High speed cross-Channel train service Eurostar could go bust within months, experts warn 

Eurostar ‘could fold by April’: High speed cross-Channel train service could go bust within months without a rescue package, experts warn MPs and business leaders have warned Eurostar could go bust without help Passengers have fallen 95 per cent since March and two services now run daily  Sir Roger Gale says French and UK ministers … Read more

British companies GIVE UP on cross-Channel trade because of Brexit red tape

British companies say an avalanche of Brexit red tape is forcing them to end cross-Channel trade.  Small businesses across the UK have made the move to suspend trading in the EU amid stringent new customs regulations and administration costs.  Renee Watson, who owns The Curiosity Box, which makes science kits for children in Oxfordshire, faces a bill … Read more

France REFUSES to stop cross-channel migrant boats in the water

French authorities are refusing to intercept migrant boats heading for Britain once they are in the English Channel, despite receiving millions of pounds of UK taxpayers cash to cut off the route, a minister admitted today. Chris Philp admitted that a £28million deal signed with Paris at the weekend would not affect migrants who manage … Read more

Foreign Office is to blame for ‘bizarre and unworkable’ policies to stop cross-Channel migrants

Priti Patel’s allies have laid a flurry of embarrassing leaks disclosing brainstorming on asylum policy firmly at the door of the Foreign Office. The past week has seen several reports emerge describing extraordinary measures being mooted by the Home Office to get to grips with migration. One claimed that Ms Patel had instructed her department … Read more

Massive search is launched for cross-Channel swimmer trying to swim 27 miles from Dover to Calais

Massive search is launched for cross-Channel swimmer trying to swim 27 miles solo from Dover to Calais Person called the coastguard to report friend was attempting the swim alone Helicopter and rescue boats dispatched to sea off Kent, very busy shipping lane Vessels asked to keep a lookout after coastguard got call at 12.10pm Monday … Read more

Senior Tory MP Tim Loughton suggests quarantining cross-channel migrants on cruise ships

Senior Tory MP Tim Loughton suggests quarantining cross-channel migrants on cruise ships after arriving in Britain before being sent back to France East Worthing and Shoreham MP said stricter measures were needed   He said it ‘made a nonsense’ of the quarantine facing British tourists Said Channel migrants should be  immediately handed back to the French … Read more