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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
Mormons open their first temple in France
France's first Mormon temple has been opened in Chesnay, Yvelines, just a few hundred metres from the entrance to Versailles.
Opened despite local religious opposition, the ceremony was attended by former American Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who was a Mormon missionary in France 50 years ago. There are 38,000 followers in France.