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Meet the Englishman whose litter selfie kick-started a new career

Eddie Platt, who has become known as L’Escargot Anglais, has made a name for himself as The Englishman Who Wanted To Clean France

France's corruption problem: Why Sarkozy trial is just the beginning

We need further cases like the one against the former French president to root out corruption in other high places, says anti-corruption association

Heston Blumenthal brings emotion and baby powder aromas to Top Chef

The well-known British chef, who has lived in Les Alpilles since 2018, blew away the other judges with his challenges

Not an average day in the office for French movie stuntman

Stunt performer (cascadeur) Jérôme Gaspard has performed impressive falls, crashes and fights in a long list of TV series, shows, pop videos and films

Meet the mountain rescuer who spent 30 years on the Pyrenees

Centre National d'Entrainement à l'Alpinisme CRS

Pascal Sancho's career in the police CRS unit was the most dangerous job in the force and he has now written a book about it

Meet France's fifth generation female blacksmith

Her great-grandfather started in 1882 and today Caroline Delareux works at the same forge in St Jean de la Motte, Sarthe

Jean-Paul Ollivier: The voice of the Tour de France

For 41 years Jean-Paul Ollivier guided TV viewers along the byways of France, tracking the peloton of the famous race. Here, he tells Jane Hanks all about it

I was raped from age of 8 but law does not protect the young

Dancer Andréa Bescond dances to ‘repair’ herself. “From the age of eight I was repeatedly raped by a family friend. I was broken and need to repair myself but I don’t need healing, because I wasn’t ill,” she said.

'Growing old is a pleasure and brings unexpected freedom'

Connexion's Jane Hanks interviews 77-year-old journalist, former magazine owner and author Perla Servan-Schreiber

Elon Musk makes space adventurous amputee’s flight dream

Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon asked Elon Musk to take him to space - and he said yes

'My father taught me it is important to seek perfection'

Connexion's Jane Hanks meets 30-year-old Jauffrey Mauvigney, a prize-winning charcutier-traiteur who works in his family’s shop at Mérignac, near Bordeaux

Calais ‘Jungle’: 'You don’t expect to see that in Europe'

Clare Moseley set up charity Care4Calais in 2015 after seeing the Calais 'Jungle' with her own eyes

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