A French riot officer is in hospital today after he was left with a lacerated face and head as police were pelted with stones as they tried to keep them at bay. Around 1,700 people tried to get to Britain last night - around one in four of all people living in the 'Jungle' camp on the edge of Calais - the highest number for almost a week. Since Friday only around 400 people per night have been trying to scale fences, way down from the peak of around 2,000 last Monday. But the 1,700 attempts last night shows that the crisis has not slowed despite extra French police being brought in. New footage shows how one mob tore down fences and charged past police, who retaliated by spraying tear gas. When the migrants were finally beaten back, they regrouped to form a human barricade, blocking the road to the tunnel.
