About 50 people were rescued. By by british and french vessels. Some were taken to hospital in a serious condition. A number of people were seen being carried off the lifeboat on stretchers when the vessel docked in dover. French Officials Say six people have died. The mp for calais gave us this update. Around 65 to 70 people were on these boats, 50 people were rescued by the french authorities, five people were found dead at sea, one died at the calais hospital. And we are still missing ten people. The Home Secretary Suella Braverman posted this message on social media, saying her thoughts and prayers were with those affected by the tragic loss of life. She is expected to chair a meeting with Border Force Officials later today. On thursday, 755 people crossed the channel, the largest daily figure so far this year. And more than 100,000 have made the journey since the crossings began in earnest in 2018. Once again, the channel one of the most dangerous and busiest Shipping Lanes in the
Rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many survivors had beenin search operation. Many survivors had been in the Sea Screaming for help, others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation ,. , translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from translation they were in trouble. | some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and the boats can no longer move forward. The last boat was twofold. These pictures taken early in the week show how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at see if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. Calling for a new approach. This is an absolute calling for a new
After lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say
but to get there, my god! the drama! australia faced france, in one of the most dramatic games of the tournament. look, they ve had such a roller coaster ride, with this nervy win against ireland in their first game, their loss against nigeria, their win against canada and their win against denmark to bring them to this moment against france. they were neck and neck from the very first minute, until the penalty shoot out. and you could just hear the collective gasps and intakes of breath with every hit and every miss. and then cortnee vine delivered that winning penalty for australia. and just the immensity of this moment, the fact that the matildas have made history, they ve gone further than they ve ever gone before in a women s world cup. you could see it, just people absorbing that
and intakes of breath with every hit and every miss. and then courtney vine delivered that winning penalty for australia. and just the immensity of this moment, the fact that the matildas have made history, they ve gone further than they ve ever gone before in a women s world cup. you could see people absorbing that moment and processing it and erupting into cheers. and then, on to england and colombia. some of the fans actually stayed to watch england, such is the love for the lionesses. i think they also wanted to see if they were going to face them in a semifinal. the colombians were not an easy team to beat. they were the underdogs of this tournament, but they have really, really performed so well. they ve had stellar performances all the way through, including into this game. they ve pushed and pushed and pressed, theyjust could not get accurate when it came to the net. and then, these two stellar goals from lauren hemp and then from alessia russo that delivered that win for engla