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Danny Tommo arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after Channel boat slashing

It comes after footage showed the 37-year-old using a knife to cut the side of a vessel used by people smugglers to transport migrants.

Evening Standard · Sep 24

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas charged over alleged dinghy slashing in Channel

Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Danny Tommo arrested after migrant boat slashed with rescuer on board in Channel

The anti-migrant, real name Daniel Thomas, was detained on Wednesday night on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life

Evening Standard · Sep 24

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Far-right activist arrested after filming himself slashing migrant dinghy

FAR-RIGHT activist Danny Tommo has been arrested after filming himself slashing a migrant dinghy in the English Channel while a rescue worker was…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 24

Police investigating footage of far-right activist appearing to slash dinghy

Danny Tommo appeared to shout ‘traitors’ at a rescue crew member who was still on board.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Police investigate after far-right activist films himself slashing Channel dinghy

Police are investigating after a far-right activist filmed himself slashing a dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was still onboard

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23

Far-right activist Danny Tommo branded ‘disgusting’ after slashing dinghy with knife in Channel

Police investigating footage showing anti-migrant activist taking blade to inflatable craft with rescue worker onboard

The Independent UK · Sep 23

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Anti-migrant activist Danny Tommo slashes dinghy in the Channel with rescuer onboard

Daniel Thomas is heard saying on a YouTube livestream afterwards: ‘That is one boat that won’t be used again.’

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Dozens of migrants who refused help of French coastguard being taken ‘to Dover’

The French coastguard said around 60 migrants on a small boat spent more than 33 hours at sea ‘in precarious conditions’.

Evening Standard · Sep 22

RNLI deployed to help migrant dinghy in Channel for 30 hours

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The Independent UK · Sep 22

RNLI lifeboats sent to rescue migrant dinghy which has spent 30 hours in Channel

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the migrants will be transferred to UK Border Force

The Independent UK · Sep 22

UK rescue boats sent to collect migrant dinghy which has spent 30 hours at sea

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the migrants will be transferred to Border Security Command.

Evening Standard · Sep 22

Karl Bushby left Chile in 1998 to walk home to Hull; 28 years later, he will swim the Channel

Karl Bushby left Chile in 1998 with a simple rule: walk home to Hull, and never use transport. Twenty-eight years and 30,516 miles later, he is now in Belgium with one stretch of water left. According to the BBC, Eurotunnel refused him use of its service tunnel this summer on…

The Times of India · Sep 21

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The Independent UK · Sep 21

Anti-migrant activist Danny Tommo’s Channel policing boat accidentally sinks

The anti-immigrant activist had paid for the boat with donations from his supporters

Evening Standard · Sep 18

Footage captures teenager steering dinghy carrying 165 people across Channel

Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, was jailed for two years and three months’ at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday for endangering others.

Evening Standard · Sep 18

Teenager who piloted overcrowded dinghy with 165 people on board jailed

This was a record high number of passengers on a boat for a Channel crossing when the craft made the journey on July 23.

The Independent UK · Sep 18

‘I was crew for around 10 years’: The RNLI family standing firm against a wave of abuse

YOUR VIEWS: After a wave of threats and doxing aimed at volunteers wrongly linked to Channel rescues, one RNLI family says the abuse changes nothing – and Independent readers are backing them

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 17

Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action

RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel

The Conversation · Sep 16

What the Bayeux tapestry reveals about medieval buildings on both sides of the Channel

For many, the Bayeux tapestry conjures up images of clinker-built ships, prancing horses, the Normans feasting on chicken on the eve of the battle of Hastings, and the arrow in King Harold’s eye that ended centuries of Anglo-Saxon rule.

Euronews · Sep 11

UK police ban face coverings at planned anti-migrant protest

Small-boat crossings remain a highly contentious political issue in the UK, where tens of thousands of migrants arrive across the Channel each year.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats

Charity condemns ‘disgraceful’ intimidation and insists it will continue core purpose of saving lives at sea

International Business Times UK · Sep 11

RNLI's Lifesavers Under Attack: Volunteers Branded 'Traitors' After Rescuing Channel Migrants

RNLI volunteers have faced online harassment and threats after rescuing migrants in the English Channel, prompting public support and renewed debate over the charity's role.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

Police working to protect RNLI in Dorset amid opposition to small boat rescues

Charity vows to keep helping asylum seekers in Channel despite abuse from rightwing activists and protest at HQ

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8

Fourteen men go on trial in Paris over deadliest small-boat Channel crossing

Sinking of inflatable dinghy in 2021 resulted in 31 people dead or missing, including a seven-year-old child

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