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Hikers in French Pyrenees hospitalised after drinking mountain water
Why water from a mountain stream is not always safe to drink from and how to avoid dehydration
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Young volunteers give free air conditioners to elderly people during heatwave
‘I thought I was going to die in this heat, and you arrived and made me feel better’
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France approves social media ban for under-15s
Everyone in France would need to verify their age to use social media applications
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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