Two UK navy ships patrolling Jersey amid post-Brexit fishing rights row

Patrol ship HMS Tamar has been deployed (MoD/PA)

Two British Royal Navy vessels are patrolling waters around Jersey amid concerns of a possible blockade of the island due to an ongoing row with France over post-Brexit fishing rights.

HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed to “monitor the situation” at the Channel Island, as reports suggest as many as 100 French fishing vessels could protest at the port of St Helier over the lack of access.