A recovery operation is under way after a 75-metre cargo ship ran aground off the English coast.

Latest: A chemical cloud which forced coastline evacuations across East Sussex in England on Sunday is "very unlikely" to have floated over from northern France, authorities said.

Latest: A man's body has been found in the English Channel after a boat sank. Two others are still missing.

A search is ongoing in the North Sea to trace a missing man who could not be found on board a rig.

An injured sailor has been airlifted to hospital from a British Royal Navy submarine off the Irish coast.

A surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has hailed his rescuers as heroes.

Latest: The Irish Coastguard says a person has been taken from the water by authorities searching for a woman in the Irish Sea.

Latest: Two British men have been remanded in custody charged with immigration offences after 18 Albanians were rescued from a sinking boat in the English Channel.

The emergency services have been hailed for their work in rescuing 26 people in a major incident on the “freezing” River Foyle.

Up to 80 dinghys have capsized on Strangford Lough in Co Down.

A man has died while trying to rescue two children after they got into difficulties in the sea, according to the UK Coastguard.

The biggest oil slick to threaten Ireland for more than 10 years was tonight being tracked as it moved closer towards coastlines.

A pregnant woman was airlifted off an Irish ferry on its way to France today after going into labour six weeks early.