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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
Pompiers pinpoint way to get rapid help
Pompiers in Vannes have created an internet tool to help geo-localise people...
...to get their exact location and cut the time for help to arrive. Morbihan head pompier Martin Deroide, an ex-programmer, came up with the idea to send a link to smartphones which, when clicked, gives their location.