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.

The event, which started this week, has drawn 43,000 young Scouts from 158 countries, with the UK contingent the largest at 4,500.

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Source: The Guardian