Guardian   ‘A former chief of the naval staff has said the UK has “insufficient ships” to patrol its waters after clashes between British and French fishing crews over scallops. The ex-first sea lord and Labour peer, Lord West of Spithead, says co-ordination of the “few” ships that Britain has is “fragmented” and the lack of boats will have “disastrous” consequences post-Brexit. The long-running dispute in the English Channel is over a scallop-rich part of the area that French fishers are prevented from harvesting due to domestic environmental laws. Rocks, smoke bombs and other projectiles are reported to have been hurled at English and Scottish vessels during the confrontation in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Click here to read more