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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Cobham

Scouts chief slams lack of hygiene at disastrous jamboree as teenager tells of snakes and children fainting

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Britain’s scouting chief has hit out at the organisers of the disastrous world jamboree in South Korea as the parent of one attendee described chaotic scenes of children fainting in the extreme heat and a snake being found under his daughter’s bed.

Days after the British contingent was forced to leave the event in South Korea, organisers announced on Monday that tens of thousands of youngsters will be evacuated from the campsite to get them out of the path of a looming typhoon.

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