Up to SIXTY migrants arrive in Dover after being picked up on boats in the English Channel as number making journey this year nears 8,200 More than 8,000 men, women and children have crossed the Channel this year The number of crossings this year is four times higher than those seen in 2019 Today’s arrivals … Read more
Zac Efron is ‘not living in Bondi OR Byron’ – and has instead ‘moved into a secluded clifftop mansion in one of Australia’s most affluent suburbs’ By Alex Michael For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:02 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 01:02 BST, 5 October 2020 Honorary Australian Zac Efron has moved out of the … Read more
Striking French dockers stop ferries running between Dover and Calais as port bosses warn of ‘very strong disruption’ The Port of Calais is closed for 224 hours from 8am today due to industrial action Customers expecting to cross are being advised to cross to Dunkirk or postpone Been affected by the strike? Get in touch … Read more
Counter-terror police have caused traffic mayhem by conducting sweeping spot checks on thousands of vehicles at the Port of Dover as furious motorists battled ’15-mile’ queues today. Officers from the Metropolitan Police and Kent Police searched all vehicles and passengers entering the major shipping hub as part of a ‘sensitive’ counter-terrorism operation this morning. Scotland … Read more
Thousands of furious motorists are facing 10-hour delays and nine-mile queues as police conduct sweeping spot checks in a major security operation at the Port of Dover – but refuse to reveal why. Lorries trying to access Dover docks in southern England have been brought to a standstill after Kent Police officers checked every vehicle … Read more
A disused army barracks in Kent is set to be turned into the UK’s first migrant holding camp as more people make the journey across the Channel, including a father who was today pictured carrying his baby beneath the White Cliffs of Dover. Around 400 people including families, believed to have crossed the Channel in … Read more
Dozens of exhausted migrants including families with young children waited on the side of the road to be picked up near Kingsdown Beach in Kent after crossing the English Channel today. At least 20 suspected migrants crossed from France into Britain today and landed on Kent shores, while another 40 were brought into the busy … Read more
Police clash with anti-immigration protesters blocking dual carriageway as they march towards Dover where 100 pro-migrant activists are also holding demonstration At least 40 officers are at the scene on the A20 while protesters block the road Fears of violence were voiced and local MP pleaded with people to ‘stay away’ Cohorts of pro and … Read more
There are fears of violence in Dover as rival far-right and pro-migrant groups are expected to assemble to demonstrate over migrant crossings. Protesters are set to gather in the town on Saturday amid a heavy police presence. Both pro- and anti-immigration activists have announced their intention to gather in the Kent port, despite a plea … Read more
Dramatic photographs showed migrants staggering onto a British beach today after a potentially record-breaking number were picked up off the coast with up to 25 boats crossing the English Channel. Pictures taken this morning showed one group wading through the water and looking exhausted as they collapsed and sat down on rocks on the Kent … Read more