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French, English and Irish swim team sets new Channel record

The team - including French ‘seal’ Stève Stievenart - withstood water temperatures of just 7-9C

‘I hit rock bottom, learned to swim and then swam the Channel’

A childhood dream of swimming the English Channel got Stève Stievenart through divorce and depression

Five French Channel Islands you may never have heard of

Jersey and Guernsey are the most popular anglophone islands in the Channel but here are five others that belong to France

New P&O ferry crew workers earn £1.81 per hour, UK union claims

The RMT union said that this figure – if correct – would represent ‘shocking exploitation’ and a ‘betrayal’ of the 800 crew members who have been sacked

P&O sacks 800 UK crew saying action was needed to remain ‘viable’

Crews are reported to be sitting in on ships in protest, while agency workers are said to already be on stand-by to take over jobs

P&O’s UK-France ferries halted amid rumours it plans to sack its staff

A ‘major announcement’ is expected later today, and a marine transport union has reported the company plans to sack all UK onboard staff, including officers and crew

Covid-19: tests for France residents returning from UK

Businesses and individual travellers are still waiting news on what happens next when France's initial 48-hour coronavirus travel ban ends on Tuesday

UK quarantine rules threatened record Channel swim

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel broke men's record for successful Channel crossings at the weekend

Brittany Ferries: no foot passengers this summer

Brittany Ferries joins other cross-Channel carriers in policy of only allowing passengers travelling in a vehicle to board

140kph wind to hit France tonight as Storm Ciara peaks

Winds of up to 140kph are to hit the north of France tonight (Sunday February 9) as the peak of Storm Ciara approaches, with 35 departments on orange alert for wind and flooding.