Stowaways rescued from sweltering lorry

Two people were taken to hospital after 18 stowaways were found in a lorry on the year’s hottest day so far.

The stowaways waved to alert passing motorists, who flagged down the lorry driver to stop on the A22 in East Grinstead, West Sussex, yesterday morning. Immigration enforcement officers found 18 people who said they came from Iraq, Syria and Iran.