https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Nine Afghans have gone on trial in France accused of attempting to smuggle migrants across the Channel to Britain in 2021. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230412/french-court-tries-9-afghans-over-channel-people-smuggling Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:08:08 +0200 french-court-tries-9-afghans-over-channel-people-smuggling More than a thousand lorries arrived at the French port of Calais on Friday as authorities scrambled to ease a bottleneck in Britain, where thousands of drivers have been stuck for days after France imposed tougher coronavirus rules. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201226/logjam-over-by-saturday-as-channel-truckers-arrive-in-calais Sat, 26 Dec 2020 09:32:08 +0100 logjam-over-by-saturday-as-channel-truckers-arrive-in-calais Cross-Channel ferry crossings were disrupted Friday due to strike action in French ports, with travellers on some routes advised to postpone their trips. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200924/cross-channel-ferry-trips-suspended-because-of-french-strike-action Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:03:56 +0200 cross-channel-ferry-trips-suspended-because-of-french-strike-action French rescuers saved 22 migrants who found themselves "in difficulty" on the Channel overnight in their bid to get to Britain, French maritime authorities said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190825/france-rescues-22-migrants-heading-for-britain Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:56:37 +0200 france-rescues-22-migrants-heading-for-britain A migrant attempting to swim to Britain from France with flippers and a rubber ring was rescued Tuesday in a state of "mild hypothermia" in the Channel, the French coast guard said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190716/migrant-rescued-swimming-english-channel-with-rubber-ring-and-flippers Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:29:29 +0200 migrant-rescued-swimming-english-channel-with-rubber-ring-and-flippers A French boss of a second-hand boat firm was sentenced to prison Friday for selling dozens of vessels to desperate migrants who used them to cross the English Channel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190525/french-boat-seller-jailed-for-helping-migrants-cross-channel Sat, 25 May 2019 15:48:05 +0200 french-boat-seller-jailed-for-helping-migrants-cross-channel A quarter-century after the Channel Tunnel opened, the British miner who punched through to the French side and was a poster boy for the continental connection is now a Brexit supporter. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190504/i-actually-voted-for-brexit-channel-tunnel-breakthrough-miner Sat, 04 May 2019 12:41:38 +0200 i-actually-voted-for-brexit-channel-tunnel-breakthrough-miner Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel on Monday, AFP's Thomas Perroteau describes the long history of plans to link Britain to the continent. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190504/channel-tunnel-anniversary-a-tunnel-two-centuries-in-the-making Sat, 04 May 2019 11:15:55 +0200 channel-tunnel-anniversary-a-tunnel-two-centuries-in-the-making The number of migrants trying to smuggle across the Channel from France to Britain by boat has fallen sharply after a spike late last year, authorities in northern France said late on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190406/channel-migrant-crossings-in-sharp-decline-france Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:24:50 +0200 channel-migrant-crossings-in-sharp-decline-france A French court on Friday jailed two Iraqis and one Iranian man for organising illegal migrant boat journeys across the English Channel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190302/english-channel-migrant-smugglers-jailed-by-french-court Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:22:38 +0100 english-channel-migrant-smugglers-jailed-by-french-court Eight migrants suffering from hypothermia were rescued from an inflatable boat Sunday morning after they sought to cross the Channel to England, French authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181125/french-authorities-pick-up-eight-migrants-in-channel Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:33:17 +0100 french-authorities-pick-up-eight-migrants-in-channel Five migrants attempting to cross the Channel to England in a small inflatable boat were picked up Saturday off the north coast of France, local authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181124/five-migrants-picked-up-trying-to-cross-english-channel Sat, 24 Nov 2018 15:02:32 +0100 five-migrants-picked-up-trying-to-cross-english-channel Train services between France and Britain were suspended for several hours on Sunday due to a major electrical problem in the tunnel linking the two countries, the train and tunnel operators said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180624/electrical-fault-shuts-channel-tunnel-operator Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:05:07 +0200 electrical-fault-shuts-channel-tunnel-operator A British man's attempt to swim to France ended in tragedy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160829/briton-dies-in-france-after-trying-to-swim-channel Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:37:03 +0200 briton-dies-in-france-after-trying-to-swim-channel Thwarted at every turn in their efforts to reach Britain, migrants in northern France have once again changed tack, turning to flimsy dinghies to carry them across the Channel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160619/calais-migrants-use-flimsy-boats-to-cross-channel Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:06:49 +0200 calais-migrants-use-flimsy-boats-to-cross-channel A Eurostar train carrying 480 passengers had to be evacuated in northern France on Sunday with the actor Johnny Depp among those inconvenienced. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160509/johnny-depp-among-passengers-hit-by-eurostar-breakdown Mon, 09 May 2016 10:15:53 +0200 johnny-depp-among-passengers-hit-by-eurostar-breakdown The port of Calais remained closed for a third straight day on Wednesday as French sailors continued their industrial action. All ferry services to and from the port have been suspended. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150701/calais-port-closed-as-french-sailors-strike Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:49:36 +0200 calais-port-closed-as-french-sailors-strike A British appeals court on Friday said Eurotunnel could continue running ferry service MyFerryLink. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150515/eurotunnels-calais-dover-ferry-gets-green-light Fri, 15 May 2015 19:37:03 +0200 eurotunnels-calais-dover-ferry-gets-green-light Eurostar service resumed on Monday evening following a series of cancellations sparked when a person was struck and killed by a train on the English side of the cross-Channel service. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150302/eurostar-traffic-delayed-after-person-hit-by-train Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:00:00 +0100 eurostar-traffic-delayed-after-person-hit-by-train Train service through the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain resumed early Sunday, a day after a lorry fire forced the crucial link's closure and suspension of all trains, operator Eurotunnel said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150118/channel-tunnel-services-resume-after-fire Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:22:00 +0100 channel-tunnel-services-resume-after-fire