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EES: Lack of equipment stalls checks for cross-Channel travellers
Biometric data collection will not start for most ferry or Eurostar passengers despite EU deadline
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Family honours daughter’s memory with book donations to French schools
Hannah Jones, who died in a road collision, has inspired art and a charity
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Readers express frustration with equity release loan in France
Prêt viager hypothécaire is secured against a property and only has to be repaid from the borrower’s estate after death
Cold tourist sparks chateau fire alert
Blaze started at fireplace
A freezing tourist sparked a fire alert and the evacuation of the Château de Chambord after throwing logs on a fireplace and starting a fire which threatened to go out of control.
Firefighters on the roof used thermal cameras to check no burning embers had been left.
