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A French military ship and fishing boats protesting over post-Brexit fishing rights around Jersey have returned to France - but Royal Navy ships will remain, Boris Johnson said. The French military ops ship Athos was deployed on Thursday on a "patrol mission" after the UK sent two Royal Navy ships - HMS Severn and HMS Tamar - to Jersey "as a precaution" on Wednesday night. Boris Johnson sent the ships ahead of a fleet of about 50 French fishing boats descending on Jersey early on Thursday after they threatened to blockade the port of St Helier to prevent goods from being delivered. Why is there a row over fishing in Jersey - and how might it escalate? The French fishing fleet returned to France after lunchtime following talks with Jersey authorities, as did Athos. The French foreign ministry said the UK has breached its Brexit agreement with the EU over how fishing permits to access UK waters are being issued to French boats so it is "acting in a … [Read more...] about Brexit: Boris Johnson says Royal Navy to stay on patrol in Jersey as French fishing boats leave after row

Two Royal Navy patrol vessels will be sent to Jersey waters amid an escalating row with France over Brexit fishing rights. Boris Johnson held crisis talks with senior politicians from the Channel Island on Wednesday night after France threatened to shut off its electricity supply. About 100 French fishing vessels are reportedly set to sail to Jersey's main port on Thursday as part of a protest against the new rules, according to the head of fisheries for the Normandy region, Dimitri Rogoff. The Prime Minister said any blockade would be "completely unjustified" and stressed an "urgent need for de-escalation in tensions" over fishing access, Downing Street said. But he also took the step of ordering two Navy warships to Jersey "to monitor the situation". Tensions ramped up after France threatened to sever electricity to Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, following anger over fishing access for French boats. The Crown Dependency receives 95% of its power … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson orders Navy patrol ships to Jersey over Brexit fishing row with France

BORIS Johnson today slammed France's "unacceptable" threat to cut electricity supplies to Jersey as a major row erupted over post-Brexit fishing rights. No 10 blasted the "disproportionate" reaction by Paris after the Channel Island introduced new licenses for French trawlers using its waters. One of Emmanuel Macron's ministers threatened to cut power to the isle of 100,000 people, which is supplied by an underwater cable. Maritime Minister Annick Girardin told French MPs: "We are ready to use these retaliation measures. "I am sorry it has come to this. We will do so if we have to." But the move has sparked a furious row with No 10 and threatened to further sour cross-Channel relations. It also risks dragging ties with Brussels into the mix if eurocrats side with Mr Macron. Downing St said the Elysée should lodge a complain using the dispute procedure in last year's Brexit deal if it has a problem. A UK Government spokesman said: "To threaten Jersey like this … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson slams France’s ‘unacceptable’ threat to cut power to Jersey as Brexit fishing row erupts

Jane Moore did not hold back on Thursday's Loose Women as the panel discussed the current drama surrounding Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson is facing mounting questions about exactly how he funded a lavish revamp of his Downing Street flat, where he lives with fiancée Carrie Symonds and their son Wilfred. He’s spent a rumoured £58,000 doing up the four-bed residence - despite reportedly being skint after a divorce. The plush interiors are said to include gold wall coverings as SNP accused him of “living it up like a modern day Louis the Sixteenth". No10 insist the £157,372-a-year Prime Minister paid for the revamp out of his own pocket - despite trying to set up a Trust to fund No10 repairs. But it’s now being reported he borrowed or took that money from a donor to the Tory party. The Loose Women conversation began with the panel discussing Boris' messy hair, as Denise Welch said: "Surely his girlfriend can do a bit of a blowdry on it!" Jane then … [Read more...] about Jane Moore’s brutal dig at Boris Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds over £840 wallpaper

Boris Johnson has faced claims that he ignored scientific advice in the run-up to imposing a third national lockdown in England. The prime minister has instructed people to "stay at home" following the surge in coronavirus infections, closing all non-essential shops and ordering schools to move to remote learning. A scientific adviser to the government has said the latest shutdown was "inevitable" after Christmas Day mixing was allowed and a new, more transmissible variant of the virus was identified. But what did experts tell the government behind the scenes in the days and weeks before lockdown was announced, and have ministers been "following the science" as they have repeatedly claimed? Sky News takes a look. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 'Stay at home': New lockdown for England Schools Advertisement Minutes released from a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) revealed … [Read more...] about COVID-19: How scientists warned Boris Johnson in private before ‘inevitable’ national lockdown