0ur correspondent simon jonesjoins me now. simon, what more can you say at this early stage? we simon, what more can you say at this early stage? early stage? we have ust had a statement early stage? we have ust had a statement from early stage? we have ust had a statement from the early stage? we have just had a statement from the ministry - early stage? we have just had a statement from the ministry of| statement from the ministry of defence, who oversee operations in the channel. they say they are aware of an incident that has been ongoing during the course of this morning and there was a coordinated response to this incident. what i am hearing is the coastguard guard were contacted just after three o clock this morning to report a boat carrying migrants was sinking off the coast of dungeness. there was a huge response coordinated as a result of that call. we know that four lifeboats were sent to the area, from dover, dungeness, ramsgate in hastings, two coastguard helicop