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Do French still have squat loos?

Hole-in-the-floor toilets are called toilettes à la turque

Published: 3 December 2010

New bid to rethink pension protest

Pension protests stutter with reduced turn-out at latest marches, now unions look to change tactics

Published: 8 November 2010

Train firm sells its old seats

You can now buy your own train seat on eBay – if you can work out what to do with it

Published: 27 August 2010

Becoming a market trader

If early starts and cold weather don’t put you off, being a market trader offers professional freedom

Published: 9 July 2010

School, GP and bus strikes this week

Doctors, binmen, bus drivers and secondary teachers will strike later this week ahead of big day of action on March 23.

Published: 8 March 2010

210,000 identity thefts each year

Cloning crime costs €4bn a year and is more likely to happen than burglaries or car thefts, says survey

Published: 6 October 2009