内容摘要："I am pleased that ScotRail and the Scottish government have shown they understand the importance of our members to Scotland's rail service," he said.

"I am pleased that ScotRail and the Scottish government have shown they understand the importance of our members to Scotland's rail service," he said.

Mr Cothias, a 51-year-old entrepreneur, said: "This is the first time I'm actually considering setting up businesses in different locations because of the Eurostar not stopping in Ashford."That connection, if it's not there, it is hugely detrimental to the economic environment in the town and to its attractivity," he added.

For people to be able to get a train to France from Kent, they currently need to go back on themselves to London, to board the Eurostar at St Pancras International.The train then travels through Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International on it's way to Europe, but doesn't stop at either.In January Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was "keen" to see international services reinstated to Ashford "as soon as possible", when responding to Ashford MP Sojan Joseph's question in the House of Commons.

He added the decision was with Eurostar.Like Ashford and Ebbsfleet, Eurostar no longer stops at Calais's international station - Calais Frethun.

Artus Galiay is the Hauts-de-France representative to the UK, and he regularly speaks to his counterparts in Kent.

He says the tourism and hospitality sector employ close to 70,000 people in the northern France region, but with people from both sides of the Channel unable to stop at Calais, it has a "huge" economic impact., he said dozens joined the search including Malin Head Coast Guard, the Irish Coast Guard helicopter and a former RNLI crew member, who was on the lough in his own personal boat.

"There was a local yacht race happening that day, and they stopped that and assisted with the search," he said."It was terribly traumatic to look at the families watching out over the lough and praying."

The third teenage boy was helped out of the water "with the assistance of a local man" and was able to "scramble" onto the coastal pathway, Mr Joyce added.Mr Joyce said support services have been put in place following the incident.