A total of 36,816 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats during 2024, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. This is 25% higher than the 29,437 people who arrived in ...

The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats.

A software engineer has completed his year-long challenge of doing 300 press-ups every day in memory of his mother who had multiple sclerosis (MS), raising more than £10,000 for charity. Alex Welford, ...

Harry Chandler, the third Pearl Harbour survivor to die in recent weeks, helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters after Japan’s ...

Women’s sport will be front and centre in 2025 when football’s European Championship, the rugby union World Cup and cricket’s One-Day World Cup will all come under the spotlight. England will bid to ...