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EU agrees on air passenger rights: family seating fees and typo correction charges scrapped
Provisional EU deal aims to reduce hidden airline fees and improve clarity in ticket pricing
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Growing this species of hogweed could land you with a heavy fine in France
Homeowners are banned from planting or keeping this invasive species in France
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France heatwave map: where temperatures could reach 40C this weekend
Heat will build through the week, peaking on Sunday with widespread 33–38C and local highs of 40C
Puy du Fou looks abroad
Extravagant theme park Puy du Fou marked its 40th birthday this summer with the news it is expanding to set up sister parks in Spain at Toledo and, in the next decade, China.
Famed for spectacular and pyrotechnic historical re-enactments, it is more than a key destination in Vendée as it is France’s most popular theme park after Disneyland Paris, with more than two million visitors. In 2016 founder Philippe de Villiers paid €377,000 for a ring that belonged to Joan of Arc to be displayed at the park.
