BREAKING: One person has died after a small boat incident in the Channel. The UK coastguard are assisting the French authorities in the search and rescue response. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Five other people were recovered in"serious condition" and taken to a hospital in Calais by helicopter and 50 people have been rescued, French authorities said.
A search and rescue operation involving five French ships, two British ships and a helicopter is under way following the incident off Cap Gris Nez in northern France. The RNLI said a Dover volunteer lifeboat crew"launched just before 4am to an incident in the Channel"., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the
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