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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
French airline boss hopes new Channel Islands routes here to stay
The chief executive of French airline Finistair has hopes a new flight route will continue if a trial is will run flights every Friday and Sunday until the end of August as part of an agreement between the governments of Jersey and routes are between Jersey, Alderney and the Brittany city of Brest - providing direct air links between the islands for the first time in boss Loïc Andro, who was on the first flight with six passengers that touched down in the island earlier, said: "The team is really happy to land in Jersey." 'Historic link' Mr Andro said he believed the trial period would be a success."We've been working on this destination for a long time," he said."There's already been a lot of interest in the route from passengers."I hope that it's going to be here be all year long and for many years because of the historic link that we have in between Jersey and France."The flight time is about 35 minutes from Brest to Jersey, and 15 minutes from Jersey to Alderney, said the airline. Ports of Jersey said it was working with Visit Jersey to promote the new routes and had worked with governments to reduce costs for the operations director Ashley Maggs said the new connection between Jersey and Alderney was "incredibly important"."We do need support for these routes so we would like to see if we can encourage people to come to the Channel Islands for that long weekend away from Europe," he first flight to Alderney had to be cancelled because of thick fog over the island.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Uruguay Striker On Loan At Lens Opens Up On Inter Milan Life: 'All The South Americans Helped Me'
Uruguay Striker On Loan At Lens Opens Up On Inter Milan Life: 'All The South Americans Helped Me' Inter Milan loanee Martin Satriano opened up on the hardships of settling to life at a club as big as the Nerazzurri. Speaking to El Espectador Deportes via FCInterNews, the Uruguayan striker admitted he had fellow South Americans help him find his feet. Advertisement Martin Satriano joined Inter Milan as an up-and-coming teenager from Club Nacional de Football in 2020. After spending one year in the youth academy, he made his professional debut in the summer of 2021. However, stiff competition for places at San Siro forced the Italian powerhouse to loan the 24-year-old out several times. Indeed, he first left the club for a season-long loan at Brest. Then, he moved to Empoli in 2022/23 before re-signing for the French outfit in 2023/24. While many expected him to return to Stade Francis-Le Blé, he chose Lens instead. Unfortunately, he slumped to a long-term cruciate ligament injury last October and only recently returned to action. Inter Milan Loanee Martin Satriano Opens Up on Life at San Siro Brest's Uruguayan-Italian forward #07 Martin Satriano (L) celebrates scoring his team's fourth goal during the French L1 football match between Stade Brestois 29 (Brest) and FC Metz at Stade Francis-Le Ble in Brest, western France, on April 7, 2024. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images) Luckily for Satriano, he found numerous South American stars at Giuseppe Meazza. Advertisement Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal, and Lautaro Martinez were there for him, helping him develop a sense of belonging. Fellow Uruguayan compatriots Diego Godin and Matias Vecino were also helpful. 'At Inter Matías Vecino and Diego Godín helped me a lot,' Satriano admitted. 'There were also many South Americans who supported me like Alexis Sánchez, Lautaro Martínez, and Arturo Vidal.' Then he revealed he never considered returning to South America despite several setbacks in Europe. 'I never thought of returning to South America,' he added. 'I've always done very well in every team I've played for in Europe. Advertisement 'Of course, I would like to return to Nacional where I have experienced beautiful moments, but this only at the end of my career. 'The national team? I still have a lot of room for improvement and would like to come back. 'No one from Bielsa's coaching staff has called me, but I want to improve so that I can count on me.'
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dortmund bring back loanee Coulibaly earlier than planned
SBorussia Dortmund's Soumaila Coulibaly (l) and Marcel Sabitzer fight for the ball during a training camp. Borussia Dortmund have brought back the loaned defender Coulibaly a few weeks before originally planned, the Bundesliga club said in a statement on Thursday. David Inderlied/dpa Borussia Dortmund have brought back the loaned defender Soumaila Coulibaly a few weeks before originally planned, the Bundesliga club said in a statement on Thursday. The player was expected to stay at French side Brest until the end of the month. Advertisement But Coulibaly is back in Dortmund and started recovery training as he's been out of action since March due to adductor problems. If he's fit in time, he can take part in the Club World Cup in the United States on June 14-July 13. Dortmund start their campaign against Brazilian side Fluminense on June 17.
Malay Mail
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Fishy promises? Ocean protection goal drifts off course as US backpedals
BREST (France), June 3 — A global target of having 30 per cent of the oceans become protected areas by 2030 is looking more fragile than ever, with little progress and the United States backing away, conservationists say. 'With less than 10 per cent of the ocean designated as MPAs (marine protected areas) and only 2.7 per cent fully or highly protected, it is going to be difficult to reach the 30 per cent target,' said Lance Morgan, head of the Marine Conservation Institute in Seattle, Washington. The institute maps the MPAs for an online atlas, updating moves to meet the 30 per cent goal that 196 countries signed onto in 2022, under the Kunling-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The ambition is notably at risk because 'we see countries like the US reversing course and abandoning decades of bipartisan efforts' to protect areas of the Pacific Ocean, Morgan said. That referred to an April executive order by President Donald Trump authorising industrial-scale fishing in big swathes of an MPA in that ocean. Currently, there are 16,516 declared MPAs in the world, covering just 8.4 per cent of the oceans. But not all are created equal: some forbid all forms of fishing, while others place no roles, or almost none, on what activities are proscribed or permitted. Fish farmers take part in trap fishing in a pond in the Dombes plateau, Saint Germain sur Renom in France. — AFP pic 'Only a third of them have levels of protection that would yield proper benefits' for fish, said Joachim Claudet, a socio-ecology marine researcher at France's CNRS. Daniel Pauly, a professor of fisheries science at Canada's University of British Columbia, said 'the marine protected areas have not really been proposed for the protection of biodiversity' but 'to increase fish catches'. A proper MPA 'exports fish to non-protected zones, and that should be the main reason that we create marine protected areas -- they are needed to have fish', he said. When fish populations are left to reproduce and grow in protected areas, there is often a spillover effect that sees fish stocks outside the zones also rise, as several scientific journals have noted, especially around a no-fishing MPA in Hawaiian waters that is the biggest in the world. One 2022 study in the Science journal showed a 54 per cent in crease in yellowfin tuna around that Hawaiian MPA, an area now threatened by Trump's executive order, Pauly said. Fishing bans For such sanctuaries to work, there need to be fishing bans over all or at least some of their zones, Claudet said. But MPAs with such restrictions account for just 2.7 per cent of the ocean's area, and are almost always in parts that are far from areas heavily impacted by human activities. Port Cros National park guard monitor and diver Vincent Bardinal observes marine plants known as Posidonia, the pearl of the Mediterranean sea, during a dive in the bay of La Palud off the National Park of the island of Port Cros in Hyeres, southeastern France, on May 8, 2025. — AFP pic In Europe, for instance, '90 per cent of the marine protected areas are still exposed to bottom trawling,' a spokesperson for the NGO Oceana, Alexandra Cousteau, said. 'It's ecological nonsense.' Pauly said that 'bottom trawling in MPAs is like picking flowers with a bulldozer... they scrape the seabed'. Oceana said French MPAs suffered intensive bottom trawling, 17,000 hours' worth in 2024, as did those in British waters, with 20,600 hours. The NGO is calling for a ban on the technique, which involves towing a heavy net along the sea floor, churning it up. A recent WWF report said that just two per cent of European Union waters were covered by MPAs with management plans, even some with no protection measures included. The head of WWF's European office for the oceans, Jacob Armstrong, said that was insufficient to protect oceanic health. Governments need to back words with action, he said, or else these areas would be no more than symbolic markings on a map. — AFP
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
British trawler crew is intercepted and detained by France - just hours before Starmer surrendered to EU over fishing in UK waters
A British-flagged fishing boat was intercepted and detained in French waters on Saturday - less than 48 hours before the UK government was accused of 'surrendering' to the EU over fishing rights. The Francesca TO 80 was spotted 30 nautical miles - or 55 kilometres - off the island of Batz. It was then escorted to the port of Brest at dawn yesterday after inspectors suspected the crew of unlicensed fishing in French waters. This constitutes an offense under the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. French prosecutors have opened a probe and are yet to decide what action to take. The trawler is registered to an address in Truro, Cornwall, according to media outlet Ouest France. The incident came just days before the UK and EU struck a landmark deal over access to fishing waters. European trawlers will now be granted access to British waters for a further 12 years under the agreement announced earlier today. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at a summit in Lancaster House, London, to seal the deal. British fishermen had been calling for a reduction in the EU's quota. The Brexit deal, reached under Boris Johnson, saw the UK regain 25 per cent of EU fishing quotas, but this was set to run out next year. But the bloc will now maintain unfettered access to the UK's coastal waters till 2038. The UK will carry on agreeing annual quotas with the EU and Norway. Licences will be issued to control who fishes in British waters. Elspeth MacDonald, who serves as chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, described the accord as a 'horror show'. The issue was believed to be a key stumbling bloc in negotiations, with a breakthrough finally arriving last night. Reform UK's Nigel Farage said the 12-year deal on access for European boats 'will be the end of the fishing industry'. Farage's deputy leader Richard Tice said: 'Labour surrenders. Brussels bureaucrats win again.' The Francesca TO 80 isn't the first British trawler to have been apprehended in recent years amid the ongoing tension over post-Brexit fishing rights. The Cornelis Gert Jan, which is owned by MacDuff Shellfish of Scotland, was detained in 2021. Cyrille Fournier, the deputy prosecutor of Le Havre, where the boat was seized, said its skipper had been asked to appear in court on August 11, 2022, accused of operating in French territorial waters without a valid permit. 'The captain of the vessel did not have the authorisation required to fish in the French exclusive economic zone,' he said. Its owner insists it had been operating legally.
