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Sunday, 17 August 2014

The Guardian

• Tilbury migrant death: murder investigation launchedPolice target suspected people smuggling gang after 35 illegal migrants found on cargo ferry at Thames portPolice launched a homicide investigation on Saturday after the death of one of 35 suspected illegal migrants who were found in a shipping container on board a cargo ferry at the port of Tilbury on the Thames estuary.The stowaways, believed to be 28 adults and seven children, were discovered on board the P&O-owned vessel that had sailed from Zeebrugge in Belgium and arrived at the Essex port at about 6am. They are believed to be from India, possibly the Punjab region. Cont...

The Herald

• Mounting concern about underwater noise pollution harming marine wildlife Marine wildlife is being killed, deformed, injured, traumatised and subjected to dangerous levels of stress by a crescendo of underwater noise from ships and offshore industry, scientists are warning.

The Telegraph

• 35 people found in shipping container in EssexOne man has died and dozens have been taken to hospital after a group of stowaways were discovered in a shipping container in Essex