A fleet of wind-propelled robot boats could act as a sensor network covering a wide area and relay acoustic signals to a submarine ...

Gitana 18, the newest foiling Ultim trimaran, is a melting pot of crazy ideas that could potentially fly at 55 knots. Helen Fretter gets a look on board: ...

People crossing the English Channel in small boats are to be taken to a different Kent port for several weeks while repairs take place at the Dover processing centre. The Home Office said arrivals ...

A photo of the aftermath of the operation shows French police alongside the inflatable "taxi-boat" French officials have made their first interception on the water as part of a new policy aimed at ...

A Turkish national has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of supplying thousands of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English ...

Turkish national Adem Savas is thought to have supplied equipment used in around half of all small boat crossings in 2023 A man who supplied thousands of small boats and engines to people smugglers in ...

A man who supplied thousands of small boats and engines to people smugglers in the English Channel has been jailed. Adem Savas was described by the National Crime Agency, which previously listed him ...

11:23, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 Updated: 12:12, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 Labour's illegal immigration "smash the gangs" vow has been branded "a disaster" - as small-boat arrivals hit a three-year high. And damningly, ...

More than 41,000 people reached the UK by small boat in 2025, the Home Office confirmed. Data showed 41,472 people made the perilous journey - up 13% from 36,816 the previous year, but below the 2022 ...

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025 More than 41,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats last year, figures branded “shameful” by the Home ...

The number of migrants reaching the UK in small boats in 2025 climbed to its second-highest level since records began, official figures showed on Thursday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The number of irregular migrants arriving in the UK by small boats jumped by 13 per cent in 2025 to more than ...