For more than 50 years reporters and historians have likened a 33-kilometer English Channel marathon swim to climbing Mt. Everest. There are a few dramatic differences: About three times as many ...

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel (that we know about, at least), and since then, fewer than 2,000 other people have completed successful solo crossings.

A total of 989 people arrived in the UK in 14 boats between Friday and Monday.

On September 11, 1951, Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the English Channel the hard way. Sure, there's no easy way to swim across 30+ miles of open ocean, but Chadwick chose the ...

At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. The tragedy occurred Saturday just before midnight when ...

All fish in the English Channel do not belong to the European Union, just as Britain does not have sole responsibility for people found in the sea between Britain and France, contrary to widely shared ...

Several migrants who crossed the English Channel in small boats during the recent Bank Holiday heatwave have been charged ...

At least 12 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the English Channel off the coast of northern France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday. Darmanin said ...

An electric aircraft has crossed the English Channel for the first time. The question is, which one is it? On Friday, Airbus Group announced that its E-Fan technology demonstrator claimed the prize by ...