Migrant in wheelchair makes it across English Channel as hundreds take on perilous journey

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: British fashion entrepreneur Conna Walker has signed with WME.The self-made House of CB and Mistress Rocks CEO got her start in the fashion industry at 17 years-old. Ten years later, Walker’s  House of CB brand has established more than 40 retail stores in the United States, U.K.

coronavirus.Paul Redding will embark on the challenge in September, and hopes to raise £200,000, which will be split between the PRS Foundation (UK) and the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (USA).The fundraising page (which has already received nearly £30,000 in donations), says that Beggars themselves will donate £1,000 for every mile that Redding swims, and an extra £25,000 if he completes the challenge and makes it to France.The Beggars Group encompasses the labels 4AD, Matador, XL and Rough

migrant found on a French beach. Pierre-Henri Dumont said the death was caused by Britain's refusal to allow asylum claims to be made outside the UK.He asked: "How many more tragedies does it need for the British to find an ounce of humanity?" French citizenship minister Marlene Schiappa said on Twitter that a 16-year-old Sudanese migrant had died on the same day that dozens more migrants attempted the dangerous crossing to the UK.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWe at Variety try to shine a light on good deeds, and although we can’t say we condone Beggars Group CEO Paul Redding’s ambitious goal of swimming the English Channel in an effort to raise £200,000 for coronavirus relief and Black Lives Matter, we do applaud his intentions (and optimistically assume that he knows what he’s doing!).Redding aims to raise £200,000 for two music charities, the PRS Foundation (in the U.K.) and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (U.S.).

A teenage migrant who was trying to get to the UK has been found dead on a beach near to Calais in France.The 16-year-old from Sudan disappeared at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel.French minister Marlene Schiappa said his body was discovered at Sangatte beach on this morning.It followed a huge overnight search and rescue effort.French authorities say they were notified at 1.09am that a migrant suffering with hypothermia had been found on the beach.He was taken to hospital where

Camila Cabello‘s Cinderella is getting underway again!

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NEW YORK -- An English-language edition of “Le Consentement,” a French publisher's jarring memoir about her abusive relationship as a teenager with a prominent writer in his 50s, will come out next year. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Monday that Vanessa Springora's “Consent” will be released in the U.S.

39 people from Vietnam found dead in a refrigerated lorry last October.Families try to enter the UK without a visa from poor and war-torn parts of the world such as from Yemen and Iraq, in the hope that they can make a better life in the UK rather than in their homelands.Many claim asylum - where you can only apply once you have left your country and are unable to go back over fear of persecution.When picked up at the Channel, UK Border Force would usually take them to detention centres before