Thousands of Scouts to be removed from site after hundreds of heat-related illnesses at event in South Korea
Thousands of UK Scouts attending the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea are being removed from the jamboree site in the south-western county of Buan to hotels in the capital, Seoul, amid a suffocating heatwave.
Hundreds of those who attended the global gathering have needed treatment for heat-related ailments in recent days. On Thursday, 138 people visited clinics and hospitals with heat-related illnesses, bringing the total tally to more than 700.
