D-Day was successful because of the most important weather forecasts in history, finding a break in the otherwise stormy English Channel.

A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the call ...

From the sun-soaked Channel Islands, to the rugged landscapes of the Outer Hebrides, Britain has countless islands well worth ...

How to make a sea monster and lighthouse Diorama. Inspired by the sea, we have created a sea monster at the base of a lighthouse. They are made from skillful hands mixed with enthusiasm, products made ...

A BRITISH fishing boat has been seized by French authorities after allegedly being caught "whelking without a licence" - in the English Channel. The Lady T. was being held in Boulogne-sur-Mer on ...

The SS Nantes sank in 1888 after colliding with the German ship Theodor Ruger, with only three survivors. Experts have ...

The Jaffna Fort still looms, weather-beaten and stubborn. Built by the Portuguese, expanded by the Dutch, it has seen more ...

The French Navy stopped the vessel late Thursday night (May 22) during patrols in the English Channel. According to the French Coastguard, the crew was allegedly fishing without a valid licence.

Their 45-mile trip across the English Channel, recreating the noble effort of May 1940, was disrupted by a demand from Border Force and the French navy to create a one-mile exclusion zone through ...

Britain is home to an astonishing range of islands, from the (sometimes) sun-kissed slivers which fringe the southern English shoreline to the harder, hardier – but no less beautiful – outposts that ...