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Phone at the wheel: drivers now face licence suspension anywhere in France
The measure was previously introduced by individual prefectures
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Why one in three people in France admit to dumping rubbish illegally
But 98% tell poll they dispose of it correctly
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France grants long-awaited protection to two threatened birds
Breaking the rules can be punished by up to three years in prison and a €150,000 fine
Paris metro zipline plan is a non-starter
Unusual ideas to change up the capital
Paris residents came up with some wacky ideas to improve the capital... like a zipline slide from Buttes-Chaumont to Laumière metro or a water tanker to spray people urinating in the street.
Other ideas to plant a tree in all arrondissements to ‘mark the secular state’ and setting up ‘voter ashtrays’ where smokers vote by choosing one or other ashtray could be approved.
