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A driver hung pork from his lorry to deter Muslim migrants in Calais

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A driver hung pork from his lorry to deter Footage has emerged showing raw pork hung from the bumper of a lorry headed for the UK. A clip posted on YouTube seems to show an 18-wheel German truck waiting at the port of Calais with several cuts of meat attached to the back. Its driver is believed to have fastened them there like a weird talisman to deter Muslim refugees from climbing inside and trying to reach the UK. In Islam, people are banned from eating pork but the rules on just being close to pig meat aren’t as clear-cut. Drivers face on-the-spot fines of £2,000 if they are caught with stowaways, which may be what has led to this drastic measure. Pretty distasteful. We just hope he doesn’t eat the meat after arriving at his destination. Around 6,000 migrants are believed to be living in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, hoping to secure passage to the UK by jumping into lorries or getting into the Channel Tunnel. It’s part of the worst r...

(Reuters) - British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died

(Reuters) - British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died on Monday  after suffering a severe head injury during a wreck in the closing laps of a race the previous day at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, IndyCar officials said. He was 37. Wilson, a former Formula One driver and seven-time winner in IndyCar racing, had been in critical condition in a coma at a hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, before his death. "This is a monumentally sad day for IndyCar and the motorsports community as a whole," Mark Miles, chief executive officer of Hulman & Co, the parent of IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said in a statement. "Justin's elite ability to drive a race car was matched by his unwavering kindness, character and humility -- which is what made him one of the most respected members of the paddock," Miles added. Wilson's family said in a statement that he was a "loving father and devoted husband, as well as a highly competitive raci...