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Woman dies after going overboard from cruise ship in English Channel

Woman dies after going overboard from cruise ship in English Channel

Awful news A woman has died after falling overboard from a cruise ship off the Channel islands. The French coastguard said they received an alert around 2am after a woman in her 20s fell from MSC Virtuosa. A helicopter from the French navy, a RNLI lifeboat and a Channel Islands air search plane were involved […]

1 year ago

French trawler rams UK boat in Jersey in post-Brexit fishing row

French trawler rams UK boat in Jersey in post-Brexit fishing row

Boat wars It seems like tensions amongst some are rising, as boats continue to gather off the coast of Jersey amid the row between France and Britain surrounding post-Brexit fishing laws. And for one vessel, anger boiled over as the owner rammed his boat into a British vessel. The British ship owned by Jonathan Ruff […]

5 years ago

Man firing musket at French ships in Jersey is ‘peak Brexit’

Man firing musket at French ships in Jersey is ‘peak Brexit’

Makes you proud doesn’t it A man in Jersey has found the latest way to embarrass us as a nation as he tries to get involved in the current fishing dispute between the UK and France. As dozens of French ships and boats continue to block the main St Helier port on the island in […]

5 years ago

Atletico Madrid youth prospect signs for team in England’s eighth tier

Atletico Madrid youth prospect signs for team in England’s eighth tier

We often hear about top-flight footballers who started out playing part-time while working in any manner of jobs, but one Spanish prospect has done it in reverse. Guille Fernandez followed the likes of Raul and Fernando Torres through the Atletico Madrid production line, but he has now done what those in the business refer to […]

11 years ago

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