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An American cancer survivor has become the first person to swim across the English Channel four times in a row. Sarah Thomas, 37, completed the feat of endurance at 6:30 on Tuesday 17th September 2019 after more than 54 hours of swimming in strong tides and a year after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
The footballer and pilot David Ibbotson were both killed in the crash in the English Channel on January 21.
France's 'Flying Man' broke down in tears after succeeding in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard on Sunday (August 4).Zapata, who fell into the sea during his previous bid in July, took off at about 0617GMT from Sangatte, just outside Calais in France, on a little platform powered by five small jet engines while carrying kerosene in a backpack.
Two veterans marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings by taking part in a parachute jump. 95-year-old Harry Read and 94-year-old John Hutton flew over the English Channel and landed in Normandy, recreating their actions during the beach landings of June 6, 1944.
A criminal investigation is underway, the Home Office said.
All the people said they were from Iraq or Iran.
More than 350 migrants have arrived in the UK via the Channel since November.
It came as Border Force officers dealt with a vessel with 11 people onboard.
The footballer died in a plane crash after he had just signed for Cardiff City in a record transfer deal.
Ahmad has repeatedly tried to escape Calais 'hell' with wife and children.