Temperature dips to freezing in part of France

The heatwaves of June and July now appear to be just a distant memory - particularly in one part of eastern France, where the mercury edged towards winter temperatures this week.

A Météo France weather station in Mouthe, near the Swiss border in the Jura mountains, registered a temperature of just 1C on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in nearby Chapelle-des-Bois, temperatures dropped as low as -0.4C, according to the village's Twitter account - which added a spot of useful winter advice.

According to meteorologist François Jobard, sub-zero temperatures are not uncommon in the region in August.

Mouthe is sometimes known as La Petite Sibérie. January average temperatures are between -6C and -10C, and it is where France's record low temperature of -41.2C was measured in January 1985. The record low in the mountainous commune for August is -4.5C.