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UK Police Warn of ‘Unknown Haze’ in Britain’s Southern Coast

The areas between Eastbourne and Birling Gap were the scene of a chemical cloud that left people with stinging eyes. (Reuters)
The areas between Eastbourne and Birling Gap were the scene of a chemical cloud that left people with stinging eyes. (Reuters)
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UK Police Warn of ‘Unknown Haze’ in Britain’s Southern Coast

The areas between Eastbourne and Birling Gap were the scene of a chemical cloud that left people with stinging eyes. (Reuters)
The areas between Eastbourne and Birling Gap were the scene of a chemical cloud that left people with stinging eyes. (Reuters)

Police issued a warning after chemical “haze” left up to 150 people on Britain’s south coast suffering irritation to their eyes and throats.

Sussex police urged people to keep doors and windows shut in the affected area, between the resort town of Eastbourne and Birling Gap, a few miles along the coast.

Police also warned over the weekend people to stay away from the beaches.

According to Sky News, up to 50 people initially reported irritation to their eyes and throats near Eastbourne, on Sunday.

Sussex Police said: “This seems to have been caused by an unknown haze coming in from the sea, but the source has not yet been established,”

Long queues built up at Eastbourne District General Hospital well into the evening, with approximately 150 people being treated. A source added that, however, the effects were mostly minor and it was not necessary to admit anyone for further treatment.

A woman told Sky News: “The haze is pretty bad, it's coming in. Eyes are streaming, I'm at home now with my family, we're all sitting here and the tears keep running, stinging eyes, sore throats.”

Emergency services cleared the area and told people living along the Eastbourne coast to avoid beaches and shut their windows and doors.

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Grossi Wants to Meet with Iran’s Pezeshkian ‘at Earliest Convenience’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)
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Grossi Wants to Meet with Iran’s Pezeshkian ‘at Earliest Convenience’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi announced he intends to visit Tehran through a letter he addressed to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Iranian Mehr Agency reported that Grossi sent a congratulatory message to the Iranian president-elect, which stated: “I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on your election win as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

“Cooperation between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran has been at the focal attention of the international circles for many years. I am confident that, together, we will be able to make decisive progress on this crucial matter.”

“To that effect, I wish to express my readiness to travel to Iran to meet with you at the earliest convenience,” Iran’s Mehr news agency quoted Grossi as saying.

The meeting – should it take place - will be the first for Pezeshkian, who had pledged during his election campaign to be open to the West to resolve outstanding issues through dialogue.

Last week, American and Israeli officials told the Axios news site that Washington sent a secret warning to Tehran last month regarding its fears of Iranian research and development activities that might be used to produce nuclear weapons.

In May, Grossi expressed his dissatisfaction with the course of the talks he held over two days in Iran in an effort to resolve outstanding matters.

Since the death of the former Iranian president, Ibrahim Raisi, the IAEA chief refrained from raising the Iranian nuclear file, while European sources said that Tehran had asked to “freeze discussions” until the internal situation was arranged and a new president was elected.