The Latest Breaking News from Dover

Exclusive: The Independent predicts the worst traffic jams will be on the M5, M6, M25 and A303

Latest figures show 5,512 have made the crossing up to Saturday, March 22

Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins urged the Government to adequately fund food security checks at Dover port.

Pictures showed a Border Force boat arriving through the mist in Dover before passengers were met by officials at the port.

Kent Police say the victim, a woman in her 50s, was walking in Biggin Street in the Kent seaside town when she was set upon with a large kitchen knife

Home Office figures show nearly 400 migrants have made the perilous crossing from France so far in 2025

Pictures show men and women wearing blankets and life jackets being brought ashore in Dover

Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, former speaker’s chaplain now Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin talks about her new autobiography, blasts Brexit and the immigration debate, demands ‘restorative justice’ for countries scarred by slavery, and defends the role of the Church of England in politics

Mike Tapp said the proposed Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will allow ‘disruptive techniques’ to tackle people smuggling.