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Photos: heavy snowfall in Alps as winter closures for mountain passes begin
Forecasters expect snowfall to gradually reach lower altitudes before mid-November
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Man dies after being shot during boar hunt in south-west France
Fellow hunter in his eighties was taken in by police for questioning
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Beware of calendar-selling scams in France around Christmas: how to avoid falling victim
Fraudsters can pose as officials looking to sell calendars or raise funds
Pharmacists can give ’flu vaccination
Chemists in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle- Aquitaine – can now give flu vaccinations as part of a three-year experiment.
All adults can get their jab, with the exception of pregnant women, people who have never been vaccinated against the disease and those presenting
a particular risk, such as people on anticoagulants.