The Latest Breaking News from Dover

Pictures show people wearing life jackets coming ashore in Dover, Kent after disembarking from a Border Force boat on Thursday.

The latest Home Office figures show 1,378 people have made the dangerous journey so far in March

Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins urged the Government to adequately fund food security checks at Dover port.

Pictures showed a Border Force boat arriving through the mist in Dover before passengers were met by officials at the port.

Kent Police say the victim, a woman in her 50s, was walking in Biggin Street in the Kent seaside town when she was set upon with a large kitchen knife

Home Office figures show nearly 400 migrants have made the perilous crossing from France so far in 2025

Pictures show men and women wearing blankets and life jackets being brought ashore in Dover

Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, former speaker’s chaplain now Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin talks about her new autobiography, blasts Brexit and the immigration debate, demands ‘restorative justice’ for countries scarred by slavery, and defends the role of the Church of England in politics

Mike Tapp said the proposed Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will allow ‘disruptive techniques’ to tackle people smuggling.

More people arrived in Dover on Sunday after crossing the Channel in small boats, as French authorities reported the deaths of three people.

The UK’s first black female bishop has always been a fearless defender of people’s rights, from Montego Bay to the streets of Dover, as she recalls in her memoir published next month