The report blamed people smugglers and “systemic failure” on the part of the authorities after about 30 people drowned as they tried to reach Britain from France in 2021. By Lizzie Dearden Reporting ...

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Navy shadowed Russian vessels sailing through the English Channel in a two-day operation coordinated with NATO allies, the navy said on Friday, as the ...

Ruth Gertrude Meier Schoenwetter, age 90, of Madison, Wisconsin, died on January 15, 2026. Ruth was born on September 11, 1935, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Herman E. Meier and Gertrude M. Meier Watson.

A Paralympic gold medallist became the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel – and says that “nothing is impossible.” Melanie Barratt, 49, took on the challenge after falling in love ...

A power supply problem to the Channel Tunnel, which connects the United Kingdom to France via underground passageway, is reporting severe delays, with authorities urging travelers not to travel today ...

Police were called to Budleigh Salterton beach off the coast of Devon, England after swimmers experienced difficulty in the water Getty Two swimmers were reported missing after multiple people got ...

The British navy said Thursday it tracked a Russian submarine navigating through the English Channel for three days, as it steps up efforts to police its seas against such threats. A British naval ...

This is not the first time the Royal Navy and NATO have had to scramble ships and aircraft to track Russian vessels passing through the English Channel on their way to the Atlantic Ocean. This week, ...

Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared on E! News. Getty A man is dead after he fell overboard from a luxury yacht.

Sotheby’s latest watch events went rather swimmingly. The auction house’s earnings in Geneva yesterday closed at $27 million. Helping Sotheby’s achieve such an eye-watering figure was Mercedes Gleitze ...

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced 11 honorees in the class of 2026 to be inducted in a spring ceremony. The class will be inducted at the awards ceremony on May 16 in San ...

What do Akron, Ohio, the English Channel, and Egypt have in common? If you were to say “nothing,” we wouldn’t blame you for the assumption. But thanks to The Bangles’ first No. 1 single from 1986, ...