11.   Three senior judges rejected a government bid to block compensation in a case that has provoked outrage among British fishermen and members of Parliament.

12.   Angry British fishermen predicted violent clashes at sea, after European Union fisheries ministers Thursday overrode British objections and granted Spanish boats broader access to British waters.

13.   British fishermen are still seething with anger after British coastal waters were opened to some Spanish and Portuguese trawlers last year.

14.   During the debate Agriculture Minister William Waldegrave announced new measures to help British fishermen, who claim that they will face unfair competition from the Spaniards.

15.   Labour accused the government of not having defended the interests of British fishermen in Europe.

16.   The ban on British beef and the effects of European fisheries regulations on British fishermen were just two of the recurrent anti-European themes that emerged in the congress.