The Latest Breaking News from English Channel

Hunter Valley mineworker Craig Clarke knows many people think he's "crazy", as he dives into the ocean at dawn in the middle of winter. But it's all in preparation for realising his dream of swimming the English Channel.

Clarke, 57, guesses he might take between 11 and 15 hours to complete the holy grail of ocean swims

Desperate times call for despite measures and a group of Liverpool fans jumped in a speedboat to cross the English Channel after Easyjet cancelled a flight to the Champions League Final.

For years authorities on this small island in the English Channel have tried to clean up its image as a tax haven for the super rich, marketing it as a well-governed offshore financial center enshrined in the rule of law.

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

Friends Lee Rogers and Brian Statham took off from an airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon bound for Le Touquet in France, but tragically crashed into the English Channel amid "freak weather conditions" and died

Investigators said neither men were qualified to fly in cloud

The bodies of Lee Rogers and Brian Statham have never been found after their plane crashed in the English Channel

Lee Rogers and Brian Statham had taken off from an airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon when their Piper Cherokee Arrow II lost radar contact before crashing into the sea

Nice boss Christophe Galtier has hit out at fans who shouted insults at Emiliano Sala, the Nantes player who was killed in January 2019 when the plane he was travelling in crashed into the English Channel.

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On May 6, 1994, the English Channel tunnel opened to streamline rail transfers between England and the Continent.