last year, william was one of those to receive a toy helicopter from the scheme. it s massive. it s just having a toy that meant that much, really. ijust can t describe, i don t know how to describe it because itjust made him so, so happy. and many families will be searching for hope this christmas more than ever as they try to keep the festive spirit alive. hannah miller, bbc news. we re going to carrying on speaking about inflation injust a moment but first some breaking news to bring you as a rescue operation is under way after a small migrant boat ran into difficulties in the english channel near kent, the maritime and coastguard agency has said. it s understood people have died. life boats, coastguard rescue teams and an air ambulance has been sent to help with the search.
news that durham police are not investigating, labour have clarified keir starmer had not been contacted again by police in respect of the event. the tories are urging the police to re examine the case. you re watching bbc news. p&0 ferries are to restart cross channel sailings for tourists for the first time since sacking nearly 800 seafarers. the ferry firm said its ship will leave dover for calais this afternoon. the spirit of britain was cleared to sail on april 22nd having been detained for 11 days after a number of failures were found by maritime and coastguard agency inspectors. figures reveal that more than 7,000 migrants have arrived in the uk after crossing the english channel this year so far. that s is more than three times the number recorded