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Cold Christmas in France, but little chance of snow
High-pressure system will move into France from north-east at the start of next week
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British ‘Puppet Master’ conman in French jail wins phones back on appeal
Robert Hendy-Freegard was given a six-year sentence after hitting two gendarmes with his car
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Alleged British hacker in jail in France offers to help with police data breach
Recent attack targeted police files
MPs try again to ban smacking children
A law which would make France the 55th country in the world, and the 23rd in the EU, to legally ban the smacking of children was due to be debated by MPs at the end of November.
The latest anti-smacking proposal comes nearly two years after France’s Constitutional Council struck down the last attempt to outlaw physical punishment against children on technical grounds.
