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White storks make strong return in France via nest ‘platforms’ and clipped wings
The Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux shares the conservation challenges in saving these birds from extinction
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Hosting scheme in south-west France lets newcomers sample lifestyle
Households in nine Dordogne communes volunteer under Mes Nouveaux Voisins scheme
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French boulangeries demand right for staff to work on May 1 so they can open
Artisan bakery owners can work but employees cannot, while certain industrial bakeries are allowed to remain open with workers
School plea to allow smoking is rejected
Government rejects plea to allow pupils to smoke in school.

Calls by school heads for lycée and collège pupils to be allowed to smoke in school to save them from added terrorist risk by leaving the premises have been rejected by the government, which said it would be better to help them quit smoking.