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JERSEY will work with the UK to enforce measures to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis, the External Relations Minister has said after the Island faced calls to […]

Pupils from St Michael's School put their questions to Senator Ian Gorst who has been representing the island at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. | ITV News Channel

Jersey minister blames French blockade on UK Government’s Brexit trade deal with EU The i 07/05/2021 David Parsley © Provided by The i HMS Tamar, one of the Royal Navy patrol vessels (Photo: Reuters/BFBS Forces News) Senator Ian Gorst, Jersey’s external relations minister, also told i that French fishing licence applications being “lost in translation” after taking a “circuitous” route around European Governments before making arriving for consideration in Jers...

French fishermen leave Jersey after post-Brexit rights protest By Emma Harrison & Ella Wills BBC News image copyrightGetty Images A protest over post-Brexit rights by French fishermen at Jerseys main port has ended, following talks that aimed to resolve the row. About 60 boats protested at St Helier and two Royal Navy ships and two French vessels were sent to the area. French fishermen say their rights are unfairly restricted by licences issued under the Channel Islands new system. Jerseys Exte...

BBC News By Joseph Lee image copyrightGetty Images Two Royal Navy ships are preparing to return home after a protest by French fishermen over post-Brexit rights in Jerseys territorial waters ended. The UK government said "the situation is resolved for now" but "we remain on standby" to assist Jersey. French fishermen say their rights are unfairly restricted by licences issued under the Channel Islands new system. Jerseys External Relations Minister Ian Gorst said discussions with the French cre...

French fishermen leave Jersey after post-Brexit rights protest By Emma Harrison & Ella Wills BBC News image copyrightGetty Images A protest over post-Brexit rights by French fishermen at Jerseys main port has ended, following talks that aimed to resolve the row. About 60 boats protested at St Helier and two Royal Navy ships and two French vessels were sent to the area. French fishermen say their rights are unfairly restricted by licences issued under the Channel Islands new system. Jerseys Exte...

Annick Girardin reportedly told parliament in Paris yesterday that her administration was "ready to use... retaliation measures" against the Channel Islands.

2 hours ago MAJOR reforms of the composition of the States were approved in the Chamber yesterday – ending more than two decades of stalemate in attempts to overhaul the electoral system. A file image of the States Chamber taken in 2016. Picture: ROB CURRIE. (30709422) The move means that the position of Senator, which has an Islandwide mandate, will be scrapped at the next election. The Assembly will instead be comprised of 37 Deputies across nine newly formed districts and the 12 parish Co...

The reforms will see the island-wide role of Senators axed, and replaced by 37 district representatives from nine electoral districts and 12 Constables.

Wednesday April 21, 2021, 12:01 PM Senators Gorst and Farnham have both brought amendments to the proposition seeking to retain the Senators. Credit: ITV Channel TV Jerseys States are back in the Chamber debating whether to keep the role of Senator in the States Assembly once more.In December they approved in-principle reforms which would see the island-wide role of Senators axed, and replaced instead by 37 district representatives from nine electoral districts and 12 Constables. Plans agreed i...