Breaking news
Out go the gunboats! Royal Navy sends four warships into English Channel to warn French trawlers to stay away from British fish as Brexit deal comes into force Naval warships left Portsmouth for English Channel hours before New Year’s Eve Assigned to protect the UK’s new fishing rights agreed in the Brexit trade deal Under … Read more
After four-and-a-half years, the world’s largest deep-sea exploration mission has identified at least 12 new species of marine life, including a new kind of coral. Funded by the European Union, the just-completed ATLAS Project carried out some 45 research expeditions since June 2016, exploring undersea life in a deep stretch of the North Atlantic. More … Read more
‘Autism doesn’t stop for Christmas!’ Christine McGuinness reveals her three children are served fish fingers and chips for their festive meals… and is relieved the holidays are almost over By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 10:54 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 10:57 GMT, 27 December 2020 Ever the enlightened parent, Christine McGuinness shared an … Read more
Britain and the EU finally agreed the long-awaited – and long haggled-over – Brexit deal today. But it is more the end of the beginning, with politicians, trade experts and industry leaders ready to pour over the pages of the agreement in the coming days. It’s the document the (political) world has been waiting for … Read more
What happens next? If and when a package is finalised, MPs will need to pass legislation putting it on the statute books in time for the end of the transition period on January 1. With Christmas Day tomorrow, this is likely to happen next week. The Commons will be recalled from its festive break and … Read more
Hopes were growing today of a Brexit deal before Christmas amid reports that the final hurdle is fish worth the equivalent of a good Premier League footballer’s transfer fee. With little more than a week to go until the end of the transition period, Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick said he is ‘reasonably optimistic’ that a … Read more
Octopuses are filmed randomly PUNCHING fish ‘out of spite’ while hunting alongside them in fascinating footage Octopus can be seen moving towards the fish and punching them with tentacle The behaviour is sometimes out of spite but it can also be to keep its hunting companions in line as competition grows fierce Researchers captured the … Read more
‘There’s no white smoke’: Brexit trade talks stall amid fears negotiations will go on until December 31 deadline as UK warns Emmanuel Macron it will be a ‘miscalculation of historic proportions’ to think Britain will cave in Brexit trade talks between the UK and the EU remain ongoing as time ticks down European Parliament chiefs … Read more
Victoria Beckham ‘alters her strict fish and vegetable diet after she was warned she had “off the scale” levels of mercury’ The fashion designer, 46, is said to have discovered the ‘off the scale’ levels during a getaway to a luxury spa in Germany last year Victoria is reportedly now eating more salmon and has … Read more
Boris Johnson says his Christmas gift to Nicola Sturgeon is the ‘hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish’ Scotland will be the ‘proud possessors of’ from January 1 because of Brexit Boris Johnson was asked what Christmas gift he would buy for Nicola Sturgeon The PM replied that because of Brexit she will get ‘thousands … Read more