Children returning from school trips delayed for six hours amid Calais strikes Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023
Brits heading on half term holidays warned to prepare for long delays The Government has issued a warning to travellers ahead of members of the Public and Commercial Services union based in Dover and French ports including Calais and Dunkirk going on strike Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023
Dover-Calais ferries halted for most of day due to French strikes Warning that ‘the port and local road network in and around Dover may be busier than usual’ on eve of half-term getaway The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
1,000 Border Force officers at major ports to strike during half-term Members of the PCS union in Dover, Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk will strike on February 17, 18, 19 and 20 Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023
Carnival fever in the French city of Dunkirk In the northern French city of Dunkirk, thousands of people look forward to carnival season every year. As Mardi Gras approaches, the carnival transforms the city: the Black Cat Ball, fancy dressing and herring throwing from the town hall balcony are all part of the two-month-long festivities. The tradition dates… France 24 · Jan 31, 2023
A year after 27 drowned crossing the channel, migrants still suffer in Calais Asylum-seekers sleep rough, forge friendships and withstand harassment from police as they seek passage to the UK The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022
Inside the dinghy graveyard full of wreckage of boats used by Channel refugees A stretch of beach close to Dunkirk in northern France resembles a dinghy graveyard as desperate migrants rush to take the perilous journey before winter sets in Daily Mirror · Nov 5, 2022
Family in Dunkirk migrant camp trying to reach UK fear they'll be killed if sent home The Mirror has spoken to families who escaped Iran and are now in Dunkirk, northern France, awaiting to travel to the UK. They fear they will not survive if they are sent back to their country Daily Mirror · Nov 4, 2022
Thousands of litres of alcohol with an estimated retail value of €390,000 seized at Rosslare Europort Revenue officers seized over 25,200 litres of beer on October 1 following the search of a Romanian registered truck that had disembarked a ferry from Dunkirk, France Irish Mirror · Oct 7, 2022
Russia's nuclear trade with Europe flowing amid Ukraine war European Union nations are continuing to import and export nuclear fuel that is not under EU sanctions on Russia The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022
Oldest Royal Scots soldier from Midlothian dies at 104 after surviving Dunkirk Major John Errington was born in 1918 in Beeslack, just east of Penicuik, and had served a lengthy career in the Royal Scots Regiment, as well as fighting in Dunkirk and becoming a prisoner of war. Edinburgh Live · Sep 4, 2022
Oldest Royal Scots soldier who survived Dunkirk and PoW camp dies aged 104 Major John Errington, born in 1918 near Penicuik, has died just weeks after marking his most recent birthday. Daily Record · Sep 3, 2022
Love Island winner Amber Rose-Gill hosts podcast on WW2 Dunkirk rescue boat Hosted by former Love Island winner Amber Rose-Gill, boatbuilder James Currie, community engagement lead Jade West and boatbuilding project lead Jae Bradley open up about their mental health and Skylark IX. Daily Record · Jul 27, 2022
Tour de France stage 4 LIVE: Result as Wout van Aert makes solo charge to win in Calais Follow all the latest updates as the Tour de France touches down in its homeland The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022 Tour de France 2022: Dylan Groenewegen wins stage three – as it happened The Dutchman narrowly won a sprint in three-way photo-finish with overall leader Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022 Johnson welcomes ‘Dunkirk spirit’ being shown to get grain out of Ukraine With Russia’s Black Sea fleet blocking Ukraine’s ports, grain is at risk of rotting in silos unless it can get to markets around the world.
Irish Mirror · Jun 19, 2022 Revenue seize €1.3 million worth of heroin and cocaine at Rosslare Europort The trailer was unaccompanied and arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk in France.
Daily Record · Jun 16, 2022 WW2 hero Skylark IX boat stories told at Dumbarton Maritime Museum Skylark IX was one of the boats that was a part of the mass evacuation of 338,000 allied troops from Dunkirk during World War II
Wales Online · Jun 8, 2022 Fraudster jailed for taking Battle of Britain medal from 102-year-old Dunkirk veteran Vincent Morgan also fleeced the pensioner of more than £4,000
The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2022 Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel Fivefold increase in refugees from Afghanistan crossing in small boats this year as they flee Taliban
Daily Record · May 31, 2022 Dunkirk hero boat stories to be told at Dumbarton's Scottish Maritime Museum Stories will be told about the Skylark IX boat as part of Scotland's year of stories.
France 24 · May 18, 2022 Japan's economy shrinks amid Covid-19 curbs and rising prices Japan's GDP fell at an annualised rate of 1 percent in the first three months of this year as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus hampered consumer spending. Rising commodity prices also weighed on businesses in the world's third-largest economy. Plus, as unemployment remains stable in France at 7.3 percent,…
Insider UK · Apr 28, 2022 Serious Fraud Office raid Liberty Steel offices as part of money laundering probe It follows the French national police visiting the group's Paris offices and former metal manufacturing site in Dunkirk
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022 Frozen pensions: Dunkirk veteran among those losing up to £5,600 Almost 500,000 UK state pensioners living overseas are excluded from this month’s annual increase
Daily Record · Mar 22, 2022 Skylark IX visited in Irvine as plans to move her to Dumbarton gather pace Skylark saved the lives of hundreds of allied soldiers during evacuation at Dunkirk in World War II, before returning to Scotland and operating as a pleasure cruiser on Loch Lomond.