Military re-enactment enthusiast shoots MUSKET into the air at Jersey blockade

A member of the Jersey Militia re-enactment group has fired a musket towards the ongoing stand-off between the Royal Navy and 100 French fishing vessels. The fishing boats are blocking access to the port at Saint Helier in a row over post-Brexit fishing rules, prompting Boris Johnson to deploy Navy vessels HMS Severn and HMS Tamar. The … Read more

How fisherman’s daughter dubbed the ‘pirate of hope’ sparked Jersey fishing war

Leading the sabre-rattling that added fire to today’s ‘fishing war’ in Jersey is Emmanuel Macron’s hard-left maritime minister, a fisherman’s daughter and Brexit hater who has made inflammatory threats to ‘cut off’ the island’s electricity.  Maritime minister Annick Girardin, a member of the Radical Party of the Left, is a straight-talking political street fighter who in a … Read more

How fisherman’s daughter dubbed the ‘pirate of hope’ sparked Jersey fishing war

Leading the sabre-rattling that added fire to today’s ‘fishing war’ in Jersey is Emmanuel Macron’s hard-left maritime minister, a fisherman’s daughter and Brexit hater who has made inflammatory threats to ‘cut off’ the island’s electricity.  Maritime minister Annick Girardin, a member of the Radical Party of the Left, is a straight-talking political street fighter who in a … Read more

French send 95ft patrol vessel to Jersey amid post-Brexit fishing row

French officials today sent in a 95ft patrol vessel to Jersey which is less than half of the size of two Royal Navy warships which are already roaming the Channel amid an ongoing row over post-Brexit fishing rights. The Athos boat travelled along the River Seine from Rouen to Le Havre then around Cherbourg towards … Read more

Royal Navy gunships patrol sea off Jersey as 70 French fishing boats threaten to blockade harbour

Two Royal Navy gunships have started patrolling the coast off Jersey as 70 French fishing boats threaten to blockade the harbour of the British Crown dependency. HMS Severn and HMS Tamar were sent from Portsmouth ‘as a precaution’ in a major ratcheting up of the row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights. Armed with cannon and … Read more

Jersey foreign minister hits back at French threat to cut off electricity

Jersey’s foreign affairs minister has hit back at ‘disproportionate’ threats from France to cut off electricity to the island in a row over post-Brexit fishing rites  Ian Gorst, external relations minister for the Channel Island, said ‘it is not the first threat that France has made’ over fisheries as he blamed ‘confusion’ around the post-Brexit … Read more

France threatens to cut off electricity to Jersey in ‘retaliation measure’

France has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Jersey in retaliation at ‘revolting’ post Brexit rules restricting access to British waters.   Paris and London have clashed over fishing in recent weeks, as French fishermen say they are being prevented from operating in British waters because of difficulties in obtaining licences. Last Friday The British government authorised 41 … Read more

Jersey Shore star Deena Cortese announces the arrival of baby number two

Jersey Shore star Deena Cortese has announced the arrival of her second child, a baby boy named Cameron Theo Buckner. The reality star, 34, announced she had given birth to her ‘angel baby’ on Instagram on Sunday, where she posted photos of the infant slumbering in her arms.   ‘The Buckners are now officially a party … Read more

Jersey Shore’s Ronnie Ortiz-Magro was arrested for ‘domestic violence’ due to girlfriend’s call

Jersey Shore star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s arrest this month for felony domestic violence was reportedly initiated by a call to police from his girlfriend Saffire Matos. Ortiz-Magro, 35, was arrested after police on the seen spotted bruises and injuries on Matos that appeared to be from the alleged altercation, TMZ reported Thursday. The new information seems … Read more

Real Housewives Of New Jersey: Dolores Catania storms away after Joe Gorga calls her ‘broken woman’

Dolores Catania angrily stormed out of a cocktail party after Joe Gorga called her a ‘broken woman’ on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey. The 50-year-old reality star was insulted as Joe, 41, singled her out in front of everyone, including her ex-husband Frank Catania, after Dolores claimed she was happy in … Read more