A British plane owned by a City of London executive that crashed into the English Channel with two people onboard was on a day trip to France organised by Warwickshire flying school.
More than 50 people are thought to have made the perilous journey across the English Channel this morning as temperatures remained steady at around 8C.
Mayday relay, mayday relay, mayday relay. This is Gris-Nez emergency, Griz-Nez emergency, Gris-Nez emergency, the operator says, calling for boats to attend the Calais scene.
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Natacha Bouchart told French radio station RTL that Emmanuel Macron must strongarm Britain to overhaul the treaty that obliges France to control migrants before they cross the Dover Strait.