Mega-dinghy ‘carrying 160 migrants’ catches fire while attempting to cross the Channel

A MEGA-dinghy believed to be carrying around 160 migrants caught fire during an attempt to cross the English Channel this morning. The major search and rescue operation was launched at around 6am after the vessel's engine burst into flames in French waters. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Eastbourne was deployed alongside British and French...