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Forest fires in France begin amid heatwave: 400 hectares burned due to BBQ on trailer
Official daily ‘forest-fire risk’ map is being published again for summer
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French weekly weather forecast June 30 - July 4: heatwave to continue then storms
84 departments are on heightened alert for the start of the week
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Map: the 151 areas of France chosen to get more doctors from September
Areas include parts of Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Creuse, Allier and Nièvre
Clocks starting to tell correct time again
Balkan dispute was made responsible for the issue
Electric clocks which have been running slow for several months are starting to pick up time again and should be back at the correct time in coming weeks.
A Balkan dispute was blamed for the problem which saw the electricity supply frequency fall, slowing clocks that use frequency to keep time.