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Letters: Our French neighbours seem too distant
Connexion reader explains that despite going to lengths to get to know their new neighbours, most do not return the effort
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Videos: violent storms wreak havoc across France
Flights were also diverted from major Paris airport due to heavy rain
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Storms, then calm and warm days return: French weekly weather outlook May 12 - 16
Temperatures will reach around 2C higher than the national average for mid-May
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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