'There is no reason to extend parts of the UK Fisheries Bill to Jersey. The inclusion of a Permissive Extent Clause is unwanted and completely unnecessary. Jersey remains in full control of its fisheries legislation and territorial waters.'

Each year, donations from the Channel Islands make their way across Europe to help some of the most vulnerable. / But Jersey charities say that Brexit has created an "absolute nightmare" of extra costs and added paperwork.

Hospitality, retail and farming leaders all highlighted that Brexit had delivered more challenges than opportunities for the Island. They said it had created ‘more red tape’ and meant fewer European employees staying to work in Jersey.

Yesterday the Channel Islands celebrated Liberation Day. Ben Gidley explains the grim realities of starving islanders and concentration camps.

Gunboats patrolling Jersey’s waters was avoidable, yet the fracas with France is one of many Brexit-related issues plaguing the fishing industry, David Hencke and Sian Norris report.

THE BBC has come under fire after a Question Time audience member said the Royal Navy’s only mistake in the Jersey fishing row was “not sinking the ships”.

The Government and its partner organisations, will be hosting a 2 day public event on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October 2020, to advise Islanders and businesses how to prepare for the end of the Brexit Transition Period.

"Today’s mafias are moving among countries and continents, and where they find weakness in international cooperation, they exploit that opportunity.”

BREXIT and the pandemic are fuelling a surge in interest from multi-millionaires in moving to the Island – with Jersey this year set to record one of its highest numbers of new ‘high-value’ residents.

London Zoo among names to sign petition calling on action from Rishi Sunak. / Breeding schemes for endangered animals such as rhinos and monkeys are being harmed by Brexit red tape - zoos have warned.

Jersey's "reputation is being tarnished" due to Brexit-related trade delays, the owner of an oyster company has said.

Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin is joined by London Correspondent Sean Whelan on the Brexit vibes in elections in Scotland and England and by Europe Editor Tony Connelly on the latest round of naval gazing off the Jersey coast and his first impressions of Michel Barnier's impressions of the DUP as revealed in his new book.

JERSEY should seize the 'opportunity' of Brexit to consider greater independence from the UK and setting up a Channel Islands confederacy with Guernsey, the External Relations Minister has said.

CONDOR is rolling out a major marketing campaign to boost the number of European visitors to the islands after the market was decimated by Brexit.

EU nationals who plan to work, study, or settle in Jersey will have to apply for a visa from 1 January 2021.

The Isle of Man is about to start a "journey into the unknown" after the UK voted to leave the European Union, Chief Minister Allan Bell said. People in the Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey could not vote as none of them are in the EU.

The European Commission has said that Jersey's new regime for controlling fishing in its waters has broken the UK-EU Brexit deal.

MEPs have voted to add British overseas territories such as the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, and Jersey to its post-Brexit tax havens blacklist.

EUROPEAN workers have not been interested in coming to Jersey since Brexit and additional planned population controls are likely to exacerbate the trend, according to Jersey Farmers’ Union president Peter Le Maistre.

LABELLING issues and European exchange rates may make developing a French freight route difficult, two of the Island’s largest food retailers have said.

The UK represented the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories in relations with the EU while a member of the block. But since Brexit, how is it performing at engaging the EU to represent their individual interests?

THE Island ‘will not see the recovery of its fish stocks’ until licence restrictions – governing how French boats can operate here – are agreed, according to the president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association.

France is blocking a post-Brexit financial services deal between the EU and the UK until Boris Johnson’s government grants fishermen fair access to British waters, officials have claimed.

France has put the UK on alert that it could start legal proceedings if there is no further movement on post-Brexit fishing licences.

The French government on Monday lashed out at new regulations which Britain has declared for fishing in its waters near the Channel Islands, deeming them "null and void" in a deepening post-Brexit row.

France has called on the European Commission to intervene after rejecting Britain’s provisional changes to fishing licences under the Brexit agreement, which would affect fishing rights in the Channel Islands.

France warned that the U.K. is in breach of the Brexit deal after it denied several small European Union fishing boats access to its territorial waters, ratcheting up diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

France has threatened to impose increased customs checks on goods coming from the United Kingdom from November 2 over an ongoing fishing row.

French minister raises electricity supply as point of leverage in dispute over access to UK waters.

France is aiming to block a post-Brexit financial services pact between the UK and the EU over a row about fishing rights.

The French government warned Tuesday that it was weighing reprisals after Britain set new rules governing access for French fishing boats near the Channel Islands, the latest skirmish in a deepening post-Brexit dispute.

European states will, within days, announce measures to apply pressure on London to abide by Brexit agreements sealed with the bloc when Britain left the European Union, French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told Europe 1 radio on Tuesday.

A French official has warned that some ferries between the Channel Islands and France could stop running from next year unless post-Brexit rules requiring French passengers to have a passport are relaxed.

The number of visitors coming to Jersey from France has dropped by nearly 50% in four years, according to a Visit Jersey report.

Tensions escalated as French military boat Athos arrived this morning, while two Royal Navy ships watched a flotilla of French fishing boats as they protest over fishing rights.

Channel Islands' farmers say they are frustrated that "layers of bureaucracy" and red tape post-Brexit are causing major challenges across the industry.

Priti Patel’s prohibition on ‘insecure identity cards’ partly reversed by James Cleverly.

It has not even been five months since the end of the Brexit transition period and there have been armed patrol vessels in the Channel.

INDEPENDENCE may be the only option left for Jersey if Brexit unfolds unfavourably for the Island, according to Sir Philip Bailhache.

Its board of directors said a "period of financial difficulty" had been caused by many factors, including Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.

They blame a number of factors including Brexit and the Covid pandemic, as well as supply chain problems and spiralling costs.

Licences for French boats do not meet terms of deal agreed by Boris Johnson, says Brussels.

The government of Jersey has issued almost 50 additional licences to French boats to fish in its waters, in an apparent effort to stave off threats of sanctions from Paris.

Senator Gorst said: “It’s entirely to do with Brexit, because historically we’ve had a fishing deal with France, but that all came to an end with the new trade deal that was negotiated post Brexit.”

Jersey's External Relations Minister Ian Gorst tells LBC he "absolutely knew" post-Brexit arrangements would cause difficulties with tensions escalating as the fishing row continues.

A MEETING between the government and fishermen held to try to find a way of resolving Brexit-related fishing difficulties failed to produce a solution.

ALLOWING French visitors to use identity cards to travel to the Channel Islands could help revitalise the tourism industry post-Brexit, according to the External Relations Minister.

French visitors to Jersey won't need a passport to travel for the first time since Brexit, under a pilot scheme announced by the island's government. / It follows a "significant decline" in the number of visitors from France since the UK left the EU and new travel restrictions came into effect.

Work is under way to introduce a short-stay scheme for French nationals this summer, the States of Guernsey has said. / It comes after Jersey announced a change to passport rules for French nationals arriving by ferry on day trips.

JERSEY’S historic oyster-growing industry could be decimated by Brexit, a third-generation shellfish farmer has said.

The European Commission had set a Friday midnight deadline for London and Paris to reach an agreement.

The UK government has received approval from the House of Lords to negotiate over fishing rights in Crown dependency waters without their consent.

THE ‘significant’ impact of Brexit on workers coming into the Island should be considered before additional migration controls are introduced, the Hospitality Association has said in an open letter to States Members.

Their families have been fishing here for decades but despite promises of frictionless trade, the market for their fish is disappearing