fee were a sign of progress. Monthly fees for current accounts, which changed over time, were good for the market, even if they were not always good for the consumer, he said.
"There are more banks [than in 2000], it is easier to get banking licences, and it is easier to compete," he told BBC News.
"The average customer of the big banks does not particularly want to switch. They want to know that they are getting as good a deal as they could get elsewhere.
"There has been a response from the established players [because] they know that the new ones can take their business away."
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Consumers are still faced with such complexity when choosing an account, but one source of relief for consumers, according to the CMA, is a new system that automates the choice using information on bank statements about previous spending.
The idea of the government-backed "Midata" project is that customers download data of previous transactions into a price comparison website and it crunches the numbers to suggest where they might get a better deal.
But the CMA says the scheme still has lots of shortcomings, not least that it does not work if customers are using one of the most popular smartphones in the UK - the iPhone.
Two other major difficulties are still to be resolved with this project.
Firstly, consumer research suggests the majority of people would be unlikely to use the service owing to fears about giving their personal data to a price comparison website.
The second, as MPs pointed out, was that an estimated 11 million people are not "functionally literate" on the internet.
Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Committee, told the BBC News website that the CMA seemed to be "passing the buck".
"The CMA seemed to be saying that consumers need to take more responsibility. But most do not have the tools to do it. Many lack the computer skills. In any case, many are also wary of sharing their data," he told BBC News.
The issue is on the list of possible "remedies" produced by the CMA. Its final view on those is expected to be published in the coming weeks.
Tomorrow: The only truly free current account


Welsh defender Daniel Parslow has rejoined National League York City on loan from League Two Cheltenham Town until the end of the season.

The 31-year-old previously spent nine years at Bootham Crescent and was named clubman of the year three times.
Amari Morgan-Smith has also joined the Minstermen on loan until May.
The 27-year-old forward, also at Cheltenham, has made 25 appearances for the League Two side this campaign, scoring twice.
Parslow helped York to the victory in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley and promotion to the EFL in May 2012.
He moved to Whaddon Road in 2015, playing 50 games as he helped them win the 2015-16 National League title.
His last appearance for Cheltenham was in a Boxing Day match against Barnet.


Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah has joined Roma on a season-long loan, with the Italian club given an option to buy the player at any point in the season.

The Egypt international joined Chelsea from Swiss side Basel for £11m in January 2014.
However, he has played only 19 times for the Blues, scoring two goals.
The 23-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Roma's Serie A rivals Fiorentina, where he scored nine times in 26 games.
"Salah is regarded by many as the best Egyptian player in the world right now," Roma said in a statement on their website.


Friday's papers feature paramilitary murders, the Manchester benefit concert and a lucky bride who paid for her wedding by winning online competitions.

The Irish News front page reads: "Republican group says it shot dead two men".
The paper reports that the paramilitary group, Action Against Drugs, says it was behind the killing of Dan Murray and Joe Reilly.
Dan Murray, 55, who was a take-away driver, was murdered in May 2016 while making a delivery on Lady Street near the Grosvenor Road in west Belfast.
Forty-three-year old Joe Reilly was gunned down in October of the same year at his home in Glenwood Court, Poleglass.
The group claiming the murders says both men were drug dealers.
According to the Irish News three other people were also targeted by the republican group in recent months and have been sent warnings to leave the country.
Meanwhile the News Letter marks the fortieth anniversary of the killing of three RUC men who were murdered by the IRA.
The families of Kenneth Norman Lynch, Samuel Derek Davidson and Hugh Henry Martin have said their loved ones "died as heroes".
The men's patrol car was struck by over 30 bullets at Carnon Cross near Ardboe, County Tyrone, in June 1977.
Two years after the killings a 22-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment, the paper reports.
The Belfast Telegraph leads with a mother's distress after her 12-year-old daughter was grabbed by a man on her way to school.
Heather McLean told the paper that her daughter, Molly, had just left her house in Hill Crest in Bangor when she noticed a man following her.
The young girl then sped up before the man grabbed her by the arm, but she was able to free herself and ran back to her house.
The man is reported to be in his 40s and was wearing a dark black or green hoodie.
Police are now investigating the incident.
The Daily Mirror reports that 10,000 people have lied about attending the Ariana Grande concert on the night of the Manchester bombing last Monday in order to gain tickets to a benefit concert.
It comes after the star promised attack survivors free tickets to the "One Love" concert due to be held in the city this weekend.
Tickets for the gig, which will be headlined by acts such as Coldplay, Take That and Katy Perry, sold out in minutes.
A Belfast bride who won online competitions to pay for her wedding also makes the front page of the Daily Mirror.
Claire Morton apparently spent two hours per day at her computer entering up to 10 competitions.
She told the paper that, as a result, she was able to marry her husband James without spending any of their own money.
The couple who met in 2012 spent their honeymoon in Orlando, Florida.


Two police officers have been run over by a suspected car thief.

The driver reversed into the woman and her male colleague after the vehicle was spotted in Neachells Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.
The female officer, who has serious leg injuries, had responded to a break-in at Lyndale Drive at about 04:00 GMT.
A man, 19, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and another man, 21, is being held on suspicion of wounding.
The female police officer, in her 40s, was one of several officers responding to the burglary, where keys to a Ford Fiesta were taken before the car was driven off.
It was spotted 10 minutes later in Neachells Lane, but when the two officers closed in, the driver reversed into the pair, police said.
The female officer, who has served with Wolverhampton Police for seven years, suffered muscle damage and bruising and was taken to hospital. Her colleague was treated for shock and minor injuries.
Insp Peter Haywood, said: "Several members of the public, including a lorry driver and two people commuting to work, came to the aid of the officers. I'd like to thank them for their fantastic support."


Crime victims are being asked to speak to police on Skype instead of being interviewed at home by officers.

The trial by Cambridgeshire Police aims to free-up time for neighbourhood patrols and offer more flexibility for victims.
But the move has been criticised as a money-saving measure.
The Police Federation raised concerns for those people unable to use or afford the technology required for the online audio-visual call system.
The Cambridgeshire force claimed Skype will provide greater flexibility for victims, as well as allowing better response times.
The Home Office said it would be up to other individual forces to decide on whether adopt a similar approach.
Oz Merrygold, secretary of Cambridgeshire Police Federation, said due to cuts to policing it is "just not possible anymore" to send officers out on crimes such as burgled homes.
He claimed police roles need to be "redefined" and "austerity" measures meant forces having to take difficult decisions, leading to technological solutions.
It wouldn't be possible to the 'average Joe' to hack these calls but it's a bigger debate about whether it's actually possible. I would hope that the police computers would be secure.
We've seen cases where webcams can be hacked. That's not anything to do with Skype, it's the fact that the whole set up might not be secure, including the webcam and computer.
But it's a relatively low risk compared to whether it's an appropriate way to conduct interviews.
I would be worried about the quality of an interview which is conducted over Skype compared to a normal interview done face-to-face.
I would have thought there were dos and don'ts and recommendations for conducting an interview over the internet.
Supt Melanie Dales, area commander for Peterborough, said using Skype would help people with busy lives and bring police more in line with other services, such as doctors' surgeries.
"It will allow officers, who use a large proportion of time travelling to and from appointments, more time to patrol their neighbourhoods," she said.
A spokeswoman for the National Police Chiefs' Council said: "Police are expecting further significant reductions to budgets as well as responding to changes in crime and demand on the service.
"All chiefs are having to prioritise and look at where they can make savings or provide services differently so they can continue to provide the vital services that reduce crime and protect people."
The Home Office spokesman said: "We support attempts to give victims of crime greater choice in how they report crime and engage with the police and the police must embrace new technology as forces deliver the next phase of police reform.
"Cambridgeshire Police has been clear that the pilot is not for reporting emergencies and officers will still carry out home visits where necessary. People should always call 999 if a crime is in progress or when violence is being used or threatened."


Germany and the EU have dismissed Turkish protests over a song aired on German television mocking President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The song, aired two weeks ago on regional broadcaster NDR's extra3 show, takes aim at Mr Erdogan's authoritarian style while also making fun of some of his physical characteristics.
Turkey last week summoned the German envoy to demand the song be withdrawn.
But both Germany and the EU have insisted press freedom is inviolable.
In the song, Mr Erdogan is criticised on a range of issues ranging from the imprisonment of journalists to heavy-handed treatment of protesters including women ("equal rights for women - they are beaten up equally").
"When a journalist writes a piece that Erdogan doesn't like, he quickly ends up in jail, newspaper offices closed down, he doesn't think twice, with tear gas and water cannons he is riding through the night," say some of the lyrics.
The song suggests that Mr Erdogan would rather bomb Kurds than what the writers term his "brothers in faith", so-called Islamic State.
The song also ridicules the recent migration deal struck between European states and Turkey seeking to stem the flow of migrants into Europe in exchange for financial aid, among other benefits.
But the Turkish leader - who correspondents say brooks no dissent - has been angered by the song, and the Turkish foreign ministry summoned Germany's ambassador to Ankara - on repeated occasions, according to reports.
A Turkish diplomatic source told AFP news agency: "We summoned the ambassador last week to communicate our protest about the broadcast that we condemned.
"We demanded that the broadcast be removed from the air."
Such demands got short shrift from European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, who "does not appreciate this movement of calling in the German ambassador just because of a satirical song", spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told reporters.
"He (Juncker) believes this moves Turkey further from the EU rather than closer to us," Ms Andreeva said, adding that "freedom of the press and freedom of expression... are values the EU cherishes".
A spokeswoman for the German foreign ministry said Berlin had told Ankara basic freedoms were "non-negotiable".
More than 1,800 people - including celebrities and schoolchildren - have been prosecuted in Turkey for insulting Mr Erdogan since he came to office in 2014, under a previously little-used law.


Frenchman Alexander Levy extended his lead to six shots on day two of the fog-delayed European Open in Germany.

Levy completed a nine-under first round of 62 earlier on Friday and moved to 17 under, before bad light halted him on the last hole of his second round.
He was six clear of German Martin Kaymer, England's Ross Fisher and Swede Robert Karlsson, all on 11 under with several holes to play.
Kaymer's form will be a timely boost before the Ryder Cup.
European team-mate, Belgian Thomas Pieters, was further down the field on three under after 16 holes of his second round.
Austrian Bernd Wiesberger, who trailed Levy by a shot after the opening round, begins his round two at Bad Griesbach on Saturday.
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Ofsted inspectors have accused one of the biggest academy chains in England of "low expectations".

Inspectors visited 12 schools run by the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and found too many pupils were "not receiving a good enough education".
A survey of the group's head teachers found doubts about the ability of the trust to support their schools.
A statement from AET said the findings did not give "the true picture" of the full range of the trust's 77 schools.
Ofsted has published the findings of a wave of inspections of academies operated by AET, following concerns they were not improving quickly enough and too many were "less than good".
Inspectors are not allowed to assess the trusts running academies, but they can inspect their individual schools - and in this case, 12 were inspected, in areas including Essex, Liverpool, Birmingham and Hull.
Ofsted found:
Inspectors highlighted a lack of overall progress and identified "key weaknesses", including teaching not being good enough.
The inspection findings warned of "low expectations of what pupils can and should achieve" and "pupils with less than good attitudes to learning and unacceptable behaviour".
Ofsted said some schools were "left to flounder".
There was also a survey of school leaders working in AET academies.
It found "academy leaders did not have confidence in the trust's ability to provide the support they needed".
Earlier this year, the Department for Education included AET on a list of academy sponsors restricted from taking over new schools.
The recently appointed chair of Ofsted, David Hoare, is a former trustee of AET.
A statement from AET said that across its full range of schools exam results were improving faster than average.
The trust also challenges the "unfairly negative slant" of the inspection report summaries.
"We have raised a number of issues with Ofsted about their interpretation of the data and potential errors of fact," said the trust statement.
"Many of the academies inspected by Ofsted have a history of underperformance and have been with AET only for a short time.
"Turning a school around takes time, but we are acting to ensure a rapid and sustained improvement in these academies."
Sir Michael Wilshaw, head of Ofsted, has called on the government to allow inspectors to be able to check academy trusts, as they can for local authority education services.
A majority of secondary schools in England are now academies, which are state-funded schools outside of local authority control and with flexibility over areas such as the curriculum.
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said there was inadequate oversight of academies and "problems are not being spotted early enough".
"The decision to rapidly expand the underperforming Academies Enterprise Trust was taken by ministers.
"The ongoing refusal by this government to allow Ofsted the powers to inspect academy chains at a systematic level means that too many academies remain exposed to falling standards," said Mr Hunt.


Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast to hit north and mid Wales over the weekend.

The Met Office's yellow "be aware" warning said there could be potential travel disruption and localised flooding in some areas.
Up to 2.5cm (1in) of rain is expected to fall across the region, with up to 8cm (3in) predicted on higher ground in north Wales.
The warning is valid from 12:00 GMT on Saturday until 23:55 on Sunday.
The alert affects Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys and Wrexham.
One lane was closed on the M48 Severn Bridge, which along with the the A477 Cleddau Bridge is Pembrokeshire, did not allow high sided vehicles to cross.


A Romanian stowaway who flew from Vienna to Heathrow Airport by hiding in a private jet's wheel compartment has been freed by police without charge.

The 20-year-old man was arrested when he fell out of the rear wheel cavity as the jet landed at the west London airport on Sunday evening.
The man was freed after a caution from Metropolitan Police, as the UK Border Agency is not seeking to deport him.
He had bruises and hypothermia from outside temperatures as low as -41C.
But experts said the stowaway survived the flight because the plane flew at a low altitude to avoid stormy weather.
The plane belonged to a sheikh from the United Arab Emirates and had been standing empty on the tarmac at Schwechat airport in Vienna, since Thursday. It flew without passengers to Heathrow.
The man apparently told British authorities that he got under a fence at Schwechat and climbed into the undercarriage of the first plane he saw without knowing its destination.
A Met spokesman said the man was arrested for stowing away in an aircraft, contrary to the Air Navigation Order 2009, but was cautioned and freed with no further action being taken.
It is understood that the UK Border Agency is not seeking to deport him.
Head of border force for the UK Border Agency, Brodie Clark, said: "This individual was apprehended as soon as he arrived in the UK. Full identity checks were carried out.
"We work with counterparts overseas to use the latest technology at our ports and check people against a range of watchlists to prevent those who pose us harm from coming to the UK."
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the man was "very lucky" to be alive.
He said: "If they don't find the right part to stow away, they can be crushed when the undercarriage comes up.
"Because of the altitude and temperatures during the flight, there is a severe risk to them through exposure and lack of oxygen.
"If that doesn't kill them, then they could be unconscious when the aircraft descends, and that can mean that when the undercarriage opens again, they will fall out."


Leicester City midfielder N'Golo Kante has received his first France call-up for this month's friendlies against Netherlands and Russia.

West Ham forward Dimitri Payet has also been recalled and could make his first international appearance since June.
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, currently involved in a court case, is left out.
"Kante is a complete midfielder," said Les Bleus coach Didier Deschamps. "He's been stringing together top-level performances with Leicester."
Kante, 24, joined the Foxes from French side Caen in August, becoming one of the key figures in their surprise Premier League title challenge.
Former Juventus and Chelsea midfielder Deschamps, who captained France to the 1998 World Cup, said he had picked Kante ahead of Manchester United's Morgan Schneiderlin.
"It's not that I don't trust Morgan, but I wanted to give N'Golo a run out before making a final decision on the Euro 2016 squad," he added.
"He is a great ball winner and passer with a great sense of positioning."
Payet, 28, has been instrumental in West Ham's bid for Champions League qualification, scoring eight goals and providing seven assists in the Premier League.
The former Marseille player, who has won 15 caps, is one of the men called up in the continued absence of Benzema.
Benzema, 28, was suspended by the French Football Federation in December until an investigation into an alleged bid to blackmail France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex video was resolved.
He was told last week that he was eligible to play at Euro 2016 after some legal restrictions were lifted, but has still been left out of Deschamps' latest squad.
"It's a logical sporting decision, a decision based on his performances with his club side," said Deschamps.
"Payet will get a run out and it's good he's with us for the two matches."
Euro 2016 hosts France play Netherlands in Amsterdam on 25 March, then host Russia at the Stade de France four days later.


A doctor behind an alternative medicine centre who has been suspended by the General Medical Council says he has always acted "through conscience".

Dr Finbar Magee founded Synergy Healthcare on the Cregagh Road.
In May, RTÃ‰'s Prime Time programme reported he had prescribed treating a child's autism with a supplement that includes the main ingredient of bleach.
The GMC has not said why he was suspended. Dr Magee said his treatments did not give patients false hope.
Asked why he thought he had been suspended from practising as a GP, Dr Magee said he believed the GMC had "listened to a combination of information, obtained mainly from the health board".
"Whenever I went back to do GP locums, I thought I'd integrate back into routine medicine to some degree and bring some of those ideas," he told the BBC.
"The health board needed to know what other work I was doing. I gave them the information quite freely, and I think they tried to make out that I was taking advantage of vulnerable people for financial gain.
"The health board tried to make out that the treatments I've been doing have no scientific validation, which is completely untrue."
Prime Time reported that in 2011, Dr Magee had prescribed MMS, or "miracle mineral supplement", to treat a Dublin child with autism who was suffering stomach cramps and chronic hives.
Dr Magee told the programme he had not prescribed MMS for a couple of years, but defended it.
Last December, Dr Magee was referred to a panel that imposed conditions on his practice of medicine.
It said he must confine his practice to his east Belfast clinic, and work under the supervision of a GP approved by the GMC.
The investigation into Dr Magee continued, and he was further referred to the panel which then took the decision to suspend him.
Dr Magee told the BBC: "I've tried my best all my life and I've tried to follow it through conscience.
"If that is not good enough to get my licence back and get off this, then so be it."


A rap song in English aiming to tell foreigners "the truth" about China has been released by a faction of the Chinese Communist Party.

This is China was posted onto micro-blogging site Weibo on Tuesday by China's Communist Youth League and has been shared more than 40,000 times.
It features a mix of traditional Chinese elements against modern rap.
It says China has "terrible problems" but is peace-loving, affluent and at the forefront of scientific research.
The song opens by saying that it wants to "restore the impression you have on my country, China", saying a false image had been fabricated by the international media.
It then explains that China is a "developing country and is really hard to manage", and acknowledges the many incidences the country has gone through, such as the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, where dairy products were found tainted with melamine.
However, its chorus concludes that its people still "love the country".
The power of Chinese people in China are gradually proving
That we can make a better world as we love peace and harmony.
Meanwhile we can trust the public security
Cuz the policemen are kind to citizens but crucial to our enemies.
....
This is China
We love the country we the Chi-phenomena
The red dragon ain't no evil
But a peaceful place
The beautiful land with rich culture remain
"This is a song for Westerners to understand China," Wang Zixin of CD Rev, a rap group from Chengdu who collaborated with the Youth League to produce the video, told news outlet Sixth Tone.
"We want Westerners to know that Chinese know our problems and we are trying to make a change."
The music video also mentions the political status of Taiwan, saying "for normal citizens, we just want to be united as one, cause we think we are from one family".
Issues like gun control are also referenced in the lyrics.
Last year, CD Rev released a music video - The Force of Red - which commented strongly on the independence of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
China officially considers Taiwan to be a breakaway province, which will eventually be reunited with China, by force if necessary.
The rap has received mostly positive feedback on Weibo, with comments ranging from users saying how much they loved the country, to others saying they had been reduced to tears.
"Although we have many shortcomings, little by little, we can make our country stronger and our lives better," said one such comment.
However, others questioned why the song wasn't in Mandarin, saying that they were unable to understand parts of it.
Others took a more light-hearted jab at it, with one user saying "this is definitely China, we wake up to pandas every day", a reference to the clips in the video showing pandas in the woods.


A man has been found dead at a house in Glenrothes, Fife.

The emergency services were called to the home in Minto Crescent at about 09:40 on Saturday.
Police are treating the death as "unexplained".
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the inquiry was at a very early stage and appealed for anyone with information to contact them.


Sheffield Wednesday have signed Watford midfielder Almen Abdi and full-back Daniel Pudil for undisclosed fees.

Swiss Abdi, 29, spent four seasons with the Hornets, scoring 25 goals in 115 league appearances.
Pudil of the Czech Republic was on loan with the Owls last season and played 35 times in the Championship.
"Thanks to everyone I'm really happy" the 30-year-old said on social media. "Thanks to Watford FC for nice three years. Good luck."
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Consumer prices in Japan rose at their fastest pace in 23 years in April, following an increases in sales tax.

Prices rose 3.2% compared with the same period last year, beating analysts' forecasts of a 3.1% jump.
The government raised its sales tax rate from 5% to 8% on 1 April.
Japan has been battling deflation, or falling prices, for best part of the past two decades, and policymakers have said that ending that cycle is key to reviving the country's economy.
Falling consumer prices hurt domestic demand as consumers and businesses tend to put off purchases in the hope of getting a cheaper deal later on.
The Japanese government has taken various steps over the past few months to try and reverse this trend, and have set a target of a 2% inflation rate.
The measures, which include boosting the country's money supply, have started to have an impact and consumer prices in the country have now risen for 11 months in a row.
The hope is that once prices start to rise, it may force consumers and business to spend more money and not hold back on purchases, as they may have to pay more later on.
But there have been some concerns that higher inflation may trigger a decline in spending.
Data released on Friday showed that household spending fell 4.6% in April, compared to a year earlier.
That follows a 4.4% decline in retail sales during the month.
However, analysts said the decline in spending was in part due to consumers rushing to make purchases ahead of the tax rise. That had been evident in March, when sales surged 11% - the fastest pace of growth since March 1997.
"Consumer spending has declined as expected in April, but this is likely to be minor blip and will not affect the ongoing recovery," Martin Schulz, of Fujitsu Research Institute told the BBC.
"Both consumer spending and retail sales will start rising in the latter half of the year."
Bu Mr Schulz added the government needs to introduce reforms in key sectors of the economy for the recovery to sustain in the long run.


A footballer has offered to pay for the damage to a fan's ceiling, after they punched the air - and the ceiling - in celebration of him scoring a goal.

Super-fan Ross Morgan was watching the Ipswich v Norwich match at home when Paul Anderson scored a goal.
In his excitement Ross leaped into the air and accidently punched the hole.
He said: "I went for a fist pump while jumping up at the same time. The next thing I knew I had gone through the ceiling."
Ross later posted a picture of the hole online, and goal-scorer Anderson, offered to pay for the repairs.
Ipswich fan Ross said: "I was pretty shocked by that. It's a great gesture from him."


The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised "unreservedly" after claims of physical abuse by a former colleague were not reported for over 30 years.

Channel 4 News alleges 22 boys were beaten by former Christian charity head, John Smyth QC in the 1970s.
The Most Reverend Justin Welby worked at the charity's summer camps where the public school boys were said to have met Mr Smyth, but said he was unaware of the allegations until 2013.
Mr Smyth said he would not comment.
One of Mr Smyth's daughters, who asked not to be named, told the BBC she would "always love" her father, but if the allegations were true "he will have to face justice".
"That will be painful for everyone involved," she said.
"But I believe strongly in justice and would want that for someone who had done that to my child or my brother or my friend."
She added that teenage boys were "often" at their family home for barbecues and pool parties and she never saw any abuse.
The archbishop said he was unaware of any claims until the police became involved four years ago.
He said he was friends with Mr Smyth when they worked together at the camps but had then left England in 1978 to work for an oil company in Paris for five years.
He told radio station LBC: "I never heard anything at all at any point, I never had the slightest suspicion that there was anything going on."
He said he remembered Mr Smyth at the time as "a charming, delightful, very clever, brilliant speaker", but said they were not close friends.
"I went off to work in France in 1978, which is when I understand, I'm told the abuse began. It may have been earlier or later, I don't know, and I was abroad during the time that the report was done and had no contact with them at all."
The alleged assaults came to light in the early 1980s after one of the victims, a 21-year-old student at Cambridge University, reportedly attempted to kill himself after he was told to submit to another beating.
A report by the charity, the Irwerne Trust, in 1982 called the practice "horrific" but the claims were not reported to police until 2013.
A vicar, Mark Ruston, carried out the report for the charity, which has now been seen by Channel 4 News and the Daily Telegraph.
It reported that after identifying the boys, mostly from public school Winchester College, Mr Smyth took them to his home in Hampshire and carried out lashings with a garden cane in his shed.
It said eight of the boys received a total of 14,000 lashes, while two more received 8,000 strokes between them over three years.
Victims told the investigation they had to wear nappies to let their wounds heal and were left with lasting scars.
However, the police were not called by either the charity or the schools involved, the report remained private, and Mr Smyth was told to leave the country - he now lives in South Africa.
One of the alleged victims complained to the Church again in 2013 and it was only then referred to the police.
When approached by Channel 4 News about the claims Mr Smyth said: "I'm not talking about that. I don't know anything about that."
In a statement, Lambeth Palace said the Archbishop's Chaplain showed Mr Welby a letter that had been written by the Bishop of Ely in August 2013 to the Bishop of Cape Town, referring to "concerns" expressed by "an alleged survivor" after the police were informed.
It also said that while the archbishop knew Mr Smyth had moved overseas, he did not keep in contact with him, "apart from the occasional card".
"We recognise that many institutions fail catastrophically, but the Church is meant to hold itself to a far, far higher standard and we have failed terribly," added the statement.
"For that the Archbishop apologises unequivocally and unreservedly to all survivors."
The Titus Trust took over the Iwerne Trust in 2000 and said it was only informed about the allegations in 2014. It then submitted a serious incident report to the Charity Commission and provided full disclosure to the police.
A statement from the organisation said: "The allegations are very grave and they should have been reported to the police when they first became known in 1981."
Winchester College told Channel 4 News that it "deeply regrets the terrible ordeals of the victims and pays tribute to their courage in speaking out".
However, it said it did not contact the police after consulting parents.
"No report was made to the police at the time, not least because, understandably, parents of the victims felt that their sons should be spared further trauma, and these wishes were respected," it said.
Graham Tilby, the Church of England's national safeguarding adviser, said the abuse should never have happened, adding: "We utterly condemn this behaviour and abuse of power and trust".
He said: "Clearly more could have been done at the time to look further into the case. We now have a dedicated central team made up of six full time posts - we will be reviewing all files making further enquiries as necessary.
"We echo the Archbishop's unreserved and unequivocal apology to all the survivors and are committed to listen to anyone who comes forward and we would urge anyone with any further information to report it to the police."


The government has given new details of the spread of the deadly fungus that is killing ash trees across the UK.

There are now almost 300 confirmed cases, with the majority found in mature woodland sites, says the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
The disease caught the UK unaware, scientific adviser, Prof Ian Boyd, told a briefing.
Nature groups criticised the latest control plan as "too little too late".
Less than a month ago, the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson published the government's initial action plan on ash dieback and acknowledged that the disease was unlikely to be eradicated from the UK.
At that time the disease had been confirmed at 115 sites in England, Wales and Scotland.
Outlining their more detailed response to the outbreak on Thursday, officials from Defra now say that 291 cases have been found including several in Northern Ireland.
One hundred and fifty five cases are in mature woodland sites, with 119 in recently-planted areas and 17 in nurseries.
Defra's chief scientific adviser, Prof Ian Boyd, said the old system of biosecurity had failed to detect the arrival of the Chalara fraxinea fungus in the UK.
"It simply fell below the radar to be honest," he told journalists.
"It's a very difficult thing to identify."
The government also gave more details on how it will curb the spread of the infection.  Mr Paterson said there would be money to fund an early warning system to spot tree disease staffed by volunteers.
"This includes funding for a pilot project to develop a tree health early warning system using volunteer groups like the Woodland Trust," he told the House of Commons.
"And the development of a plant health network of trained people to support official surveillance for Chalara and other pests - the Woodland Trust will play a really important role in this."
Despite Mr Paterson's praise, the Woodland Trust were critical of the control plan and in particular the lack of funding.
The Woodland Trust's chief executive Sue Holden said the ash crisis had exposed the government's lack of investment in trees.
"It has been forced to focus its attention on ash dieback and it is clear the government is playing scientific catch up, completely unprepared for the crisis our ash trees are now facing," she said.
The control plan was also criticised as "too little too late" by the National Trust.  While welcoming the government's commitment to reduce the rate of the spread of the disease, it said it was "deeply concerned that this commitment is not backed up by strong actions".
The Trust is concerned by the government's focus on breeding resistance to the disease rather than laying the emphasis on techniques that could slow the spread.
"Through this action plan we are effectively surrendering the British landscape to this disease before we've fully investigated ways of reducing the rate of spread and buying time," the National Trust said in a statement.
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The government's plan was given a lukewarm welcome by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) which said that while it was sceptical that control measures would have any material effect, it supported genetic research efforts.
According to HTA director of business development, Tim Briercliff, the plan didn't address the financial needs of nursery owners many of whom had been left in difficulties because of the outbreak.
"These are small, rural, family businesses," he said, "their demise would merely expose the UK to more imported material in the longer term."
Meanwhile, a group of independent experts called on the government to appoint a chief plant health officer to deal with tree disease.
The interim report from the tree health and plant bio security expert taskforce says that the UK's bio security should be strengthened to reduce risks at the border and within the UK.
It noted that plants can be imported into the UK and marked as originating from the EU if they transit through a member state,  even if they  were initially purchased outside the Union. The expert group saw this as an area for "significant improvement".
The taskforce argued that the government should appointment a Chief Plant Health Officer, equivalent to the Chief Veterinary Officer, to provide strategic and tactical leadership to manage the risks associated with outbreaks of disease like Chalara.
The advisory body also suggested the development of a UK risk register for trees and plants.


A landmark west Belfast park provides an unlikely link between the row over the controversial comedian Frankie Boyle and the man who gave his name to Down's syndrome.

The Scot is due to perform at the part-publicly funded Féile an Phobail in Belfast next month.
Opponents have called for the event to be cancelled because of jokes he has made about people with Down's syndrome.
The Féile has grown to become a major community festival, since it began in 1988 with an open-air party at Dunville Park, on the Falls Road.
The park was the first to be donated to Belfast as a gift to the city, and was presented by Robert Grimshaw Dunville in 1891.
The Dunvilles were a wealthy family whose distillery on the Grosvenor Road in the city produced the popular Dunville Irish whiskey.
Robert Dunville's granddaughter Una was born in 1903.
She had Down's syndrome, although the condition was not known as this at that time.
Down's syndrome is named after Dr John Langdon-Down, who pioneered education and training of people living with mental disabilities in his own Normansfield Hospital in Teddington, Middlesex, from 1868.
He and his wife Mary, known as "Little Mother", ran a community surrounded by a farm and wooded grounds, where the patients would learn trades in an environment free of imprisonment and teasing.
His own grandson, born in 1905 nine years after his death, had what would become known as Down's syndrome.
Dr Langdon-Down published works classifying conditions by their mental and physical characteristics.
In line with popular theories of the time, he classed these types in racial terms, most of them long forgotten - but the term "Mongolism" was common until it was officially replaced by Down's syndrome in the 1960s.
Una Dunville was brought by her parents at the age of four to Normansfield Hospital, and she lived in the private institution until her death in 1958, having outlived her parents and three brothers.
The doctor who signed her death certificate was Dr Langdon-Down's grandson.
Una's brother Robert Lambart Dunville had taken over the running of the whiskey business in 1929 upon the death of their father John.
However, he had never fully recovered from being shot in County Louth by republicans during the Easter Rising in 1916 as he was being chauffeured from Belfast to catch a boat at Kingstown, now Dun Laoghaire.
He died in 1931 at the age of 38. The company was liquidated five years later.
His collection of animals that he kept in Holywood, County Down in his private zoo at Redburn House - the grounds of which are now Redburn Country Park - formed the basis of Belfast Zoological Gardens, which opened to the public in 1934.
While Dunville Irish whiskey is no longer a household name, the family's name has survived in the west Belfast community where its company was once a major employer.
The firm also gave rise to Distillery Football Club - now known as Lisburn Distillery - which was formed by employees at the whiskey factory in 1880.
At Dunville Park's official opening in 1892, the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava said the public park would benefit the distillery's workers.
He said that "the provision of such a park in an industrial area was symbolic of a new era when employers would think not only of the housing and sanitation of their workers but of their recreation as well".
Dunville Park itself fell into decline, but after years of dereliction it underwent a multi-million pound refurbishment - including the restoration of its ornate water fountain that once provided drinking water in the area - and reopened in 2013.


Celtic progressed to the Champions League play-off round as a goalless draw in Baku allowed them to complete a 1-0 aggregate win over Qarabag.

An excellent save by Craig Gordon denied Qarabag's Richard Almeida midway through the first half.
Stuart Armstrong and Stefan Johansen fired shots wide for the visitors after the break as openings remained scarce.
Ronny Deila's side are now two legs away from the group stage and will discover their opponents on Friday.
Dedryck Boyata's headed goal from the first leg sealed Celtic's seeded place in the draw, while Qarabag dropped into the Europa League play-off round.
There had been concerns about the pitch at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium following reports the surface had been badly damaged by the heat.
However, Deila had dismissed suggestions that either the pitch or the heat in the Azerbaijan capital would hamper his side's chances.
Celtic, fielding an unchanged starting line-up from last Wednesday, absorbed pressure from the hosts in the opening half-hour but had few direct efforts at goal to deal with.
Gordon flapped at a cross and Rydell Poepon could not take advantage but the goalkeeper was much more convincing when he beat away Richard's effort.
The Brazilian lined up his left-foot shot from 22 yards and curled the ball towards the inside of Gordon's right-hand post only to be left frustrated by the Scotland international's stretching save.
In attack, the visitors were restricted to breakaways and rarely got into dangerous areas.
Nir Bitton attempted to catch Ibrahim Sehic out with an audacious shot from near the centre circle, the keeper clutching after a momentary panic.
Alharbi El Jadeyaoui tried a chip of his own early in the second half but Gordon comfortably caught the 20-yard shot.
Though Qarabag's attacking continued to stutter, Celtic became less and less able to mount meaningful advances and their passing often let them down.
However, Armstrong sought to break the malaise with a shot from the left that had power but lacked accuracy.
As the game entered its closing stages, Johansen had only Sehic to beat as he latched on to an Armstrong pass but could not hit the target.
James Forrest injected fresh pace as a replacement for Armstrong and his forceful, driving run took him clear of the Qarabag defence, but he elected to pass instead of shoot and the hosts scrambled clear.
After five minutes of stoppage time, the Celtic players were celebrating and will now contemplate the challenge of overcoming their final hurdle to the Champions League group stage.


Two boys have been charged with killing a teenager in west London.

Folajimi Orebiyi, 17, was stabbed outside an estate in Notting Hill on Sunday night.
A 16-year-old and a 15-year-old were arrested on Monday and Tuesday. They were due to appear before Hammersmith Youth Court earlier.
They are accused of possession of an offensive weapon and murder. Two other boys, aged 15 and 16, arrested over the murder were bailed until August.


Glasgow produced a superb comeback that will live long in the memory to qualify for the final of the Pro 12.

With the Warriors trailing 14-9, a DTH van der Merwe try four minutes from time, converted by Finn Russell, gave the home team a dramatic 16-14 victory.
The hosts were second best for much of the night against Ulster, who scored their try through Chris Henry.
Glasgow face Munster or the Ospreys in their second straight Pro12 final next Saturday in Belfast.
It was a semi-final of immense physicality, one that claimed an early victim when Al Kellock, the Glasgow captain playing for the last time in front of his home crowd, retired hurt after just 20 minutes.
By then, Ulster had established their dominance; in the line-out and the scrum, in the collisions and the breakdown and on the scoreboard. For so long they looked set for victory, but the indomitable spirit of these Glasgow men was extraordinary.
Ulster were left completely shocked at the end. Ruan Pienaar's penalty for the visitors after just 30 seconds was cancelled out soon after by Russell - a powerful effort from just inside his own half - but when Henry scored in the corner in the 19th minute it was only what Ulster's early play deserved.
It was a clinical score, sparked by the visitors' grunt up front and finished beautifully out wide when Paddy Jackson linked with Louis Ludik, whose quick hands put Henry over.
There is much attacking nous in this Ulster backline, but Henry can be a bit of a try-machine himself at times. It was his second try in a week at Scotstoun, having scored their only one in last Saturday's 32-10 defeat by Glasgow.
The Scotstoun support fretted. Ulster were dictating the tempo and unleashing their ball-carriers. They were winning all the key battles and even when Glasgow had threatened to get some momentum their line-out was a source of frustration.
Several times in the match they engineered good field position only to effectively load a gun and fire the bullet into their own feet with a botched throw or a mistimed lift.
The fact that Ulster were only two points clear at the break was something of a lucky break for the home team, but two points became five when Pienaar landed a second penalty just before 60 minutes had elapsed.
At last, Glasgow found something. Some phases, some urgency, some power. It brought them three points from the boot of Russell and energised the big crowd.
Gregor Townsend leapt off his bench in the hope of finding gaps in a brutish Ulster defence, but for the longest time it looked like Ulster's defence would not be breached.
Ulster scored again. If Stuart Hogg's stunning kick from the tee in the first half was eye-catching then Pienaar's effort from a veritable mile out was even better. It was a thumping kick that restored their five-point lead and left Glasgow needing a try.
And what a try. One of Glasgow's all-time great passes, a 30-yard delivery off Russell's left hand, one of their all-time great run-ins from their departing son, Van der Merwe, and one of the all-time great conversions by Russell from so far out on the right side that he practically had to clear a gap in the crowd in order to kick it.
Tumultuous stuff. Quite stunning.
Glasgow Warriors: Hogg, Seymour, Vernon, Horne, Matawalu, Russell, Pyrgos, Grant, Brown, de Klerk, Gray, Kellock, Strauss, Fusaro, Ashe.
Replacements: Van der Merwe for Seymour (67), S. Lamont for Horne (70), Weir for Matawalu (78), Reid for Grant (45), MacArthur for Brown (20), Cusack for de Klerk (53), Nakarawa for Kellock (20), Wilson for Fusaro (41).
Ulster: Ludik, Bowe, Payne, D. Cave, Gilroy, P. Jackson, Pienaar, Black, Best, R. Lutton, Stevenson, Tuohy, Henderson, Henry, Wilson.
Replacements: McCloskey for D. Cave (76), Warwick for Black (71), Diack for Stevenson (76), Reidy for Henry (77). Not Used: Herring, B. Ross, P. Marshall, Allen.
Att: 10,000.


Jonny Hayes reckons team-mate Niall McGinn could still decide to stay at Aberdeen beyond this season.

Dons manager Derek McInnes revealed it is looking increasing likely that the Northern Irishman will move to the English Championship this summer.
McGinn, 29, is out of contract in a few months and has not signed the new deal offered to him by Aberdeen.
But Hayes said: "I'd like to consider myself Niall's closest pal in there and he's not even told me what he's doing."
McGinn has scored 13 goals this season and has been a key player for the Pittodrie outfit since joining them in 2012.
"Obviously I want him to stay and, as a team, we want him to stay," Hayes added.
"He keeps his cards close to his chest and, if I don't know, I don't think anyone else will know.
"We enjoy having Niall here and, if he's here next season, it will be a bonus."
The Dons entertain Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Tuesday night, with McInnes' men full of confidence following their 7-0 win at Dundee on Friday night.
Left-back Andrew Considine scored a hat-trick in that win and Hayes reckons the 29-year-old is hugely underrated.
When asked if Considine gets the recognition he deserves, Hayes said: "No. Nowhere near it.
"I've said from day one about how good Andy was and I've never thought he gets the recognition he deserves.
"There always seems to be a bit more hype around a quick, marauding left-back rather than Andy - in my opinion our steadiest and most consistent player over the last couple of years.
"I think people are starting to come round and realise that now.
"I'm sure he'll be up there about the player of the season awards and it will be fully deserved."
Making reference to the absence of any Dons players from recent Scotland squads, Hayes joked about Considine's chances of being selected for the national side that "he can't, he plays for Aberdeen".
The Irishman then spoke of the depth of quality Scotland currently have at left-back with Kieran Tierney, Andrew Robertson and Lee Wallace among those battling to make the berth their own.
"If Andy's playing left-back for us, I'm sure Mr Strachan will be looking at him at left back," Hayes added.
"Other countries will be envious of the choices Scotland have at left back. It's unfortunate that Andy has quite a few players ahead of him at this point."
There is an added edge to Tuesday's match at Pittodrie following the news that Caley Thistle midfielder Greg Tansey has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Aberdeen in the summer.
McInnes said the signing is part of the club's plan to maintain quality, even if they lose some of their out-of-contract players in the coming months.
"Greg's a player I have long admired and I think it's only fair that I don't talk too much about that until he is my player," McInnes said.
"But we're well aware of his qualities and his team-mates' qualities."


More than a million better-off families will lose some or all of their child benefit, under rules now in force.

Families with one parent with a taxable income of more than £50,000 will lose some of the benefit, and it will be withdrawn entirely if one parent earns above £60,000.
The government hopes to save £1.5bn a year to help reduce the deficit.
David Cameron described the move as "fundamentally fair" but Labour said it was a "huge assault" on families.
Defending the policy, the prime minister said: "I'm not saying those people are rich, but I think it is right that they make a contribution.
"If we don't raise that... from that group of people - the better off 15% in the country - we would have to find someone else to take it from."
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the government should tax the richest, rather than make changes that affect those on middle incomes, and described the changes as a "complete shambles".
The change comes the day before a key Commons debate over the welfare system, when MPs discuss plans to break the link between benefit rises and inflation.
Chancellor George Osborne has proposed a cap of 1% - which is below the expected rise in the cost of living - on increases in most working-age benefits, such as Jobseeker's Allowance and maternity pay, and tax credits for three years from 2013-14.
Child benefit, housing benefit and universal credit will be capped for two years from 2014-15.
All these changes will affect millions of people.
More than 250,000 high earners have already opted out of receiving child benefit but several hundred thousand others who missed a deadline to declare they will no longer qualify will now have to fill in self-assessment tax forms.
Campaigners say this has created complexity in the system.
They have also pointed to the fact that a family where two parents work and both earn £49,000 a year will keep their benefits, while a family with a single earner on £51,000 - where the other parent may have chosen to stay at home in a caring role - will lose part of theirs.
Child benefit is paid at the rate of £20.30 a week for the first child, and then £13.40 a week for each child after that.
It lasts until each child reaches 16, or 18 if they are still in full-time education, and in some cases until they are 20.
More than a million people are set to be affected by the cut, with the Institute of Fiscal Studies estimating that they would lose an average of £1,300 a year.
Any child benefit paid to high-earners who have failed to opt out will be clawed back through the High Income Child Benefit Charge, administered by HM Revenue and Customs.
If somebody earning more than £50,000 or their partner keeps claiming child benefit, then the higher earner will have to admit this in a self-assessment tax form. The IFS estimates that 500,000 extra people might have to fill in these forms as a result of the change.
They will need to register for self-assessment, if they have not already, by 5 October or face a fine.
A Treasury spokesman said: "Withdrawing child benefit on the basis of the combined family income would require intrusive means-testing of all eight million households getting child benefit. The way we are doing it is simpler for the vast majority of families."
But the stance has not been welcomed by many people who would be affected.
Paul, from West Sussex, who has a six-year-old son was one of a number of people who reportedly failed to receive a letter from HMRC explaining the options for higher earners on what to do.
He told the BBC: "My salary goes up and down, but we will continue to claim it. But my tax affairs are very simple so the one thing I don't really want to do is the self-assessment thing."
The deadline has now expired for higher earners to opt out of receiving child benefit. They will still be able to do so, but may still face a tax charge for the time still in the system since 7 January.
The latest official figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that 191,873 people have opted out of receiving child benefit - mostly because they know they will consistently earn more than £60,000 a year, or earn over £50,000 and do not want to be pulled into the self-assessment system.
That figure was expected to rise above 250,000 over the weekend. These figures will be confirmed later.


Cyclists are to ride through a West Sussex seaside town to celebrate the life of a bike enthusiast stabbed in a suspected "road-rage" attack.

Donald Lock, 79, died from multiple stab wounds on the A24 in Findon after his car collided with another vehicle on 16 July.
Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club, where he was a member for over 50 years, is organising the ride.
Matthew Daley, 34, of St Elmo Road, Worthing, has been charged with murder.
Cyclists from the club led Mr Lock's funeral procession to Worthing Crematorium on 12 August.
President Robert Downham said the route of Sunday's ride, from Goring Gap to Wiston Village Hall, was designed to allow as many people as possible to take part.
"We have made it short enough so people who aren't keen cyclists can tag along - the seafront is fairly flat anyway.
"The idea is to ride as a mass group to start off with and then split into smaller groups when we get to Lancing."
Mr Downham said Mr Lock would always be remembered at the cycling club.
"He had held various positions within the committee and he was always there to help people," he said.
"You could always go to him for assistance and advice on what you planned to do and how best to achieve it.
"He did a lot of racing himself and a lot of our club records still stand with his name on them.
"His last few roles were social secretary, magazine editor and press officer so, even though he wasn't racing, he was still involved heavily with the organisation of the club."
Mr Daley is also accused of possessing a knife in a public place. He is currently on remand in prison and due to appear at Hove Crown Court on 25 September.


The governor of Arizona has vetoed a bill that would have kept the names of police officers involved in shootings secret for 60 days.

Governor Doug Ducey said he heeded the advice of the state's police chiefs who opposed the bill.
They had argued that the lack of transparency would hinder police-community relations.
But police unions pushed for the bill, saying the 60-day delay would ensure officer safety.
Legislatures across the US are taking up various pieces of police-related legislation after the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, last August sparked weeks of protests.
Other states are considering proposals requiring police to wear body cameras or mandating that shooting investigations be done by outside agencies.
However, Arizona was the only state considering restricting information about officers in involved in shootings.
In a letter explaining his veto, Ducey said he sympathized with the bill's supporters but said there were other ways to keep officers safe.
Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor, who is also president of the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police, said the bill would have worsened already poor police-community relations after the events of Ferguson.
"Enacting legislation that would hamper that trust by not allowing officers' names to be released is not in my opinion the best way to improve or repair that level of trust," Villasenor said.


Samsung has launched its mobile wallet service Samsung Pay in South Korea.

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It joins Apple - which launched a rival facility last year - in trying to convince shoppers to use their handsets, rather than plastic cards, to make in-store purchases.
Samsung's technology works with a larger number of existing payment terminals because it can interact with magnetic stripe readers, which are still popular in South Korea and the US.
Samsung Pay chief Thomas Ko told the BBC's Michelle Fleury that consumers would decide whether smartphones replace their wallets.


A man has been detained by police after three suspicious fires broke out in Dunblane.

The fires, which started between 02:30 and 04:00, were in George Street, Stirling Road and Station Road.
A number of occupants had to be evacuated from the affected properties but no one was injured.
Firefighters from Dunblane, Bridge of Allan and Stirling were sent to deal with the fires, which were all extinguished.
A police spokesman said: "Police Scotland is investigating, in conjunction with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, three suspicious fires at addresses in Dunblane.
"The incidents happened between 2.30am and 4am on Saturday.
"The occupants of some of the affected properties had to be evacuated, however nobody was injured. A male has currently been detained."


Ulster champions Donegal's All-Ireland Under-21 challenge ended with a 1-13 to 0-9 semi-final defeat by Dublin.

Just five days after their Ulster final win over Derry, Donegal lacked the energy of the Dubs who killed the game off with a late Sean McMahon goal.
The seven-point success at Breffni Park puts the Leinster title holders into their first final since 2014, when they won the last of their four titles.
Dublin play the winners of the other semi-final between Kerry and Galway.
The Dubs started strongly with Con O'Callaghan, Tom Fox, Glen O'Reilly and Aaron Byrne shooting them into a four-point lead inside the opening quarter.
The Ulster champions' attempts to punish on the counter-attack were repeatedly thwarted by a well-organised defence, and it wasn't until the 24th minute that they registered their first score, a Michael Langan free.
O'Reilly's second score was cancelled out by Michael Carroll, and at the break, Donegal trailed by 0-5 to 0-2.
Dublin led by 0-5 to 0-2 at the break, but the Ulster champions adopted a more attacking approach and were rewarded with two points in the opening three minutes of the second half, Jason McGee and sub Niall O'Donnell trimming the deficit to a single point.
Aaron Byrne's well-taken scores made it 0-8 to 0-4, with 40 minutes on the clock.
Byrne won the free which he converted himself to further stretch the advantage, and Donegal went a quarter of an hour without a score, before Langan landed a free.
Corner-back Darren Byrne got in on the scoring act as the Dubs turned the screw, and they put the outcome virtually beyond doubt when Sean McMahon pushed forward to take Cian Murphy's pass and rifle a shot into the roof of the net on 50 minutes.
Dublin: E Comerford; D Byrne (0-1), C O'Shea, E Murchan; B Howard, S McMahon (1-0), C Murphy (0-2); A Foley, T Fox (0-1); G O'Reilly (0-2), A Byrne (0-4, 2f); C Basquel, D O'Brien, C O'Callaghan (0-1, f), D Gavin.
Subs: C Sallier (0-1) for O'Callaghan (3 BC), A Elliot for Foley (21), D Spillane for Fox (36), A McGowan (0-1) for O'Reilly (47), S Smith for Sallier (56), S Clayton for Basquel (59)
Donegal: D Rodgers; C Morrison, S McMenamin, B McCole; C Mulligan, D Ó Baoill, E Bán Gallagher; T McClenaghan, J McGee (0-1); M Carroll (0-1), S McBrearty (0-1), M Coyle; L Connor, M Langan (0-3, 2f), J Brennan.
Subs: C Doherty for Coyle (14), N O'Donnell (0-2) for McBrearty (23), E O'Donnell (0-1) for Connors (37), R Carr for Mulligan (42), C McGonagle for McCleneghan (49), McBrearty for O Baoill (54)
Referee: J Bermingham (Cork).


Dundee United midfielder Chris Erskine will return to Partick Thistle in the summer as the Glasgow club prepare for the departure of Stuart Bannigan.

The 28-year-old Erskine has agreed a pre-contract to sign for Thistle on a three-year deal in June.
Manager Alan Archibald expects to lose Bannigan in the summer.
"We were aware of him being out of contract in at the end of the season and Dundee United hadn't made a move on it," he said of Erskine.
"We have went through the right channels and have that in place and it's a good one to look forward to for next season."
It will be Erskine's third spell with United's Scottish Premiership rivals.
He started his career at Firhill before moving to Tannadice in 2013, only to be loaned back later that season.
But he was a first-team regular with the Tangerines last season.
This term, he missed out during September, October and November through injury but returned to action in December.
Asked if Erskine could join Thistle during the January transfer window, Archibald told BBC Scotland: "That's down to Dundee United.
"He's their player and we have to respect that and we've just put that in place for next season."
Archibald laughed off newspaper headlines suggesting that he had threatened to resign should Bannigan be sold during January.
"It was tongue in cheek what I said in the papers," he said. "But I would be devastated and we'll not let him go.
"It would need to be crazy money to let him go.
"It would not be worth it for us as he is a key player.
"If you let your key player go in January for what would not be a great amount of money would send out all the wrong signals."
However, asked about reported interest by Aberdeen, Archibald said: "It is just paper talk. There have been a few linked with him.
"He's a good player and out of contract and we expect that.
"We know he is going to go in the summer - he will get good offers.
"But there is no bitterness. We won't get a fee for him, but we've had four or five years out of him playing at the top of his game."


Incompetence and negligence allowed Osama Bin Laden to live in Pakistan undetected for almost a decade, a leaked government report suggests.

A version of the report leaked to al-Jazeera says the killing of Bin Laden by US forces was a "criminal act of murder" ordered by the US president.
It also reveals details of the al-Qaeda leader's whereabouts and day-to-day life after fleeing Afghanistan in 2001.
Bin Laden was killed by US forces in north-west Pakistan in May 2011.
US suspicions about Bin Laden's location had previously been dismissed by Pakistan. However, his discovery in a compound in Abbottabad and subsequent killing in a US Navy Seal operation put a strain on US-Pakistan relations.
Shortly after the raid, the Pakistan parliament called for an independent enquiry - the Abbottabad Commission - to establish whether the failures of the government were due to incompetence or colluding with al-Qaeda.
It was also commissioned to investigate the Pakistani intelligence services' failure to detect CIA activity on its soil in the run-up to the raid "that culminated in the avoidable humiliation of the people of Pakistan".
In its findings, the report described the lack of intelligence as "government implosion syndrome".
The leaked documents fiercely criticised the Pakistani government and military, describing "culpable negligence and incompetence at almost all levels of government".
While the commission said it found nothing to support allegations of complicity, it said it could not rule out "the possibility of some degree of connivance inside or outside the government".
The report also voiced harsh criticism of the Navy Seal raid on Abbottabad, describing it as an "American act of war" and Pakistan's "greatest humiliation" since East Pakistan seceded in 1971.
It quotes officials as saying that Pakistan air force jets were scrambled to shoot down the US helicopters, but too late.
The 336-page document was the result of interviews with more than 200 witnesses, including senior civilian and military officials, as well as with Bin Laden's three widows prior to their deportation to Saudi Arabia.
The report has been in the hands of the government for more than six months, the BBC's Richard Galpin says, but it had been kept under wraps.
In the version leaked to al-Jazeera, the daily life of Bin Laden after fleeing the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 is documented.
He was reported to have arrived in Pakistan in the spring or summer of 2002, staying in parts of South Waziristan, Bajaur, Peshawar, Swat and Haripur before settling in Abbottabad in 2005.
The wife of one of Bin Laden's aides, Maryam, was quoted saying police in Swat even stopped the al-Qaeda leader's vehicle for speeding in 2002 or 2003 - but failed to recognise him.
Referring to Bin Laden and his entourage, the report said: "They kept a very low profile and lived extremely frugally. They never exposed themselves to public view."
Testimony from his widows said he wore a cowboy hat whilst moving around the compound to avoid detection.
However, over a period of six years the unusual nature of the compound failed to draw the attention of the intelligence services, the report goes on.
"How the entire neighbourhood, local officials, police and security and intelligence officials all missed the size, the strange shape, the barbed wire, the lack of cars and visitors etc over a period of nearly six years beggars belief."
Commenting on the leak, the head of the commission, Javed Iqbal, told Pakistani Dunya TV that it was "based on assumptions" and did not include even one out of more than 100 recommendations the commission had made in its findings.


Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather has compared the controversy over links between members of President Donald Trump's team and Russia to the Watergate scandal.

Rather, who was for decades one of the best known and most trusted figures in US journalism, said in a Facebook post: "Watergate is the biggest political scandal of my lifetime, until maybe now."
He said Watergate, which brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon in 1974, had been a nine-out-of-10 on a scale of crisis for the US government, while "this Russia scandal is currently somewhere around a five or six".
He continued: "But it is cascading in intensity seemingly by the hour. And we may look back and see, in the end, that it is at least as big as Watergate. It may become the measure by which all future scandals are judged.
"It has all the necessary ingredients, and that is chilling."
The post has been shared more than 88,000 times and has generated nearly 200,000 reactions.
Later in the post, Rather, who is often viewed as taking a liberal perspective, strongly criticised the White House, accusing it of a "spigot of lies" and saying it had "no credibility on this issue".
"I would also extend that to the Republican Congress, who has excused away the Trump Administration's assertions for far too long," he said.
Rather also promoted his post on Twitter, generating more than 13,000 retweets and 22,000 likes.
President Trump's latest response over the Russia controversy was retweeted more than 14,000 times and liked by nearly 60,000 accounts.
Both posts have also generated many critical comments.
A number of comments by Rather's Facebook followers, several of which had likes in the tens of thousands, suggested that the way Republican politicians scrutinised President Nixon was the benchmark that should be applied now.
Since his post was published, leading Republicans such as Devin Nunes, John Cornyn and John McCain have urged further investigation.
Some commenters on social media aimed particular criticism at Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee, who has said his panel will not look into Gen Flynn's stepping down as Mr Trump's national security adviser.
Likening US political scandals and embarrassments to Watergate may have lost some of its force over the years, becoming almost a cliche.
Mr Trump has himself used the comparison, at an election rally last year, saying the row over Hillary Clinton's emails was a scandal "bigger than Watergate".
Some social media users have suggested an alternative analogy for the present situation, saying a better comparison may be to the Iran-Contra affair, in which journalists exposed the illegal funding of anti-Sandinista forces in Central America in the 1980s.


Bath have confirmed the signing of Samoa scrum-half Kahn Fotuali'i from Northampton Saints ahead of the 2016-17 season.

The 34-year-old won the Premiership title with Northampton in 2014.
Former head coach Mike Ford revealed to BBC Radio Bristol in May that Fotuali'i would be added to Bath's ranks.
Meanwhile, England Saxons lock Charlie Ewels has signed an extended deal with the club, having so far made 20 Premiership appearances for Bath.
Ewels has captained England Under-20s in the World Rugby Under-20 Championship and is currently with the Saxons squad on a two-match tour in South Africa.
Fotuali'i had been with Saints since joining from Ospreys in 2013.
"I'm really excited to be joining Bath," Fotuali'i told the club website. "They have an exciting, attacking ethos, which I'm looking forward to being part of, and I really like the focus that is put on individual development of players."
Bath parted company with Ford on 16 May after finishing the top-flight season in ninth place and are yet to appoint a replacement.