The Latest Breaking News from Calais

French authorities have launched a rescue operation off the coast near Calais.

Emergency services recovered the bodies near Sangatte beach close to Calais around 7am after the alarm was raised

For more than 20 years, Brigitte Lips has witnessed Europe's migration crisis from her home in Calais, on France's northern coast. Rather than shutting her door, she opened it to migrants seeking a safe place to recharge their mobile phones – an act that has earned her the nickname "Granny…

Tuesday’s sinking underlines how security around Calais has led to dinghies launching further along the coast – and taking bigger risks at sea

The delays occured on the final Sunday of the holidays for many schools

Four days before the start of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday near a hospital in the English village of Stoke Mandeville, where the idea for the competion was conceived. A group of British athletes will embark on the underwater journey through the Channel…

Short, stinging lines convey the pain and injustice of the 2016 demolition of the Calais refugee ‘jungle’

Boat got into trouble in early morning crossing

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns