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Swimming pool owners in France warned over unsafe covers
53 drownings were recorded in private family pools during the summer of 2025
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Why are so many jobs classed as ‘liberal professions’ in France?
The French system groups a broad range of independent workers under the same legal category
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Hundreds of climate protests set to take place in France this weekend
Climate activist Greta Thunberg lends support as nearly 260 towns and cities to host demos on Saturday
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.
