The Diamond Jubilee celebrations include the sailing of a huge flotilla along the River Thames on Sunday afternoon, with more than 1,000 boats breasting the waves.
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Sport on TV: Bishop channels his energies to answer millions of prayers
Sunday 25 March 2012
There's a new breed of comedian nowadays. From Eddie Izzard running 43 marathons in 51 days to David Walliams swimming the Channel and the Thames, it's not so much stand-up as "I can barely stand up". Bernard Manning and Roy "Chubby" Brown would have run a mile if Sport Relief came calling – except they wouldn't be able to get that far.
Nigel Morris: Home Secretary may be set for departure if border problems return
Tuesday 21 February 2012
It is more than five years since John Reid arrived at the Home Office and denounced the Immigration Service as "not fit for purpose". Three Home Secretaries and one change of Government later, it seems to be business as usual. John Vine paints a familiar picture of poor internal communications, lax record-keeping and an apparent disregard for keeping ministers in the loop.
Stephen Bayley: Taking the Channel ferry to a Jerusalem called 'abroad'
Sunday 19 February 2012
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130 jobs go in SeaFrance collapse
Monday 09 January 2012
Almost 130 jobs are to be lost in the UK after French ferry operator SeaFrance went into liquidation today.
French ferry firm floundering amid allegations of fraud and political meddling
Monday 09 January 2012
Barring the unforeseen, there will be a shipwreck in the English Channel today. The Sealink ferry empire, which once dominated cross-Channel travel, will slide below the waves amid allegations of fraud, union bloody-mindedness and threats of violence.
French ferry firm floundering amid allegations of fraud and political meddling
Monday 09 January 2012
Barring the unforeseen, there will be a shipwreck in the English Channel today.
Socialists' presidential hopes hit by infighting over corruption claims
Monday 12 December 2011
Vicious war of words among senior figures threatens campaign of front-runner Hollande
Wanted lodger Morrow arrested
Friday 09 December 2011
A lodger wanted in connection with the killing of his landlady and her mother has been arrested in the UK.
Landlady and mother were asphyxiated
Tuesday 06 December 2011
A man sought by police in connection with the killings of a mother and daughter has been spotted in France.
Hunt for lodger after mother and daughter found dead
Monday 05 December 2011
An international manhunt was under way for a lodger yesterday after a woman and her mother were found dead at the house where he lived.
Get ready for Summer! Nord-Pas de Calais
Sunday 05 June 2011
Our fortnightly series of travellers' guides to holiday destinations goes to French Flanders. Adrian Phillips reports
Unsafe in Libya, unwanted in Europe: exiles of the Arab Spring
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Hundreds of desperate migrant workers have gathered near Calais
Boy aged 15 stabbed to death in London
Thursday 12 May 2011
A teenage schoolboy has been stabbed to death in the street. The 15-year-old was set upon in Camberwell, south London, last night.
Up, up and away: Jet Man to fly over Grand Canyon
Saturday 07 May 2011
Air traffic controllers in America were on the alert last night – none of those infamous mid-shift naps – for a blip on their screens that may at first sight appear to be a human with wings. Wait, it will be a human with wings as well as a jet pack firmly attached to his back, and a cargo-hold of courage.
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