At least 21,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since January, putting 2025 on course to be a record year. Many of those crossing are fleeing war, extreme poverty and persecution in their home countries.

Isaac, a 35-year-old from Tanzania, waits in a makeshift camp in northern France, preparing for a dangerous English Channel crossing

The U.K. Royal Navy recently monitored a surfaced Russian submarine as it sailed through the North Sea and English Channel, the service announced this week. Offshore patrol vessel HMS Mersey (P283) and a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and a Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopter from 824 NAS were dispatched to monitor Russian Navy submarine RFS Novorossiysk (B-61) and tug boat Yakov Grebelski as the ships sailed west through the waters.

Amy Favieres, a mum of two from Grange, took on her biggest challenge yet, swimming the English Channel just days before her 40th birthday. Mrs Favieres completed the gruelling swim on June 29, tackling jellyfish stings and illness to make the French coast in 16 hours and five minutes.

The English Channel is one of the most recognized waterways on the planet. Separating Southern England from northern France, this is the busiest shipping area in the world, with as many as 500 vessels a day plying the narrow seaway.

Saskatoon native and long-distance swimmer Aerin Bowers recounts the moment she completed a 16-hour swim across the English Channel.

A healthcare worker will take part in a relay swim across the English Channel to support a charity that aims to prevent drowning deaths.

French President Emmanuel Macron held talks on Wednesday with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as the issue of small-boat crossings of the English Channel dominated the second day of his UK