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La Voie Bleue: European Cycle Route of the Year is in France
700km bike path linking Luxembourg and Lyon has been crowned winner of the 2026 title
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Before and after: Garonne river floods in south-west France
Satellite images show extent of flooding from back-to-back storms in February
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Home insurance increases expected in France after floods
Compensation costs for the recent storms and flooding across the west and south-west is estimated to be in the billions of euros
Basques upset about signs change
Basque nationalists are upset after Vinci Autoroutes replaced motorway signs giving place names in both French and Basque with French ones.
The Pyrénées-Atlantiques department sold 12km between Briscous and Bayonne to the firm – which is no longer using names like Baiona (Bayonne).
