The Latest Breaking News on Dover

EU biometric entry system could multiply delays at Dover

Additional requirements would be time-consuming and threaten capacity, Dover port boss says

The Guardian - UK

Port of Dover chief warns tougher passport checks could cause long delays for travellers

A proposed tougher new system of passport checks to enter Europe threatens to cause long delays for travellers unless potential…

Evening Standard

Is this the eco-friendly Channel crossing of the future?

Cyclists and walkers may be able to avoid the whole post-Brexit ferry nightmare next spring if this sail-powered startup can…

The Guardian - UK

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More migrants cross Channel as annual total nears 30,000

Special tents set up at Dover to keep people covered while they are processed

The Independent UK

Dozens of migrants brought ashore at Dover by Border Force

Since the start of September, 2,917 people have made the crossing in small boats.

The Independent UK

Patel defends Rwanda plan as migrant crossings top 1,000 in a day

Ministry of Defence figures show 1,160 people were detected on Sunday in 25 boats.

The Independent UK

Travellers face six-hour delays at UK border control in Calais

Ferry operators apologise as photos show queues of cars filled with families trying to reach Dover

The Guardian - UK

Albanian migrants crossing Channel ‘face criminal record checks by own police at Dover’

The measures would allow officers to fast-track anyone regarded as not ‘conducive to the public good’

The Independent UK

Albanian migrants crossing the Channel to face criminal records checks at Dover

Police from the Balkan state stationed in the UK to check fingerprints and biometric data against criminal databases

The Telegraph

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Inside Kent's 'worst hotel' where people 'warned not to drink the tap water'

Reporter Sam Honey headed to two-star Hostel Alma in Dover and, perhaps unsurprisingly, after a less than agreeable stay vowed…

Daily Mirror

Home Office pays firms £2.5m to pick up people trying to cross Channel

Aeolian Offshore and CWind, both of which usually serve offshore wind industry, providing boats and crew

The Guardian - UK

Albanian police to be stationed at Dover to identify and deport illegal Channel migrants

Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, agreed an action plan with the country’s interior minister after a surge in arrivals from…

The Telegraph

Record 1,295 migrants cross Channel in a single day despite Rwanda deportation threat

The number of people making the perilous journey through the Dover Strait in small boats has continued to rise despite…

Daily Mirror

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Babies among people who crossed Channel in small boats in last 24 hours

Pause in crossings recorded between Friday and Sunday as almost 5,000 made journey to Dover in August

The Guardian - UK

New sustainable ferry from Dover to Boulogne to launch, taking just 12 passengers at a time

Company mission is ‘to provide a sustainable means of transport where there is currently none’

The Independent UK

Boy, 12, died in horror fall from White Cliffs of Dover on birthday, inquest hears

Young Mati Urb was visiting Kent with his parents and two siblings during the Easter school holidays, and their first…

Daily Mirror

Boy tragically dies after falling from White Cliffs of Dover on 12th birthday

Mati Urb was on a campervan trip with his parents and two siblings during the Easter school holidays when tragedy…

Daily Record

Boy, 12, died falling from Dover cliffs celebrating his birthday on family holiday

Mati Urb and his family were on the first day of their holiday when the accident happened

The Independent UK

Boy died in fall from White Cliffs of Dover on 12th birthday, inquest told

Mati Urb and his family were on the first day of their holiday when the accident happened.

The Independent UK

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Inquest date set for boy, 14, who died at Dover funfair

The death is not being treated as suspicious

The Independent UK

Ex-P&O staff furious as 'quasi-militia' security firm greeting migrants in Dover

RMT union believe security firm Interforce should be banned from all government contracts as say it is another 'slap in…

Daily Mirror

Boy died after fall from 'Body Count' ride after youngsters sneaked into closed funfair

Emergency crews were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover at around 7.45am on Wednesday - when the fair was reportedly…

Daily Mirror

Teenage boy dies at Dover funfair after 'falling off ride' while park was closed

The incident happened hours before the fair was due to open to the public

The Telegraph

Teenage boy killed at fairground after ‘serious incident’ hours before attraction due to open

Health Safety Executive informed after teenager pronounced dead at scene

The Independent UK

Teenage boy dies in funfair incident

Emergency services were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover in the early hours of Wednesday.

The Independent UK