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Stena Line to end popular France-Ireland ferry crossing
Rival operators will continue to serve Cherbourg port as passenger numbers on route increase
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Red heatwave alerts continue as storms sweep across France
South-west and Brittany are the only areas likely to avoid storms this evening after several temperature records were broken in the south yesterday
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Air traffic controllers’ strike: Paris and south of France airports to face major disruption
Half of flights in Nice and Corsica, and a quarter in Paris are cancelled on July 3. Disruption is also expected on July 4 just before the French school holidays begin
Internet landlines for new Finistère users
All new landline users in Finistère will be given internet- based phone services that work like Skype, on Voice-over-Internet, in a test to prepare for changes to the copper network.
Users in 14 communes will test how the new VoIP phones work as Orange says switching will give better service while new optical exchanges will increase broadband capacity.