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France faces growing threat from invasive ‘electric ant’ species as funding for projects stalls
Aggressive colonies are difficult to eradicate and researchers need approval to test new methods
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Heavy rain alert in Brittany as powerful Channel storm set to hit
Winds of 100 km/h are expected in coastal areas. Rainfall of up to 70mm forecast
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French farmer protests: action expected around Lyon and in Poitiers but quieter elsewhere
Some unions continue to demonstrate despite ‘emergency law’ proposal
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.
