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Roads to avoid as people travel for a bank holiday weekend away
It is the last long weekend before the summer holidays and many people will be going away
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American on Interpol’s wanted list found during routine check in France
He is accused of sexually assaulting a student at a Pennsylvania college in 2013
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EXPLAINED: Why France has declared state of emergency in New Caledonia
Three people have been killed in riots since the start of the week
France’s Pacs contracts rise 10-fold in 20 years
The Pacs civil union has marked its 20th birthday, with the latest statistics showing 194,000 registered in 2017, up from 20,000 a year in the early days.
It is now almost as popular as marriage – 233,915 in 2017.
The Pacs was voted in after a battle in Parliament. In 1999, 25% involved same-sex couples, but that has dropped to 4%.
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