Crash causes massive eight-mile tailbacks at Dartford Crossing as M25 closes in both directions to add hours to rush-hour journeys M25 closed in both directions after crash between M26 junction and Orpington The busy motorway has been closed anti-clockwise since 5.25am this morning Emergency services have also closed the clockwise carriageway since 6.20am By James … Read more
Migrants escorted by unscrupulous people traffickers today set sail from Dunkirk at dawn – with an estimated 400 landing in England. Photos showed dozens of migrants embarking from Gravelines beach in the twilight and their smugglers scurrying back up the dunes after seeing them off. Others showed French police officers patrolling the sands near Dunkirk, … Read more
Chloe Green looks stylish in a black summer dress while she and mother Lady Tina support her brother Brandon at the Crossing Calvi Monaco Water Bike Challenge By Roxy Simons and Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 17:39 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 17:39 BST, 12 September 2020 Chloe Green was seen enjoying The Crossing … Read more
A group of migrants crammed onto a small boat made the dangerous journey across the Channel just a day after the police clashed with far-right anti-immigrant protesters in Dover. The nine asylum seekers were pictured drifting in the sea after their engine failed near Dover, in Kent today. The Home Office has been contacted for … Read more
Quarter of migrants who claim to be children after crossing English Channel from France are older than 18, council figures reveal More than 400 of the 1,668 ‘children’ who have landed at Kent in the last five years are adults – most of them are men from the Middle East and north Africa Kent is … Read more
Great-grandmother, 94, is rescued and brought ashore at Dover after becoming the oldest migrant ever to attempt a dangerous Channel crossing The woman made 21-mile trip to be reunited with family who had already arrived She was taken into the care of social services after being brought to shore in UK But it is thought she … Read more
Five more migrants risked their lives in gale-force winds to cross the channel taking the number who arrived in small boats this year to over 5,000. Numbers of people trying to reach British shores have surged in the summer months, prompting the Government to deploy RAF planes to the English Channel in an effort to … Read more
Teenager, 18, is fighting for life after being repeatedly stabbed next to a railway crossing in north east London during brawl with three men Teenager, 18, is ‘in hospital fighting for his life,’ after stabbing in Chingford today He was found on Larkshall Road following a fight near Highams Park station Police want to speak … Read more
Just one in five migrants who have tried to cross the Channel have been intercepted by France – as politicians from the country now claims the newcomers are lured into Britain by its generous welfare state. Immigration minister Chris Philp travelled to Paris on Tuesday to seek stronger enforcement measures – as Border Force continued … Read more
Jurassic sea creatures spent decades as ‘full-time ocean sailors’, crossing the sea on driftwood ‘rafts’, a study claims. Analysis of these rafts show they could last for as long as 20 years – enough time for the creatures, called crinoids, to grow to maturity, scientists reveal. The attractive marine animals, which resemble colourful sea lilies, … Read more