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Neighbour who complained about noisy cockerel in France ordered to pay €3,500
The complainant said the animal, which has since died, crowed too loudly and too often
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Child injured, roads closed, homes evacuated: latest on major fire in south of France
A cigarette butt thrown from a vehicle window is thought to have started the blaze that has destroyed 2,000 hectares
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Three people left in critical condition after bee swarm attacks Aurillac town centre
Attack took place over several minutes
Dictionaries invent their own franglais
New 2019 entries

Chatbot, liker and rançongiciel are among new French words to join Le Petit Larousse Illustré and Le Petit Robert dictionaries for 2019.
Grossophobie, marcheur, démocrature and Fiché S also make an appearance.
PSG footballer Neymar and ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet join as new personalities.
Chatbot and liker are simple to work out but rançongiciel is ransomware, and grossophobie is prejudice against the overweight. Marcheur is a Macron supporter (from his party En Marche!) and démocrature is a democracy run like a dictatorship. Fiché S is a person on a file of possible security risks.
Dining also created ‘new’ words with ristretto, pavlova and sauce barbecue as well as biérologie, beer tasting science.