VIRGINIA BEACH — Many area swimming coaches competed in their teens. But no one can match the experiences — exhilarating and harrowing — of First Colonial’s Robin Lang, who almost completed a swim of ...

The report blamed people smugglers and “systemic failure” on the part of the authorities after about 30 people drowned as they tried to reach Britain from France in 2021. By Lizzie Dearden Reporting ...

HMS Mersey (P283 ) and HMS Severn (P282) shadow RFN Boikiy (532), shared by the Royal Navy, Jan. 23, 2026. Royal Navy photo The Royal Navy shadowed a Russian Navy corvette and an oil tanker through ...

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Navy shadowed Russian vessels sailing through the English Channel in a two-day operation coordinated with NATO allies, the navy said on Friday, as the ...

A power supply problem to the Channel Tunnel, which connects the United Kingdom to France via underground passageway, is reporting severe delays, with authorities urging travelers not to travel today ...

The high-speed service between Britain and continental Europe was paralyzed during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year because of a power outage in the Channel Tunnel. By Jenny Gross Amelia ...

Police were called to Budleigh Salterton beach off the coast of Devon, England after swimmers experienced difficulty in the water Getty Two swimmers were reported missing after multiple people got ...

Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared on E! News. Getty A man is dead after he fell overboard from a luxury yacht.

The interception happened after an incident on Nov. 19, when a Russian spy ship, Yantar, was reported near the coast of Scotland and was seen using laser equipment to disrupt Royal Air Force pilots ...

Karl Bushby has been walking across the world for 27 years. On Nov. 1, 1998, he set off from Punta Arenas in Chile. Nearly three decades later, he is back in Europe and on the final leg of his ...

What do Akron, Ohio, the English Channel, and Egypt have in common? If you were to say “nothing,” we wouldn’t blame you for the assumption. But thanks to The Bangles’ first No. 1 single from 1986, ...

In a powerful act of youth-led environmental action, two 17-year-old students from Sevenoaks School in the UK are preparing to swim 66 kilometers in a school pool – the full distance of an English ...