The anti-racism banner welcoming refugees Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff – On Tuesday evening a large crowd, old and young, gathered on the Sunny Sands, Folkestone to hold a…
A man has appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a network suspected of moving migrants out of the UK.…
A tragic incident occurred in the English Channel in the early hours of Saturday, 12 August, when a boat carrying around 60 migrants, thought to be Afghans and Sudanese, from…
A man has been jailed in France following an investigation by the National Crime Agency and French authorities into an a organised crime group suspected of using pleasure boats to…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 7 June 2023 Small boats This week the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited the…
Rough seas Following yesterday’s visit to Dover, MP Natalie Elphicke said: “I was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak back to Dover to deliver an update on progress…
CCTV released by Kent Police – Officers investigating an altercation in Dartford have released a CCTV image after reports one person involved may have possessed a weapon. At 6.55pm on…
The ringleaders of an Afghan organised crime group have been convicted and jailed in France for smuggling migrants to the UK in small boats. The gang were dismantled following a…
The company that operates today’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is dropping the London-to-Folkestone leg of the route due to difficulties crossing the border to Calais. The coach transfer is reported to be…
Library image – HM Coastguard A man has been charged with manslaughter following the deaths of four people in the English Channel. In the early hours of Wednesday 14 December…
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