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French weekend weather forecast July 19 - 20: Temperatures peak before violent storms
Heightened alerts for heavy rain are in place in Normandy and Brittany
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Homes evacuated after forest fires in Brittany and south of France
Over 1,000 firefighters combined to tackle fires, with blazes near Marseille still ongoing
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Letters: Your feedback on ‘no children venues’ in France
A new label promoting spaces as ‘child friendly’ is set to be launched soon
Time change
With the yearly debate about changing the clocks coming round again, a question I have asked for many years is: why, if it is done for daylight-saving, they change back in late October, two months before the shortest day, but don’t go forward until three months after (late March).
Can someone explain why?
Robert Rogers, by email
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