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Warm, but wet: forecasters give predictions for autumn weather in France
Powerful El Niño pattern may bring further change to typical conditions
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‘It is not enough to save lives’ - less than half of women in France screening for breast cancer
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Virtual points plan for drivers with foreign licences advances in France
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20 million make difference
Volunteers help wherever they can
France has nearly 20 million volunteers doing their bit, working with animals, teaching French (or English) to asylum-seekers, keeping nature parks or taming bureaucracy.
One in three volunteers is a retired over-65 year old and most want to ‘be useful in society”.
Paris mairie has a website of volunteering one-off ‘missions’ at jemengage.paris.fr which has a vast range of volunteer posts across the city.
