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The Latest Breaking News from Calais

Terrified Eurotunnel passengers trapped in Channel for five hours after breakdown

Passengers have compared the scenes to a 'disaster movie' after a train broke down on Tuesday.

Daily Record

Eurotunnel services ‘back to normal’ after passengers stuck for five hours

A service from Calais to Folkestone was stopped in the tunnel under the English Channel.

The Independent UK

Underwater train passengers 'panic' as they're trapped in tunnel for hours in 'terrifying' ordeal

Travellers were seen 'panicking' and 'freaking out' in the confined space for nearly five hours after a train broke down, with one saying it was like a scene from a 'disaster movie'

Irish Mirror

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Eurotunnel Le Shuttle passengers stuck for hours after train breaks downs underneath Channel

The initial breakdown late on Tuesday affected the 3.50pm Eurotunnel Le Shuttle service from Calais to Folkestone.

Evening Standard

Eurotunnel passengers forced to leave train beneath English Channel

Travellers say it was like being in a 'disaster movie'

Wales Online

Eurotunnel passengers 'panic' as they're trapped in 'terrifying' Channel for five hours

Travellers were seen "panicking" and "freaking out" in the confined space for nearly five hours after a train broke down, with one saying it was like a scene from a "disaster movie"

Daily Mirror

‘Blame Brexit not the French for delays,’ says Calais MP

National Assembly member says British excuses for tailbacks were ‘silly’

Evening Standard

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Warning that Dover-Calais queues expected on Saturday as summer getaway continues

If you are heading down to Kent to cross the Channel to Calais, expect disruption as the gridlock seen on Friday is likely to be repeated

Chronicle Live

France says it is ‘not responsible for Brexit’ amid row over Dover travel chaos – as it happened

French transport minister hits back at Liz Truss’s suggestion that France needed to fix the ‘avoidable and unacceptable’ situation

The Guardian - UK

Washed Up: Body Of Musician Found On A Beach Five Months After Disappearance

The body of the man described as a "brilliant" guitar player and "a lovely, caring person" was found on a beach near Calais.

Zenger

Tour de France stage 4 LIVE: Result as Wout van Aert makes solo charge to win in Calais

Follow all the latest updates as the Tour de France touches down in its homeland

The Independent UK

NCA says tackling people smuggling is priority as 15 held over Channel deaths

Twenty-seven people died when the boat they were in sank off the coast of Calais in November.

The Independent UK

Despite Rwanda threat, migrants in Calais still dream of England

In a makeshift tented camp outside Calais, Sudanese refugee Ahmed is keeping his sights firmly set on England, despite the threat of being deported to Rwanda once he gets there.

Reuters

Stag party spends hundreds on bikes to get home after easyJet flight cancelled

‘At the time it didn’t feel like fun, but I had two of the best days of my life with 13 best friends and this just topped it off,’ groom-to-be says

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Daily Record

Brit stag-do stranded abroad purchase bikes to complete epic 230-mile trip home

The lads had to find an alternative way back to the UK at the end of a boozy weekend in Amsterdam, including purchasing bikes and hopping on a ferry.

The Independent UK

Stag party spends hundreds on bikes to get home after easyJet flight cancelled

‘At the time it didn’t feel like fun, but I had two of the best days of my life with 13 best friends and this just topped it off,’ groom-to-be says

Wales Online

Stag do stranded abroad by cancelled flights has to buy bikes to get home

"Looking back, the experience was so stressful and like something from a movie or a Top Gear challenge"

Daily Mirror

Stranded Brits on Amsterdam stag-do buy bikes to complete epic 230-mile mission home

A group of British lads had to find an alternative way back to the UK at the end of a boozy weekend in Amsterdam, including buying bikes and hopping onboard a ferry

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Newcastle charity chief to swim from Dover to Calais to raise money and awareness for refugees

Action Foundation chief executive, Duncan McAuley, will lead a relay team in swimming the English Channel to raise awareness 'of the difficulties refugees face'

Evening Standard

‘Priti Patel’s Rwanda plan won’t stop us crossing’ — inside the migrant crisis escalating in the Channel

Critics deem it expensive and counter-productive — but is the Government’s new scheme even workable? Katie Strick reports

The Independent UK

First cross-Channel P&O sailing for tourists since controversial sackings

The ferry firm said its ship Spirit of Britain will leave Dover for Calais at 4.05pm on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers in Calais not deterred from Channel crossings by UK’s Rwanda plans, poll finds

‘Answer to many problems in Calais is to let refugees apply for visas to cross the Channel safely,’ charity says

Wales Online

P&O Ferries confirm plans to resume Dover-Calais sailings this week

It will be first time it has operated a ferry on the route since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice

The Independent UK

TUC calls for boycott of P&O Ferries

The union organisation said the ferry company deserves ‘pariah status’.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries set to restart between Dover and Calais

Exclusive: Controversial ship operator is selling tickets for Wednesday morning sailings

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