Calais: man killed as migrants make 1,500 attempts to enter Eurotunnel site. One person was found dead as migrants trying to reach the UK made at least 1,500 attempts to enter the Eurotunnel terminal at the French port town of Calais, police have said.
The dead migrant, a man of Sudanese origin believed to be aged between 25 and 30, was hit by a truck that was leaving a cross-Channel ferry, the police source told Agence-France Presse on Wednesday morning. A spokesman for Eurotunnel added: “Our team found a corpse this morning and the firefighters have confirmed the death of this person.” It means nine migrants have died near the Channel tunnel terminal since June. Two other Sudanese migrants, both in their 30s, were recovering in hospital after being struck by high-speed trains on Monday. The British home secretary, Theresa May, will chair an emergency Cobra meeting on Wednesday morning on the growing Calais migrant crisis. Cameron said he felt sympathy with British holidaymakers and the situation was not satisfactory. “We are doing everything we can. Tweet Conversations. Observing elections and referendums. One of our roles is to authorise people and organisations to observe UK elections and relevant referendums.
We currently run two separate observer schemes: Scheme 1: applies to elections (and some referendums) in the UKScheme 2: applies to the referendum on independence for Scotland On this page you will find, for each scheme: the Code of Practice all observers must followinformation on how to apply to become an observer and application formsthe registers of accredited observers, organisations and authorised Commission representativesWe also issue:guidance to electoral officers on giving access to observersguidance to our own staff who observe elections and referendums on behalf of the Electoral Commission Code of Practice for observers Before applying to become an observer you must read the relevant Code of Practice for observers. How to apply Please note that even though we authorise observers, they do not observe on our behalf, or receive any payment. Observer registers. Mhairi_mcalpine : Homophobic and racist... ‘Yes’ On the evening of 16 May 1973, around halfway through the Aladdin Sane tour, I watched David Bowie play his second sold-out show at the Aberdeen Music Hall.
I could not have imagined that one day I would be listening to him – or, rather, listening to Kate Moss speaking on his behalf – intervene in the debate over a Scottish independence referendum. Mind you, I cannot pretend that the national question was a high priority for my 15-year-old self; nor could I have imagined that there would ever be a Scottish independence referendum. The message that Moss read out for Bowie at the Brit Awards on 20 February this year –‘Scotland, stay with us’ – nevertheless deserves to be taken more seriously than it has been, and certainly more than the mixture of bluff and bullying that Scots have recently received from Messrs Osborne, Barroso and the directors of Standard Life plc. Bowie is actually a more political artist than is often supposed, but he is in no sense a conventionally left-wing one. South Africa: lessons for the SNP and for Radical Independence.
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