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What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?

On a cold, wet November evening, Issa Mohamed Omar and more than 30 other men, women and children set off from their informal camp near the northern French port city of Dunkirk. They walked through the darkness in near-silence for around two hours, until they reached the beach from where…

The Conversation

Dinghies at dawn and a determination to arrive: on the French coast waiting to cross to UK

Around Gravelines and Dunkirk there is danger, profound squalor and a human spirit that overpowers the politics

The Guardian - UK

Tim Merlier takes sprint victory after Jasper Philipsen abandons as crashes mar stage 3 of Tour de France

Merlier pounced after misfortune befell his former teammate and fellow Belgian on the road to Dunkirk

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Tour de France live: Stage 3 result and reaction as Tim Merlier sprints to victory on day marred by crashes

Merlier took victory after stage favourite Jasper Philipsen crashed out of the Tour

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2025: Merlier wins chaotic stage three as Philipsen crashes out in green jersey – as it happened

Soudal Quick-Step’s Tim Merlier pipped Jonathan Milan to win stage three after a chaotic end to the day.

The Guardian - UK

Healey slams ‘shocking’ scenes of smugglers picking up migrants ‘like a taxi’

French police officers were seen watching as migrants, including children, boarded at a beach between Calais and Dunkirk.

Evening Standard

Pictures of lifeboat and crew in Dunkirk rescue colourised for 85th anniversary

Pictures of Coxswain Edward Drake Parker and his crew at Margate Lifeboat Station have been painstakingly cleaned and colourised.

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Tour de France 2025 Grand Départ under threat of disruption from protesting steelworkers

'If we don't sit down before July 7 to discuss the nationalization of the steel industry, there will be no yellow jersey in Dunkirk' says union boss

Cycling News

One person dead and 15 rescued after trying to cross English Channel

French authorities said the overcrowded boat set off close to the port of Dunkirk on Wednesday evening.

Euronews

France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day

Authorities carry out series of operations off northern coast, as 451 people arrive in England on 11 boats

The Guardian - UK

Migrant survivor saw ‘angel of death’ as friends shot dead by French gunman

A French gunman shot dead two migrants and two security guards at the camp near Dunkirk, France

The Independent UK

French police search for motive after five shot dead near Dunkirk

Police investigating whether suspect had workplace dispute with firms where three of victims worked

The Guardian - UK

At least five killed in shootings around French migrant camp

Man, 22, hands himself in after one person shot in Wormhout, near Dunkirk, and four more at Loon-Plage camp

The Guardian - UK

Five people killed in shootings near migrant camps in northern France

A 22-year-old man is said to have handed himself in to a police station

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Evening Standard

Five people killed in shootings near French migrant camps – reports

Two migrants and two security agents are among those who have died in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk, according to French media.

Radio France Internationale

ArcelorMittal to invest €1.8 billion to decarbonise its northern France site

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal is to invest up to 1.8 billion euros to reduce carbon emissions at its Dunkirk steelworks, with financial support from the state, the French government announced Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan to receive BFI fellowship

Director behind Dunkirk, Inception and the Dark Knight trilogy awarded honour for ‘pushing limits’ of cinema

The National (Scotland)

Rosyth to Europe ferry 'very positive' if Scotland joins EU, expert says

THE new Rosyth to Dunkirk ferry could be “very positive” for Scotland, according to a leading expert on European politics and public policy.

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The National (Scotland)

‘Scotland could have new ferry routes to France, Germany and Scandinavia’

THE new Rosyth to Dunkirk ferry route will be “transformational” for Scotland, according to the man working behind the scenes to make it…

The Guardian - UK

Asylum groups warn of ‘catastrophic situation’ in northern France

People in Calais and Dunkirk may die due to lack of shelter and sanitation, NGOs tell government officials

The National (Scotland)

New Scotland to Europe ferry aims for ambitious spring 2024 start date

A DEAL to secure a new Scotland to Europe ferry deal nears with an aim to reinstate the service in spring 2024...

The National (Scotland)

‘Very productive’ talks at Dunkirk over new Scotland to Europe ferry

TALKS have been held at the French port of Dunkirk to discuss plans for the reinstatement of the ferry link between Rosyth and Europe ...

The Independent UK

New shipwrecks survey uncovers locations of three Dunkirk boats

Historic England and its French counterpart, Drassm, carried out detailed surveys of 30 wrecks linked to Operation Dynamo in the Second World War.

The Guardian - UK

UK and France to investigate Dunkirk shipwrecks from second world war

Archaeologists to survey waters off coast of northern France using latest technology to scour seabed

The Independent UK

Mission to detect shipwrecks lost during the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk

Operation Dynamo was a key event in the early stages of the Second World War.

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