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La Voie Bleue: European Cycle Route of the Year is in France
700km bike path linking Luxembourg and Lyon has been crowned winner of the 2026 title
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Before and after: Garonne river floods in south-west France
Satellite images show extent of flooding from back-to-back storms in February
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Home insurance increases expected in France after floods
Compensation costs for the recent storms and flooding across the west and south-west is estimated to be in the billions of euros
Community police return
Community police officers are to be reintroduced to the streets after being disbanded in 2003, as part of a campaign promise by President Macron for 10,000 more police to improve daily security.
The so-called police de proximité will be local ‘ears on the ground’ and will not be involved in full police work other than keeping tabs on criminal and possible radical activity.
It is part of a structural reform of the police and gendarme service that may see technical and scientific units combined and police freed from administrative tasks.
