Back from the storm
HMS Severn has returned home to Portsmouth after being sent to patrol Jersey in the wake of fishing protests.
The River-class offshore patrol vessel, sailed back into Portsmouth Harbour on Sunday morning with the crew waving to members of the public.
It followed sister ship HMS Tamar which returned on Friday.
Dozens of French boats approached the port of St Helier in an escalation of a row over post-Brexit fishing rights, with Severn and HMS Tamar sent to monitor the situation.
Although the demonstration was halted by Thursday afternoon and the fishing boats returned to France, the French navy also sent two of its ships to monitor the situation.
The UK Government has said it will now work with France and Jersey to resolve the dispute before it escalates further.
And Jersey’s head of government, Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondre, said the ‘very good discussion’ with representatives from the protesters had highlighted many issues that could be ‘very easily resolved’.
The authorities in Jersey have promised further talks to help resolve the row.