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# english-channel - Tuesday 17 September, 2019
'Super-human': Swimmer (37) becomes first person to swim across English Channel four times non-stop
It took Sarah Thomas 54 hours.
# english-channel - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over Emiliano Sala's death
Sala died when a plane carrying him and pilot David Ibbotson came down in the English Channel on 21 January.
# english-channel - Friday 1 March, 2019
UK to pay Channel Tunnel operator £33m to settle case over way it awarded Brexit ferry contracts
Eurotunnel said the UK government awarded the contracts in a “secret way”.
# english-channel - Monday 25 February, 2019
Emiliano Sala: Plane wreckage found in three parts at depth of 68m, investigators say
An interim report into the fatal crash has been released.
# english-channel - Sunday 3 February, 2019
Emiliano Sala's missing plane has been found
The footballer and pilot David Ibbotson were the only people on board.
# english-channel - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
Emiliano Sala search: Footballer presumed dead as rescuers suspend search
The plane in which Sala was travelling disappeared from radar on Monday night; Cardiff City said they didn’t arrange the flight.
# english-channel - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
Police searching for plane with Cardiff City footballer onboard find 'a number of floating objects' in water
Emiliano Sala is Cardiff City’s record signing, having put pen to paper on a contract with the club at the weekend.
# english-channel - Thursday 3 January, 2019
Explainer: Why Brexit could be behind the upsurge in migrants aiming to cross the English Channel
Four in five people who attempted to cross the English Channel in dinghies in 2018 did so in the last three months. But why?
Two arrested on suspicion of arranging English Channel migrant crossings
In December, around 230 people tried to make the 33-kilometre journey from France to Britain.
# english-channel - Monday 31 December, 2018
Britain and France to step up English Channel patrols after spike in migrant crossings
Both countries are to increase surveillance patrols and target trafficking gangs.
# english-channel - Monday 17 September, 2018
French and UK fishermen agree to English Channel 'Scallop Wars' truce
French boats confronted a handful of British rivals in the waters late last month to keep them from the area.
# english-channel - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
Scallop Wars: British and French trawlers ram each other in tense English Channel fracas
The European Commission has asked to two countries to settle the dispute.
# english-channel - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
Man dies attempting to swim the English Channel
Douglas Waymark was taking part in the Enduroman triathlon.
# english-channel - Sunday 6 August, 2017
Search for two missing men after boat sinks in English Channel
Another man was rescued and one body has been recovered.
# english-channel - Tuesday 18 August, 2015
A Kerryman swam the English Channel yesterday
That’s a lot of swimming.
# english-channel - Friday 28 November, 2014
There are four Russian warships in the English Channel, but it's all grand
They’re just on exercises according to the Russian military.
# english-channel - Sunday 5 January, 2014
Watch: English cliff falls into the sea during rough weather
Storm waves battering cliffs at Hastings in East Sussex finally took their toll.
# english-channel - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Divers begin three-week operation to raise WWII German aircraft bomber
The bomber is the only one of its kind left after World War II, and was shot down in the English Channel during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
# english-channel - Monday 23 July, 2012
Post-mortem due after Irishman Paraic Casey dies during Channel swim
The 45-year-old was raising funds for charity when he fell ill during his swim yesterday morning.
# english-channel - Sunday 22 July, 2012
45-year-old Irishman dies attempting to swim the English Channel
Authorities have been unable to give further details on what happened as of yet.
# english-channel - Sunday 15 July, 2012
Irish swimmer completes gruelling open water challenge
Steve Redmond completed the challenge of swimming the ‘seven summits of the sea’ in Japan yesterday and will return home to Cork tomorrow.
# english-channel - Monday 2 July, 2012
Video, photos: Virgin tycoon Richard Branson and son set kitesurfing records
The team also managed not to be arrested by the French police…
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know this morning…
# english-channel - Saturday 30 June, 2012
Richard Branson abandons bid to kite-surf the English Channel
The tycoon had hoped to become the oldest person to cross the Channel by kite-surf but had to turn back because his kite was too small.
# english-channel - Monday 9 April, 2012
'It's like climbing Mount Everest bollock naked and blindfold' - Marathon swimmer on the verge of making history
Steve Redmond is just one swim away becoming the first person to ever complete the Ocean’s Seven.
# english-channel - Saturday 9 October, 2010
Chemical tanker brought to Brest after collision
No pollution found as tanker carrying petroleum product collides with another tanker.
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