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Photo: French police stop driver over car covered in Christmas lights
Officers were appreciative of the decorations and took photos - but demanded that they were all removed
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Aer Lingus to begin Bordeaux-Ireland flight route
The three flights per week will replace a service previously offered by Ryanair, which has now stopped all flights to and from Bordeaux
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Cash, cheque, bank cards: What can shops legally refuse in France?
There are clear rules on how, when and why businesses can refuse to accept payment
Astronaut retrains for zero gravity plane
Thomas Pesquet has big plans for this year
Spaceman and former Air France pilot Thomas Pesquet is aiming for a new career – flying the zero-gravity plane used to train his fellow astronauts.
Thomas spent six months on the International Space Station and by the end of February will have retrained to fly the Airbus A310 Zero-G plane. He said on Facebook “it promises a little weightlessness in 2018”.