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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Independent UK

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.

Irish Mirror

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

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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

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

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

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,…

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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

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

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.

Wales Online

It's been at the heart of history and in a Hollywood film - now Dunkirk 'little ship' could be your home

The Mary Jane helped save British troops in 1940, appeared in the 2017 blockbuster Dunkirk but is now on the market to house-hunters for £150,000

The Independent UK

Amsterdam heroin smuggler who claimed he was on Dunkirk day trip jailed

Daniel Whereatt was stopped in Dover in 2019.

Daily Mirror

Nottingham ‘explosion’: Fire breaks out at plant with asbestos as locals warned away

Firefighters have issued an asbestos warning as 12 crews tackle the blaze at a recycling centre at an industrial estate in Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire

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