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GR, GRP, PR: What do the French hiking signs mean?
What are the coloured symbols on French hiking routes? Who paints them there and why?
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Miss France: glam - but not sexy
Miss France organiser Geneviève de Fontenay fears she is fighting a losing battle to protect her 'Cinderella dream' from vulgarity
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Normandy Landings visit for Queen
Queen Elizabeth has confirmed a state visit to France, ending rumours she is handing over duties to Charles
Bid to ban homework
A POVERTY charity and a prominent parentteacher group are calling for schoolpupils to get two weeks without homework, saying homework disadvantages those from poorer backgrounds who do not have equal access to books, computers and parental guidance and support.
ATD-Quart Monde supported the call by the FCPE, whose president, Jean Jacques Hazan, said: “If full-time professionals can’t educate children, why should parents fill in the gaps?”