by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — An American breast cancer survivor on Tuesday became the first person to swim across the English Channel four times non-stop in a 54-hour feat of endurance. Sarah Thomas, 37, an open water marathon swimmer from the US state of Colorado, could be seen in a video posted on Facebook arriving at Dover on the southern English coast with a group of supporters cheering […]
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Hot air balloons ‘break cross-channel record’
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A fleet of colorful hot air balloons crossed English Channel on Friday (April 7), attempting to break the record for the largest group of hot air balloons to cross the English Channel. The total number of 85 balloons took part in the attempt, the BBC reported. Organizers said 82 balloons that took off from Dover in Kent on Friday morning made it to Calais in France in less than three […]





