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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
Alzheimer drugs halted
Savings to go to Alzheimer care services
Four Alzheimer drugs costing the health service €90million a year will no longer be reimbursed as the ministry moves to stop them being prescribed due to harmful side effects, which include falls and broken bones.
Savings on Aricept, Ebixa, Exelon, Reminyl and generics will go to Alzheimer care services.
