The Latest Breaking News from English Channel

444 people brought ashore after attempting to cross English Channel

This total in Kent marks the highest number of people since 562 were recorded on April 14 earlier this year.

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

UK rescued 444 migrants from the English Channel crossing as Rwanda deportation flight cancelled

This was highest number since mid-April

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022

444 migrants attempt to cross English Channel in single day as Rwanda deportation flight cancelled

A total of 444 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Tuesday, the Government has revealed.

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2022

The Island Where Abramovich Kept His $7 Billion Now Scrutinizing the Oligarch

For years authorities on this small island in the English Channel have tried to clean up its image as a tax haven for the super rich, marketing it as a well-governed offshore financial center enshrined in the rule of law.

Bangkok Post · May 26, 2022

Newcastle charity chief to swim from Dover to Calais to raise money and awareness for refugees

Action Foundation chief executive, Duncan McAuley, will lead a relay team in swimming the English Channel to raise awareness 'of the difficulties refugees face'

Chronicle Live · May 21, 2022

Two friends who crashed in the English Channel 'not qualified to fly in cloud'

Friends Lee Rogers and Brian Statham took off from an airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon bound for Le Touquet in France, but tragically crashed into the English Channel amid "freak weather conditions" and died

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2022

Freak weather conditions saw pilots lose control and crash into English Channel

Investigators said neither men were qualified to fly in cloud

Manchester Evening News · May 14, 2022

Pilots presumed dead in plane crash lost control in freak weather

The bodies of Lee Rogers and Brian Statham have never been found after their plane crashed in the English Channel

Wales Online · May 13, 2022

Freak weather conditions causes two pilots to crash in English Channel and die

Lee Rogers and Brian Statham had taken off from an airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon when their Piper Cherokee Arrow II lost radar contact before crashing into the sea

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2022

Nice boss Galtier condemns fans mocking death of Nantes player Emiliano Sala

Nice boss Christophe Galtier has hit out at fans who shouted insults at Emiliano Sala, the Nantes player who was killed in January 2019 when the plane he was travelling in crashed into the English Channel.

Radio France Internationale · May 12, 2022