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Normandy D-Day beaches gain UNESCO World Heritage status
Cathar castles also added as ‘Royal Fortresses of Languedoc’
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Why one south-west France village is overrun by mosquitoes
'Several thousand larvae per square metre' in lake after flooding
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Photos: Hail, floods and lightning after storms hit France
Violent thunderstorms on July 25 come after weeks of hot weather
Euro-MPs ban electric fishing
It is a common method to catch Dover sole
Euro-MPs voted to ban electric fishing, where electrical pulses are used to catch flat fish.
So-called pulse trawlers from the Netherlands used it, claiming environmental benefits as the seafloor was not dredged.
