British shareholders in debt-laden Eurotunnel today said they believed the firm’s new management had “a running chance” of saving it.

Bosses of struggling Eurotunnel today declared unity in the company’s fight for survival after its chairman overwhelmingly won re-election to his post.

Rebel French shareholders ousted Eurotunnel’s management with typical Gallic fervour in Paris a year ago today.

A group of Eurotunnel shareholders launched legal action today to force a change in management at the firm that runs the rail tunnel between Britain and France.