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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angus Thomson

British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet disaster

People looking a photographs and lists of names covering two walls of a cubicle
People search for the names of family members on a list posted outside an army training centre in Nuwakot, Nepal. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

A British aid worker was mistakenly identified by Nepalese authorities as a rescued survivor after returning to Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight.

Alastair Chambers, a 45-year-old former Gloucester councillor, said he flew to Nepal last week to distribute sleeping bags, food and essentials to communities cut off by collapsed bridges.

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