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Cruise Traffic Surges in Liverpool.

Storm Doris Closes Port of Liverpool.

The UK Border Force has returned a group of migrants to France after their small boat got into trouble in the English Channel. This appears to be a departure from past policy, at a crucial time. Channel crossings are rising again as the weather gets warmer, and remain a controversial part of migration discussions. The Conversation's Avery ANAPOL asked Alex BALCH, who researches migration and human rights at the University of Liverpool, what this episode means for the future of collaboration between the two countries on crossings.

- A UK-first collaboration is set to use satellites to monitor coastal changes in a bid to create safer shipping navigation channels. - The project will see Peel Ports, the UK's second largest port operator, partner with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Channel Coastal Observatory (CCO) to employ satellite surveillance and assess where maintenance is needed over a six-month period. - Funded by UK Space Agency Small Business Research (SBRI), we will use our patented coastal mapping technology to support Peel Ports in building targeted dredging operations across the Mersey and Medway estuaries. - Offering greater insight into changes to the marine environments around two of the UK's most important waterways, Peel Ports will use the data to ensure safer access to the Port of Liverpool and Port of Medway for arriving ships.

Scientists at the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Liverpool have used satellite data to create a unique insight into the iconic Mersey River that will help port operators be smarter about managing complex navigation channels.

Italian vessel hijacked by pirates off Somali coast.