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Bighearted Graeme Souness has raised nearly £1.5million for skin charity Debra after his English Channel swim - and donations are continuing to flood in a week on from the challenge.

Tyson Fury and Tom Holland have thrown their weight behind football legend Graeme Souness ahead of tomorrow's cross Channel swim. The pair wished the Scotland, Liverpool and Rangers icon, 70, good luck for the 21-mile challenge in online videos.

Scottish footballing legend Graeme Souness has raised nearly £350,000 in just two days after announcing he is to swim the English Channel in aid of a Scots schoolgirl.

William Earl One of country music’s biggest nights is here. The 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards is airing Thursday night, and you can watch it from the comfort of your own home. The Official ACM Awards Red Carpet Show – hosted by Amber Anderson, Priscilla Block, BRELAND, Elaina Smith and Kelly Sutton – is streaming live on Thursday, May 11 at 7 p.m. ET I 4 p.m. PT. This year’s top ACM Awards nominees include HARDY, Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Cole Swindell. The livestream will feature interviews with major country stars and special performances from Dalton Dover, Tigirlily Gold and Matt Stell. Thursday’s live show will be available to all on Prime Video, with Amazon Prime non-subscribers able to take advantage of a 30-day free trial, as well as viewable for free via Amazon’s Twitch channel. Come Friday, it will be available for perpetual streaming on the Amazon Music app and on Amazon Freevee, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT.

The Official ACM Awards Red Carpet Show hosted by Amber Anderson, Priscilla Block, Breland, Elaina Smith and Kelly Sutton is streaming live Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

A smuggler hid a gun in a secret van compartment filled with expanding foam. Radek Dobias, 42, was caught after the VW van was stopped in Dover by Border Force officials.

Lifeboats have been scrambled to a ferry with nearly 200 people onboard due to an 'ongoing incident' in the English Channel.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo Releasing has set a January 20th North American release for BAFTA winner After Love, marking the company’s first stateside theatrical release.

As many as 128 cinemas in the UK could be at threat of closing after it was revealed Cineworld is preparing to file for bankruptcy with weeks.

Long queues at the Port of Dover are causing delays for families embarking on summer getaways at the start of the school holidays. Ferry operators warned passengers to expect delays of several hours at the border, advising people to have travel documents ready for inspection in an effort to assist border checks and reduce queueing time.

the Mirror.So, the group of lads spent the afternoon buying bicycles from locals in Brussels and Lille by running into shops and looking on Facebook.13 of the 14 managed to buy a bike in just three hours – at a total cost of more than £1,300.Arriving in Calais, the last member of the group convinced a young couple to let him into their car for the crossing.This meant all 14 arrived safely in Dover in the early hours of Sunday just 12 hours after their flight had been cancelled.Groom-to-be Alex Sisan, 29, said: "We had the craziest day, but we just wanted to get home - we ended up spending €1,540 (£1,300) on bikes!"At the time it didn’t feel like fun, but I had two of the best days of my life with 13 best friends and this just topped it off."Looking back, the experience was so stressful and like something from a movie or a Top Gear challenge."But it was so much fun and a brilliant story that I will be telling at the wedding, and hopefully to my kids - and then their kids."The stag do arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday and stayed in a hotel in the city centre.They were then booked onto an easyJet flight to return from Schiphol airport two days later, and arrived five hours early to beat the queues.But, after standing in line for security for hours, they were dismayed to find out their flight had been cancelled.After trying to reach easyJet for help, it was decided that leaving the airport was the best option at that time.Fruitless attempts at renting a car and getting Eurostar tickets ensued, before it was suggested that a ferry to Dover would be viable.We've done the leg work for you and searched out some of the best holiday deals for 2022 - check out our top picks below.

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A stag-do stranded abroad after their flight was cancelled went on to complete an epic 230-mile mission home - and were forced to purchase bikes to catch the ferry back.

Scandal-hit P&O Ferries was accused of plumbing new depths yesterday after telling its new foreign workforce : Take a pay cut or go home.

Easter bank holiday usually means more family time, but unfortunately for millions of Britons it also means travel chaos and extra disruption this year.With the long weekend comes travel pandemonium and Stansted Airport is already urging flyers to drop off their luggage at the airport the day before their flight to avoid getting stuck in queues.UK airports have been rocked by a sudden influx of passengers travelling through the airports, and a shortage of staff.Major airlines are cancelling flights due to this disruption, with British Airways and easyJet scrapping another 80 flights between them that were due to depart today.Between March 28 and April 12, a total of 1,236 flights in the UK were cancelled by airlines. Stansted has taken extreme measures, encouraging passengers to check their luggage in a day before their flight.It is possible for passengers on British Airways, easyJet and TUI Airways flights to drop off their bags the evening before, as stated by Gatwick.Heathrow Airport has also implemented this plan.The situation has been so bad recently at Manchester Airport that a child was sick from "dehydration and exhaustion" and huge queues meant people were relieving themselves into bags, according to one witness.Flyer Jack Mackin told the Manchester Evening News: "Kids were having to pee in the plastic bags that you'd usually put liquids in.

Families have been warned it could be the busiest Easter yet, with nightmare queues predicted and warnings to travel early in order to dodge It is predicted that 27.6million cars will hit the roads across the weekend, which makes it the busiest days for drivers during springtime since 2019.There are already reports of 27-mile queues on one stretch of the M25 and it is looking very busy in railway stations too.Travellers are advised to plan well ahead and travel either on the Thursday before the Easter break or early on Saturday morning to get away from the worst of the traffic.The Department of Transport has said officials are working with operators to minimise disruptions.Good Friday is set to be a busy period for those on the road, with a reported 4.62million trips planned for the busy holiday season.The worst spots for congestion on the roads are set to be the M6 north between Junction 26 and Junction 36, as well as the M25 clockwise from Junction 8 to Junction 16 and the A303 near Stonehenge.Travelling around at the busiest part of spring would be bad enough if it weren't for soaring fuel prices that mean drivers are shelling out £20 more at the pumps than they did last Easter.Edmund King, AA president, said: "All our polling suggests that Good Friday will be the busiest getaway day for Easter trips and staycations."If some drivers can leave on Thursday or early Saturday, they may miss some of the jams."Those looking for a workaround to traffic jams will be disappointed that there are limited options available, with P&O suspending sailings between Dover and Calais this weekend, weeks after laying off hundreds of its workforce.Aviation data says that 9,212 flights with 1.6 million seats are scheduled to depart between

P&O Ferries has announced that all services have been suspended this weekend with customers told to find another operator to travel with - despite previously stating that business was set to resume.

Several demonstrations are set to take place on Friday (March 18) in response to to P&O Ferries “appalling” decision to sack 800 seafarers. The company blamed the move on losses of £100 million during the coronavirus pandemic.

P&O Ferries suspended its services without notice on Thursday morning (17 March), after announcing it would be cutting around 800 jobs. The company said that it was not currently a “viable business”, facing losses of £100m.

MPs in Greater Manchester have reacted with fury after ferry giant P&O made 800 crew members redundant across its entire fleet for agency workers.

fired 800 staff with immediate effect via a brutal Zoom video.The company said they have made a decision that its vessels going forward will be primarily crewed by a third-party crew provider.A video has now emerged showing the moment the company chief announced the termination of the staff's contracts.He said: "Therefore I am sorry to inform you that this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy."Your final day of employment is today."Some crew members reportedly defied orders and refused to leave their ships in protest.Concerns have been raised across the country, as the company operates routes from Dover, Tilbury, Hull and Teesport to France, as well as routes from Liverpool to Dublin and Cairnryan to Larne.Queues have built on routes to the Port of Dover. Whilst motorists have voiced their frustration at "confusion" at ports in Hull, Teesport and Liverpool.P&O Ferries tweeted on Thursday (March 17): "Regretfully, P&O Ferries services are unable to run for the next few hours."Our Port Teams will guide you and travel will be arranged via an alternative operator.