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Children returning from school trips delayed for six hours amid Calais strikes

Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times

The Guardian - UK

Brits heading on half term holidays warned to prepare for long delays

The Government has issued a warning to travellers ahead of members of the Public and Commercial Services union based in Dover and French ports including Calais and Dunkirk going on strike

Daily Mirror

Dover-Calais ferries halted for most of day due to French strikes

Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway

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1,000 Border Force officers at major ports to strike during half-term

Members of the PCS union in Dover, Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk will strike on February 17, 18, 19 and 20

Evening Standard

Carnival fever in the French city of Dunkirk

In the northern French city of Dunkirk, thousands of people look forward to carnival season every year. As Mardi Gras approaches, the carnival transforms the city: the Black Cat Ball, fancy dressing and herring throwing from the town hall balcony are all part of the two-month-long festivities. The tradition dates…

France 24

A year after 27 drowned crossing the channel, migrants still suffer in Calais

Asylum-seekers sleep rough, forge friendships and withstand harassment from police as they seek passage to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Inside the dinghy graveyard full of wreckage of boats used by Channel refugees

A stretch of beach close to Dunkirk in northern France resembles a dinghy graveyard as desperate migrants rush to take the perilous journey before winter sets in

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Family in Dunkirk migrant camp trying to reach UK fear they'll be killed if sent home

The Mirror has spoken to families who escaped Iran and are now in Dunkirk, northern France, awaiting to travel to the UK. They fear they will not survive if they are sent back to their country

Daily Mirror

Thousands of litres of alcohol with an estimated retail value of €390,000 seized at Rosslare Europort

Revenue officers seized over 25,200 litres of beer on October 1 following the search of a Romanian registered truck that had disembarked a ferry from Dunkirk, France

Irish Mirror

Russia's nuclear trade with Europe flowing amid Ukraine war

European Union nations are continuing to import and export nuclear fuel that is not under EU sanctions on Russia

The Independent UK

Oldest Royal Scots soldier from Midlothian dies at 104 after surviving Dunkirk

Major John Errington was born in 1918 in Beeslack, just east of Penicuik, and had served a lengthy career in the Royal Scots Regiment, as well as fighting in Dunkirk and becoming a prisoner of war.

Edinburgh Live

Oldest Royal Scots soldier who survived Dunkirk and PoW camp dies aged 104

Major John Errington, born in 1918 near Penicuik, has died just weeks after marking his most recent birthday.

Daily Record

Love Island winner Amber Rose-Gill hosts podcast on WW2 Dunkirk rescue boat

Hosted by former Love Island winner Amber Rose-Gill, boatbuilder James Currie, community engagement lead Jade West and boatbuilding project lead Jae Bradley open up about their mental health and Skylark IX.

Daily Record

Tour de France stage 4 LIVE: Result as Wout van Aert makes solo charge to win in Calais

Follow all the latest updates as the Tour de France touches down in its homeland

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AFP

Five things to watch out for on the Tour de France

Dunkirk (France) (AFP) - The Tour de France gets back underway Tuesday after a successful three days in Denmark with a series of testing stages that will shape the destiny of the 2022 yellow jersey.

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France 2022: Dylan Groenewegen wins stage three – as it happened

The Dutchman narrowly won a sprint in three-way photo-finish with overall leader Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen

The Independent UK

Johnson welcomes ‘Dunkirk spirit’ being shown to get grain out of Ukraine

With Russia’s Black Sea fleet blocking Ukraine’s ports, grain is at risk of rotting in silos unless it can get to markets around the world.

Irish Mirror

Revenue seize €1.3 million worth of heroin and cocaine at Rosslare Europort

The trailer was unaccompanied and arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk in France.

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Daily Record

WW2 hero Skylark IX boat stories told at Dumbarton Maritime Museum

Skylark IX was one of the boats that was a part of the mass evacuation of 338,000 allied troops from Dunkirk during World War II

Wales Online

Fraudster jailed for taking Battle of Britain medal from 102-year-old Dunkirk veteran

Vincent Morgan also fleeced the pensioner of more than £4,000

The Guardian - UK

Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel

Fivefold increase in refugees from Afghanistan crossing in small boats this year as they flee Taliban

Daily Record

Dunkirk hero boat stories to be told at Dumbarton's Scottish Maritime Museum

Stories will be told about the Skylark IX boat as part of Scotland's year of stories.

France 24

Japan's economy shrinks amid Covid-19 curbs and rising prices

Japan's GDP fell at an annualised rate of 1 percent in the first three months of this year as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus hampered consumer spending. Rising commodity prices also weighed on businesses in the world's third-largest economy. Plus, as unemployment remains stable in France at 7.3 percent,…

Insider UK

Serious Fraud Office raid Liberty Steel offices as part of money laundering probe

It follows the French national police visiting the group's Paris offices and former metal manufacturing site in Dunkirk

The Guardian - UK

Frozen pensions: Dunkirk veteran among those losing up to £5,600

Almost 500,000 UK state pensioners living overseas are excluded from this month’s annual increase

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