The Latest Breaking News from Dover

Rescuers scrambled lifeboats to the scene between Dover and Calais

Named locally as Jamie Baines, 31, and Adeel Qureshi, 28, the two friends were passengers in a car driving from Bristol to Dover to get a ferry on their way to Amsterdam

Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times

School trips were amongst the hundreds of ferry passengers caught up in the chaos after Border Force strikes resulted in major delays of up to six hours at the Calais to Dover crossing

The Government has issued a warning to travellers ahead of members of the Public and Commercial Services union based in Dover and French ports including Calais and Dunkirk going on strike

Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway

Border Force ships brought a number of people to Dover after intercepting a number of boats.

Members of the PCS union in Dover, Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk will strike on February 17, 18, 19 and 20

Mackenzie Croxford-Cook and a group of friends snuck into a funfair in Dover in August last year, the morning before it was due to open, and began climbing on rides, leading to the tragic accident that saw him lose his life

Mackenzie Croxford-Cook, 14, died at a funfair in Dover in August last year.

P&O Ferries said it has an ‘optimised’ sailing schedule in light of the 24-hour strike