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Thousands of litres of fuel spill into fields in Normandy after tanker overturns
Tests are being carried out into risk of pollution of local water supplies to homes
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Speed limits to (mostly) drop to 30 km/h in this French city
The new measure will improve noise and pollution, improve safety and encourage cycling, say local authorities
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Thousands of French parking fines cancelled after IT bug
The fines had been issued in error after IT system was privatised
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- The horse-lovers guide to France
- Nuisance cold calls - and what watchdogs say you should do
- Round France in a motorhome: what you need to know
- 'Costly legal battle destroyed my dream life in French gite'
- How to take financial control in the face of Brexit
- €1 insulation offer is real - but be wary
- ‘I have seen positive results of homeopathy in my 40 years as a GP’
- Why anti-waste law is doomed to fail
- Solidarité would mean so much more than fraternité
- Staying in France after Brexit
- Right to carte de séjour permanent
- How can I take action for shoddy work?
- Is it really okay to take one bottle out of a pack at the supermarket?
- National service citizenship scheme gets under way
- What is CFE and who has to pay it?
- Modern-day careers in the age-old art of bookbinding
- Le Havre: Rebuilt after World War Two, but no concrete jungle
- Property watch: Languedoc
- An unmaintained property is an uninsured property
- French house sales set to hit 1m in 2019
FEATURES
- From the Camargue to Chantilly, France’s love of horses knows no bounds
- The Frenchman honouring lost heroes of World War Two ... one family at a time
- Open Gardens to visit in France in September
- Finding Lucy: The French scientist behind one of the greatest discoveries of all time
- What's On across France
- Lifestyles of nomadic European housesitters
- Separate Joan fact from fiction in Rouen
- Food and drink: The true taste of Ardèche
- Understanding the blood-soaked life of the Crusader monarch Richard the Lionheart
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