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Five departments on orange alert as heavy rain and floods continue in south of France
Conditions are expected to worsen through the afternoon
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‘I saw flames’: Air France plane makes emergency landing in Lyon after technical fault
Flight carrying 173 passengers to Ajaccio diverted to Lyon-Saint-Exupéry on Saturday
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Farmers’ protests ease but key motorway blockades hold firm in south-west France
Pressure on the government over its handling of cattle culls continues as Christmas nears despite a drop in protests
Royal wine sales soar but not at vineyard
White Burgundy wine drunk at Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding sold out within hours after fans discovered the couple chose Olivier Leflaive’s Les Sétilles Bourgogne Blanc from Puligny-Montrachet, Côte-d’Or.
UK merchant Lay & Wheeler sold its last 810 bottles of the 2016 chardonnay and said it could have sold four times that.
Olivier Leflaive said he was pleased they chose his wine but it had been a ‘moral recompense” rather than financial as vineyard sales had not risen.
