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Work finally starts on new high-speed train line Bordeaux to Toulouse
The €14 billion project is part of plans to improve public transport services in the south-west
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President Macron speaks out on sexual consent, menopause and fertility
‘Every woman should have free use of her body…but the poor organisation of our society must not prevent people from having children if they so wish’, he says
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RANKED: France's 10 most dog-friendly towns and cities
Criteria used include number of dog parks, dog-friendly public transport policies, and help for vulnerable owners and animals
Wolf sighting is first in Charente for century
A wolf spotted on the side of a road in Charente is the first to be seen in the department in more than a century.
The latest sighting near Gurat follows confirmation of wolves in the Dordogne in 2015, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in 2018 and 2019, and in south-western Charente-Maritime in late 2019.
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