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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
Supermarkets must reveal profits
SUPERMARKETS will have to reveal details of their margins on produce after MPs backed a proposal to make prices more transparent.
The law should boost people’s purchasing power as supermarket margins have outstripped pay rises, with some products having margins of 30-50%. The Observatoire des Prix et des Marges said shops had “very comfortable” gross margins with no reduction from the collapse in prices paid to producers. In addition, research from
Casino has found shoppers are turning against hypermarkets, preferring instead to go to hard discount and neighbourhood stores as well as “drive” outlets where they shop online for later pick-up.