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Normandy rail strike: five lines disrupted this Friday and Saturday
Ticket inspectors walk out after a knife attack on a colleague, with four unions backing the action
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French PM says diesel stockpile release will cut prices by up to 18 cents per litre
Sébastien Lecornu used televised speech to promise release of ten million barrels of diesel and address lycée protests
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Temperatures to drop by 12C as first snowfall to hit Pyrenees and Alps
Storms to continue in the south
Progress on Brexit court action
French avocat Julien Fouchet, who is taking court action over the Brexit referendum, says his case has passed a first hurdle – it was not thrown out after initial consideration by the General Court of the EU which happens if cases are deemed clearly unacceptable.
The Council of the EU has until mid-October to reply to his claim that the vote was illegal because long-term expats were excluded.
