Brexit news latest – 4 Royal Navy ships set to protect UK fishing waters if Boris Johnson leaves with a No Deal Brexit

ROYAL Navy gunships are being readied to guard the UK’s fishing waters in the event of a No Deal Brexit, say reports. Four 80-metre vessels will be tasked with intercepting any EU fishing boats operating within our exclusive economic zone (EEZ), it’s claimed. Even though the ships are equipped with machine guns, they are not expected to ever have to use them in anger, the Guardian reports. Instead they would tackle any vessel feared to be breaking rules within the EEZ - which can extend 200 miles from shore – and then board them. In the most extreme cases, an EU boat could be seized and then escorted to the nearest UK port, states the report. Follow our Brexit live blog for all the latest news and updates…Alahna Kindred10 minutes ago’SO MANY UNKNOWNS’ Martin Reid, the Road Haulage Association’s (RHA) director for Scotland and Northern Ireland said: “Although we got some announcements on the Northern Ireland protocol last night, the minutia and the detail are still to be decided, there’s still more to come. “On one hand we’ve heard that some major retailers will scale back movements to Ireland. “We’ve heard of one in particular who may not go near it for… Read full this story

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