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One dead after Royal Navy Merlin helicopter ditches in the Channel

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘deeply saddened’ by the death

The Independent UK

Royal Navy investigates 'double engine failure' that caused fatal crash

The training incident involved HMS Queen Elizabeth in Dorset on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Bungling smugglers lost £35million of cocaine overboard in English Channel drugs drop

Cocaine worth £35m was brought into Eastbourne by boat, but at least £35m more had been lost overboard at sea

Evening Standard

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French police clear site where victims of Channel tragedy are said to have lived

Belongings and tents removed, and residents bussed away, as part of official policy to deter coastal encampments

The Guardian - UK

French minister says EU, UK need 'migration treaty' after Channel deaths

France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called for a treaty on migration between the EU and Britain Tuesday, after 12 migrants died trying to cross the Channel in the worst such incident this year.

Radio France Internationale

Channel migrants: Packed dinghy spotted crossing sea from France a day after 12 drown in latest tragedy

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin warns Britain’s black economy will continue to be a magnet for illegal immigrants

Evening Standard

Migrant boat seen trying to cross English Channel day after 12 people died in capsize horror

A pregnant woman and six children were among 12 people who died after their boat sank trying to cross

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Watch: Migrants board small boats in France to cross English Channel after deadly tragedy

Watch as migrants board small boats in France to cross the English Channel on Wednesday (4 September).

The Independent UK

Pregnant woman among 12 who drowned after overcrowded migrant boat capsized

A PREGNANT woman and six children were among 12 people who died after their boat sank trying to cross the English Channel...

The National (Scotland)

Twelve Migrants Die Trying To Cross Channel To UK

At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said, as a major rescue operation was underway.

International Business Times

13 Migrants Dead In English Channel Boat Tragedy

Tragic incident in the English Channel claims 13 migrant lives, highlighting the risks and challenges faced by migrants attempting dangerous crossings.

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Channel migrants tragedy: Pregnant woman and six children among 12 who died as dinghy capsized

Ten women and two men reportedly died after bottom of small boat ‘ripped open’ on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Six children and pregnant woman among 12 dead in deadliest migrant boat tragedy this year

Bottom of boat ‘ripped open’, plunging more than 60 people into waters off France

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The Guardian - UK

Six children among 12 dead in Channel as crowded boat ‘ripped open’

Pregnant woman among those killed in ‘horrifying’ incident as charities call on government to establish safe routes

Radio France Internationale

British athletes light Paralympic Flame in birthplace of Games near London

Four days before the Paris Paralympics begin, the torch was lit on Saturday next to the English hospital where the idea for the competition was born. The flame arrives in France on Sunday via the Channel tunnel.

The Guardian - UK

Channel hopping: seaside, cycling and more on Jersey, Guernsey and Sark

For a flight-free summer holiday with a castaway feel, we take an overnight ferry to the Channel Islands

The Guardian - UK

Boat on which at least eight died in Channel was ‘wholly unsuitable’

MAIB report says dinghy that collapsed with 47 onboard in December 2022 was in worse condition than similar vessels

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The Independent UK

‘Please help bro, we are in the water’: Desperate voice note from fatal small boat Channel crossing revealed

Eight people died when a small boat carrying nearly 50 people collapsed in the Channel in December 2022

International Business Times

700 Migrants Cross Channel To Britain In Small Boats

Two migrants who attempted the crossing died, French authorities said earlier, taking the number of people to lose their life on the dangerous sea journey to 25 since the start of the year.

The Independent UK

Two people die in small boat Channel crossing as more than 700 make journey

More than 700 people arrived in the UK on 11 small boats on Sunday

Evening Standard

Two migrants die trying to cross Channel in small boat

French authorities are understood to be leading an investigation into the deaths

The Guardian - UK

Family whose daughter died in Channel say they will attempt crossing again

Amira Al Shammari says they have no other options as she describes horror of 21-year-old Dina’s death

The Guardian - UK

Two people die attempting to cross Channel in dinghy

Fifty-three people were rescued by helicopter on Sunday morning, French authorities have said

Evening Standard

Woman who died crossing English Channel wanted to feel safe, mother says

Dina Al Shammari wanted to study to become a dentist when she reached the UK, learn more English and above all ‘feel safe’.

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