Harriet Quimby, an American screenwriter and journalist, made the crossing from Whitfield in Dover to Boulogne in France on ...

Philip Mickman became the youngest person at that point to successfully swim The English Channel. Newsreel was there to capture the feat, which took just under 24 hours. This was first broadcast on 26 ...

In a powerful act of youth-led environmental action, two 17-year-old students from Sevenoaks School in the UK are preparing to swim 66 kilometers in a school pool – the full distance of an English ...

A Russian submarine travelling through the English Channel has triggered widespread alarm amid claims of a possible fuel leak ...

PARIS (AP) — Two women died Saturday morning while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K. on board a makeshift boat carrying other migrants, French authorities said. Rescuers ...

A Royal Navy destroyer and helicopter have monitored a Russian warship as it sailed through UK waters in the English Channel.

PARIS — French authorities announced the discovery Sunday of a body on a beach used as one of the launch points for migrants attempting the perilous sea crossing from northern France to the U.K on ...

It almost felt like an out-of-body experience. And that was refreshing, because every inch of jellyfish-stung Michelle Goodwin was sore and exhausted as she swam toward the shore of Northern France. A ...

Mark First School headteacher Oli Laken to swim Channel’s width in school pool, aiming to raise £5,000 for Chromebooks.

Small boat crossings have resumed after two weeks of bad weather and rough seas, bringing the total number of illegal ...

It almost felt like an out-of-body experience. And that was refreshing, because every inch of jellyfish-stung Michelle Goodwin was sore and exhausted as she swam toward the shore of Northern France. A ...