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How long will the extreme heat last in France?
Red alerts to continue for much of the country with 42C forecast (in the shade) in some areas
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Two people and five properties struck by lightning in northern France
Violent storms hit amid ongoing heatwave
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France’s Constitutional Council validates cap on bank inheritance fees
Charges on settling estates to be capped at 1% of deceased’s assets
Bottle ‘post’ is slow
Holiday campsite owners in Normandy have been in touch with a nine-year-old American schoolgirl to tell her that the message in a bottle she threw into the sea from Florida had arrived.
Summer Smyth and her nanny put messages in a bottle two years ago. It was found on a beach at Baubigny in Manche.
