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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
Sunk French and English warships may be found
Researchers may have found the wrecks of two 16th century French and English warships sunk in battle off Brest.
Cordelière and the Regent were joined by grappling hooks in 1512 when the French ship exploded, sinking the Regent, killing 1,500 on the two vessels.
Two anchors have been found but the teams from UBS and Ifremer have not recovered cannons to prove the find.