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Many small communes in France yet to finalise address changes
The new law means that everyone will have an official address
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British motorcyclist killed in road accident in Brittany
He was with friends heading to the Atlantic coast on holiday trip
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D-Day 80 years: France to send a ‘Liberty flame’ to UK and USA
The flame has already been welcomed at a memorial ceremony in France, and will be received at similar events in the UK and USA to remember the pivotal 1944 landings
Sleeping pills to be labelled narcotics
Stilnox sleeping pills will be reclassified as a stupéfiant (narcotic)...
...and subject to strict rules including having to have an ordonnance sécurisée prescription in a hard-to-forge format.
People are said to have been abusing them, taking too many and becoming dependent.