What is behind the dispute over fishing rights around Jersey?
British navy patrol boats, protesting French fishers and Brexit – a summary of the escalating rowThe immediate threat to which the prime minister was apparently responding when he dispatched the patrol...
View ArticleDozens of French boats gather at Jersey port in protest – video
British naval patrol vessels arrived in the waters around Jersey on Thursday as scores of French boats gathered at the port in St Helier to protest about post-Brexit fishing rights. It followed French...
View ArticleNow is not the time to draw battle lines against France | Letters
Gunboat diplomacy in a fishing dispute is wrong when we need to work together to tackle a pandemic, writes RevKenneth Cross, while John Richards says this is not worth losing a life over andPeter...
View ArticleEU accuses UK as France seeks to ‘rapidly defuse’ Jersey fishing row
France moves to calm diplomatic waters but Brussels says Britain has breached terms of Brexit trade dealThe European Union accused the UK of breaching the terms of the post-Brexit trade deal on...
View ArticleSteve Bell on Boris Johnson sending patrol boats to Jersey — cartoon
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View Article‘We’re piggy in the middle’: Brexit has made life impossible, say Jersey fishers
Their families have been fishing here for decades but despite promises of frictionless trade, the market for their fish is disappearingSteph Noel, who has been fishing the waters off Jersey for almost...
View ArticleFrom the Normandy coast, the Jersey whelk wars look like sabotage
Locals in the port of Granville think the row between France and the UK over fishing makes no senseIf you look out to sea from the Christian Dior museum on the cliffs above Granville, you see the grey...
View ArticleIt’s a win-win if UK loses war with France
If victory eludes us in the row over fishing rights around Jersey, the prospect of Macron at No 10 has much to recommend itIf this week has demonstrated anything, it’s that war with France is one of...
View ArticleJersey becomes ‘ark’ for endangered lizards rescued from oil spill
Skinks and geckos saved from disaster on Mauritian islets have successfully bred in zooEndangered reptiles rescued from Mauritian islands that were contaminated by a devastating oil spill have bred...
View ArticleFrance warns UK of ‘retaliation’ as Jersey braces for blockade in fishing row
Channel island’s government rejected third of French boats and ordered them out of its waters within 30 daysJersey’s government is bracing itself for a blockade of its main port by angry fishers and...
View ArticleFrance threatens to cut UK and Jersey energy supply in fishing row
French government pushing EU to take stronger stance in dispute over access to Channel watersThe EU could hit Britain and Jersey’s energy supply over the UK’s failure to provide sufficient fishing...
View ArticlePM vows to hit back if France breaks post-Brexit fishing agreement
No 10 threatens retaliation against French measures including port ban on British fishing boatsA major trade dispute has broken out between the UK and France after Paris banned British fishing boats...
View ArticleUK summons French ambassador as fishing rights row escalates
Two Royal Navy vessels put in ‘high readiness’ to tackle potential port blockadesFrance’s ambassador in London was summoned and two Royal Navy patrol vessels were put on a state of “high readiness” to...
View Article'Two can play at that game': UK threatens retaliation in France fishing row –...
George Eustice, the environment secretary, has said the UK is considering retaliatory measures against French vessels as a row over fishing rights escalates. 'It is always open to us to increase the...
View ArticleJersey issues 49 more fishing licences to French boats amid row
Officials from France and UK to meet in Brussels after threats from both sides in post-Brexit disputeExplainer: why the fight over fishing licences?Jersey has issued another 49 licences to French boats...
View ArticleUK and Jersey issue more licences to French fishing boats in post-Brexit row
British government says move agreed during talks before Friday midnight deadline set by BrusselsThe UK and Jersey governments have issued further licences to French fishing boats to trawl British...
View ArticleWing and a preyer: Salisbury Cathedral’s star falcon flies nest to Guernsey
Osmund, only male of four chicks that became internet hit in spring 2020, is spotted over 100 miles away A young male peregrine falcon that hatched at Salisbury Cathedral two years ago and became an...
View ArticleAbramovich hit by multibillion-pound crackdown on assets in Jersey and France
More than £5.4bn of Chelsea FC owner’s assets frozen in Jersey and 12 luxury French properties seizedRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesRoman Abramovich has had more than £5.4bn of his assets frozen in...
View ArticleDouglas Coxell obituary
My grandfather Douglas Coxell, who has died aged 100, spent most of his life flying – initially in the second world war before training RAF pilots in peacetime, and then for a civilian airline in the...
View Article‘The island lives in hope’: Alderney out to end 102-year wait for win
Channel Islands’ Muratti Vase kicks off with its smallest team, for whom football is never easy, up for the challengeOne hundred and two years of hurt. Alderney’s losing streak in the Muratti Vase, the...
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