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Six models of Renault cars recalled in France over fault with hand brake
Issue can see vehicles move when drivers undo seatbelts or try to exit the car. Affected models will be repaired for free
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Sabotage on rail lines in France: many TGVs to south-east cancelled
Separate fires on high-speed line near Lyon has crippled services
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Britons ordered to leave France over bad first year of work lose court appeal
Order was upheld despite their Dordogne gîte business now doing better. They say they have ‘absolutely nothing to go back to in the UK’.
Support petition on winter fuel payment
An expat rights campaigner is seeking support for a challenge to the UK government’s refusal of the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) to pensioners in so-called ‘hot’ countries such as France as of winter 2015-16.
You can register to support Roger Boaden’s petition to the European Parliament against the UK’s decision at https://goo.gl/iB8bzr This comes as the EU commission told the parliament the refusual does not seem to break EU law.
