Image copyright PA Media Police are working to identify the bodies of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex. It is thought the vehicle came into the UK from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, a known route for people smuggling. What is security like at UK ports? The lorry container in which the bodies […]
UK police on Wednesday announced the discovery of 39 dead bodies in a truck container in Essex, a county in southeast England. The truck was found at an industrial park in Grays, east of London, by ambulance workers. “This is a tragic incident where a large number of people have lost their lives,” Chief Superintendent Andrew […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The bodies of 39 people were found in the back of a lorry parked on an industrial estate in Grays The exact circumstances of how 39 people came to be found dead in a lorry container on an industrial estate in Essex are yet to be confirmed, but questions have […]
“We would have never expected such tragedy to happen here, in this zone,” said Ryan Sharpe, a 24-year-old driver at Transmec Group, a nearby freight company. “Take any industrial estate you’d find in the U.K. and in Europe,” said Catalin Bortoc, a 28-year-old employee at an auto parts firm just across from where the truck […]
“If the lorry came from Bulgaria, getting into Britain via Holyhead is an unorthodox route,” Seamus Leheny, Northern Ireland policy manager for the Freight Transport Association, told the Press Association. He noted that as security checks have increased at ports like Dover and Calais, some may see it as an easier smuggling route to travel […]
But the immediate focus has now shifted from Westminster to Brussels. The other 27 countries need to decide if they will say yes to the U.K.’s request for an extension. Johnson had grudgingly informed the EU on Saturday that the U.K. Parliament needs more time, until the end of January 2020, to leave the EU. […]
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“If the lorry came from Bulgaria, getting into Britain via Holyhead is an unorthodox route,” Seamus Leheny, Northern Ireland policy manager for the Freight Transport Association, told the Press Association. He noted that as security checks have increased at ports like Dover and Calais, some may see it as an easier smuggling route to travel […]
But the immediate focus has now shifted from Westminster to Brussels. The other 27 countries need to decide if they will say yes to the U.K.’s request for an extension. Johnson had grudgingly informed the EU on Saturday that the U.K. Parliament needs more time, until the end of January 2020, to leave the EU. […]
“If the lorry came from Bulgaria, getting into Britain via Holyhead is an unorthodox route,” Seamus Leheny, Northern Ireland policy manager for the Freight Transport Association, told the Press Association. He noted that as security checks have increased at ports like Dover and Calais, some may see it as an easier smuggling route to travel […]
