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Photo: French police stop driver over car covered in Christmas lights
Officers were appreciative of the decorations and took photos - but demanded that they were all removed
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Aer Lingus to begin Bordeaux-Ireland flight route
The three flights per week will replace a service previously offered by Ryanair, which has now stopped all flights to and from Bordeaux
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Cash, cheque, bank cards: What can shops legally refuse in France?
There are clear rules on how, when and why businesses can refuse to accept payment
Sale silence on Macron photo
Controversy over portrait
President Macron’s official portrait was controversial when issued as it did not meet usual styles and was a different size – but whether it matched sales of predecessors Hollande or Sarkozy has proved impossible to discover.
Questions to his office, the prime minister’s office and the official seller, Documentation Française, all drew a blank... just like in Creuse where mayors turned the photo against the wall claiming Mr Macron had failed to help a local car parts factory.