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When I ask people how they are married, they look at me perplexed. My favourite reply is still “in a church!”.

When talking about marriage, in this instance, I mean the marriage regime.

Regular readers of this column will know that I often talk about reviewing your tax planning for France, so that you can take advantage of the tax mitigation opportunities available here. 

However, the very first step, before you start re-organising your assets, is to make sure you understand the tax residence rules of both France and the UK (or wherever you have financial interests). You need to be certain which country you should be paying tax in, and on which assets.

I have been living in France for eight years and have been taxed here for seven years. I have been told that I have the choice of being taxed in France or the UK.

My husband died three years ago. I am getting my house ready to go on the market next year and move back to England. Can I now ask to be UK-taxed and, if not, how soon can I change my place of tax, and how long will it take?  L.L.

The inside story of readers who have had operations in France – and how they found the health service, by Gillian Harvey

We must change attitudes, says Dr Catherine Bernard, who is responsible for health at Mildeca, the government agency which draws up strategies to combat addictive behaviour. It must not be accepted as normal behaviour for young people to be smoking in front of schools, drinking regularly and smoking cannabis.

She spoke to Connexion ahead of November, designated as a Mois sans Tabac (tobacco-free month), one of the government’s campaigns.

It was the discovery that an old school friend had been confined to a wheelchair following a motorcycle accident that prompted Nice-based runner Antoine Carlotti to come up with Trail Pour Tous (trailpourtous.fr)

One of the first and most accurate sources of information on the property market is the Notaires de France website notaires.fr which carries useful statistics on sales prices and legal advice on the stages of a property purchase.

Bordeaux has many grand monumental buildings - but there are other more modest structures which are also part of the city’s unique character.

This article takes a look at the property market both in Paris and across the regions at the end of July 2018. The information is the most comprehensible available as it comes from the Notaires de France, who handle every purchase in France. Here the term ‘older’ homes refers to ones built more than five years ago.

Seen as amusing and mystifyingly foreign by many Brits, the bidet also went out of fashion in France but is making a comeback

Most bullying - whether verbal, physical or psychological - takes place in collège

We must change attitudes, says Dr Catherine Bernard, who is responsible for health at Mildeca, the government agency which draws up strategies to combat addictive behaviour. It must not be accepted as normal behaviour for young people to be smoking in front of schools, drinking regularly and smoking cannabis.

She spoke to Connexion ahead of November, designated as a Mois sans Tabac (tobacco-free month), one of the government’s campaigns.

CONNECtivity is a big buzzword in business - and now it is bees that are benefiting.

They have names such as atelier de fabrication (fablab), bricothèque, café associatif or relais Amap but these makerspaces or co-working places could create thousands of jobs - many in hard-hit rural areas.