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How many Britons have second homes in Nouvelle-Aquitaine - and why do they choose it?
UK nationals are the largest foreign community of second-home owners in the region
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Travellers risk extra costs under new Eurotunnel ticket rule
Some fare options are less flexible and less forgiving of lateness
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May will be difficult month for train travel in France, warns minister
Two major train unions are threatening to strike and are ‘not willing to negotiate’, he says
Rail strikes and other walkouts in France in June
List of dates of strikes across France in June

June 2-3 Rail Strike
June 7-8 Rail Strike
June 12-13 Rail Strike
June 17-18 Rail Strike
June 22-23 Rail Strike
June 27-28 Rail Strike
Meanwhile, the CGT has filed notice of strikes among public sector workers at local and national level from until June 17. This does not mean that civil servants will be on strike every day, just that walkouts could take place at short notice at local and national level.
Municipal workers in Beauvais will stage a four-day strike from May 29 to June 1 in protest over work patterns.