A child has died after falling off a small boat in the Channel, before the overcrowded dinghy continued on its journey to the UK. The body of the child, believed to be a teenager, was washed up on ...

A major rescue operation was launched early today after a fishing boat crew sent a Mayday signal. The incident began when the 33-ft vessel drifted onto rocks off Aberffraw this morning. HM Coastguard ...

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Four people have been rescued after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Donegal. The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday morning off Bloody Foreland near Magheraroarty. A distress call ...

10:18, Thu, Sep 25, 2025 Updated: 10:18, Thu, Sep 25, 2025 Officials in some of Majorca's most popular resorts have slammed the government's "failed immigration policy" after small boat arrivals have ...

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Keir Starmer was last night facing a fierce backlash over plans to announce compulsory digital ID cards for all British residents – something which even his own MPs have described as an 'utter, ...

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has told Sir Keir Starmer it is “time to look at rejoining” the European Union to ease the country’s economic woes and get a grip on the small boats crisis. Lord ...

NIGEL Farage has slammed the immigration deal with France after a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats in one day. The sheer number of people making the crossing underlined the ...

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More than a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday as the Government sent a third person back to France. The number of people making the crossing underlined the scale of ...