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Look up this weekend in France for peak of shooting star display
Annual Lyrids meteor shower will be at full force Sunday night
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Frost warnings, storms and snow at 500m as temperatures in France drop
Cold winds from British Isles will keep temperatures cool over the weekend
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French couple innovate horse hoof health with plastic shoes
It may mean the end of the ‘clip clop’ sound but the polyurethane horseshoe is said to be a healthier alternative to metal
Jewel raiders arrested after 400 burglaries in France
Gendarmes and Belgian police have broken up a ring of eight Albanian jewellery thieves involved in 400 burglaries in France.
They took the stolen goods to Belgium to be melted down and resold.
A burglary in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, started a trail that led police to others over the past year in Centre-Val-de-Loire, Champagne-Ardenne, Bourgogne and Rhône-Alpes.
They recovered 50kg of jewels.
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