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senator ian gorst, thank you. _ all of our interests. senator ian gorst, thank you.terests. senator ian l gorst, thank you. we are hoping all of our interests. senator ian - gorst, thank you. we are hoping to get the latest from our reporter who is on a boat off the coast of santelli. we can just show you a website which tracks marine traffic —— off the coast of st helier. we understand that the orange dots are the french vessels, who are now moving back. they were a little closer to the port earlier today, they've now moved back a bit in protest in this row over fishing rights. we hope to hearfrom our correspondent very soon. millions of people are casting their ballots today in the biggest test of voter opinion since the general election in 2019. every seat is up for grabs in the scottish parliament and welsh senedd, and there's a by—election in hartlepool. thousands of council seats in england are being contested as well as elections for a number of mayors. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the details. coronavirus has made today's elections a little diff

jersey's external affairs minister ian gorst said he and the island's local environmental minister wouldnd were hopeful the situation could be resolved. he and i this morning will be going out to listen to the french fishermen. it is really important we are able to work with those fishermen to help them provide the necessary evidence so that if required their licences can be amended. it's important we respond to threats, but the answer to this is to continue to talk and diplomacy. are you frustrated that this wasn't sorted out in the original deal and now you're in this position? no, the deal was a high level trade deal and there were lots of issues to address. it's fair to say that because it's taken quite a while to ratify through the european process, we injersey gave it our agreement prior to the new year, as you did in the uk. because it's taken a while through european parliament, the specialised committees we might have expected to deal with these technical issues have not been fully operational. once they are fully operational, i fully expect these issues can be resolved in a str