Baetzold remembers breaking the butterfly record at his alma mater, North High, years ago. When later swimming for Iowa State ...

On 6 August 1926, Ederle swam out into the English Channel again. This time she was wearing a swimsuit of her own design – a silk two piece, which left her midriff bare and allowed her to propel ...

"Exhausting and emotional" is how one man has described taking part in a 16-hour swim relay across the English Channel. Mark ...

Nearly 36,000 people trying to reach Britain were the subject of search-and-rescue operations in the English Channel in 2023, according to a report by the French maritime authorities, down from ...

Migrants push an inflatable boat into the English Channel from a beach near the town of Wimereux, on the far northern French coast - one of the narrowest points between France and the southern ...

The English Channel, a waterway just over 20 miles (32 km) at its narrowest between Britain and France, is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

More than 900 migrants have crossed the Channel in recent weeks, Sky News reported. The ill-fated trip came a week after the Ministry of Defense said 254 people arrived on the English coast in ...

The number of migrants setting off into the English Channel by boat has soared in recent months. The deaths Wednesday of at least 27 people trying to make the crossing illustrate how dangerous it is.

Some 190 migrants have been rescued off the Calais coast in northern France since Friday night while trying to cross the English Channel on dinghies to reach Britain, local French authorities said ...