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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor

Man confirmed dead after crossing Channel in small boat

A police officer and a forensics tent outside the Royal National Lifeboat Institution station in Dover, Kent.
A police officer and a forensic science tent outside the Royal National Lifeboat Institution station in Dover, Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Police are investigating after a man died while trying to reach the UK on a cross-Channel dinghy on Friday after a “medical emergency”.

It was the second death reported in the Channel in two days, although the body found earlier on Thursday has not yet been formally identified, so it is not known if they were also making a crossing.

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