The foul smell from a leak at a chemical plant in northern France has been reported in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, police said.

BBC: French foul smell reaches Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

The bodies are decomposed, so we had to wear muzzles because of the foul smell so we can get to them and bury them.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

You could smell a foul smell from it three metres away.

NEWYORKER: The Black Sites

The stench from overflowing toilets and drainpipes made some cabins uninhabitable and many people slept in corridors, while others took bedding out into the open to escape the heat and foul smell.

BBC: Carnival Triumph passengers disembark in Alabama

The morning after the eviction, teams of cleaning crews with power washers moved in to execute a "deep clean" of the site, which gained a reputation for a foul smell during its four months of operation.

WSJ: Occupy Movement's Version of the Odd Couple Unfolds in London

They grabbed his trousers, one on the right leg, one on the left, ripping right through to his winter long johns, and giving off a foul choking smell like burning brakes.

ECONOMIST: Robert Taylor