A wooden drag boat burst into flames while cruising home along a canal. The vessel joined a race earlier that day and was being steered along the water by the pensioner Tao, 68, when it suddenly ...
The National Inland Waterways Authority has said that wooden boats constitute over 90 per cent of boats on the country’s waterways. The Managing Director of NIWA, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, who ...
How many migrants have arrived so far this year? A total of 31,094 people have been detected crossing the Channel in small boats since the start of 2024, according to provisional figures from the Home ...
Another man held his toddler close. It's difficult to imagine what has driven them to make this dangerous journey, in often unseaworthy and packed boats, to reach UK shores. And they're not alone: ...
and the Presidency to make this move a national directive. “We are considering phasing out wooden boats, especially passenger boats,” Oyebamiji said. According to him, the development will be ...
More migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats so ... a total of 29,437 migrants made the perilous journey from France to the UK. Image: A border force boat arrives in to Dover ...
The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has said it was moving towards phasing out wooden boats on inland waterways. The Managing Director of NIWA, Bola Oyebamiji, made this known in an ...
While 2024’s figures are up on 2023, it is still significantly lower than the 2022 peak, when 45,728 people made the perilous ... A view of small boats and outboard motors used by people thought ...