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Two Royal Navy vessels are patrolling the waters of Jersey amid fears of a possible blockade by about 60 French fishing boats which gathered off the island "like an invasion". France appeared to be sending a naval vessel towards the Channel island's port of St Helier as a row over post-Brexit fishing rights between the UK and France escalated on Thursday. A flotilla of French boats headed towards Jersey at about 5am, with fishermen lighting flares and waving banners calling for fishing access to the waters. Two local boats were said to have joined the demonstration as police and islanders looked on. The Royal Navy's HMS Severn and HMS Tamar have been deployed by the UK Government to “monitor the situation”. David Sellam, head of the joint Normandy-Brittany sea authority, was quoted by French media as saying that Jersey had been taken over by an "extremist fringe", who wanted to profit from Brexit . He added: "We're ready for war. We can bring Jersey to its knees if … [Read more...] about Jersey tensions rise as French fishing boats mass near harbour guarded by Royal Navy ships

A HUGE 26-foot-long Buffalo military tank has been discovered buried under 30ft of earth after 74 years. Locals have spent five days excavating the vehicle from the Cambridgeshire Fens. Volunteers are helping to dig up the huge amphibious tank, which was one of 16 brought in to act as a flood defence in the village of Crowland in the 1947 floods. The LVT-4 tank, which weighs 18,000kg, has been underground for 74 years but appears to be well-preserved because it has been buried in a mixture of peat and clay. The March 1947 floods came after a combination of heavy snow, a sudden thaw, high tides, rain and wind caused the River Welland to break its banks. Around 30,000 acres of land around Crowland were flooded and 16 Buffalo tanks were brought in to help seal the breach. When the water was pumped back into the flood plain, the water got under some of the Buffalos and five of them floated away. One was recovered, two sank in fishing pits and two are in the hole where … [Read more...] about Huge 26ft Buffalo military TANK found buried 30ft underground after 74 YEARS

One of the Little Ships used in the Dunkirk evacuations during the Second World War has been lost in a huge fire on an island in the River Thames. Crews were called to Platt's Eyot in Hampton, Richmond upon Thames, at around 5.15pm on Monday after reports of two industrial units on fire. The London Fire Brigade said its control room received 72 calls about the fire at the boatyard. Some 15 fire engines were at the scene on Monday evening, with crews forced to carry their equipment to the blaze by hand as the island can only be accessed via a footbridge. Footage from the incident showed two large buildings at the Hampton Boat Sheds on fire, while subsequent photos showed just the charred remains of the structures. Advertisement One man was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by London Ambulance Service crews. Firefighting crews from Twickenham, Kingston, Feltham, Heston, Richmond and other neighbouring stations attended. More from … [Read more...] about Dunkirk Little Ship destroyed in huge fire on island in River Thames

SHOCKED scuba divers have found a huge 50 pound mammoth bone in a Florida river. The two men were diving in the Peace River when they made the Ice Age discovery. Derek Demeter and Henry Sadler found the ancient bone which stands at four foot high. Demeter, Seminole State Planetarium's director, told FOX 35 Orlando : "Henry is my dive buddy. "He yelled out to me, said, 'Hey, Derek. I found something!' Oh my goodness!' It was really, really cool." The divers think the bone belonged to to a Columbian mammoth. It may have been roaming around Florida anytime between 2.6 million and 10,000 years ago when conditions where much more cold and icy. Experts may find it tricky to determine its precise age. Demeter told FOX 35 : "This one's much more dense, so we kind of think it's somewhere in the middle. Probably 100,000 years old." The two men also discovered parts on an extinct shark and a sabre tooth tiger tooth on the same day. They consider themselves … [Read more...] about Scuba divers find HUGE Ice Age mammoth bone in Florida river

GOLD RIVER (CBS13) – California’s water woes and slow-running rivers in the Central Valley are causing a big problem for the state’s salmon stocking program. Instead of releasing them into the river, where they’d likely die under current conditions, hundreds of thousands of salmon will be hitching a ride to the ocean. READ MORE: Fire Rips Through Del Paso Heights Apartments, 1 Person Taken To Hospital “Demand on water in California is huge, there is not enough of it, everyone wants it,” explained Nimbus Fish Hatchery Manager, Gary Novak. Salmon are sucked out of the reservoir into tanker trucks bypassing 50 to 100 miles of poor river conditions. The trucks from Nimbus Fish Hatcher then releaser them into the Carquinez bay near Martinez. “This is the first time in six years that we have not put fish in the river,” Novak said. In a typical year, 60% of their fish would be released into the river from Nimbus Fish Hatchery but with spiking temperatures and low water levels, … [Read more...] about Major Measures Underway To Save California Salmon Population From Drought Conditions