Alderson returned to duty on the long-distance flying boat routes to Singapore and Durban, but, following the German invasion of France in 1940, he was transferred to the treacherous West Africa run.

A British fishing boat has been seized by France after a French captain accused UK trawlers of plundering their resources in the latest 'Scallop War' flare-up. The Scottish fishing boat ...

Severe flooding has brought panic to the streets of France as animals are swept away, roads are submerged in muddy waters and villagers are forced to travel by boat. Yesterday the country was ...

The group called for "a policy of reception in France and safe passage to England." On Thursday some 400 people on several boats ran into difficulty, the Utopia 56 group said, adding it repeatedly ...

A four-month-old baby died when an overloaded migrant boat headed for Britain sank in the English Channel off the coast of France in the latest tragedy involving asylum seekers, French authorities ...

A baby died when an overloaded migrant boat headed for Britain sank in the Channel off the coast of France on Thursday night, French maritime authorities said Friday. The accident occurred off the ...

A BABY has died after an overloaded migrant boat heading for Britain sank in the Channel. The tragedy happened on Thursday night off the coast of France, the country's maritime authorities have said.

They were among 132 people rescued from a number of small boats that put out SOS messages on Thursday evening, according to a spokesperson for the Channel and North Sea prefecture in France.

A child has died after a migrant boat got into difficulty in the English Channel on Thursday evening, French maritime authorities have said. The French maritime prefecture for the English Channel and ...