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Ordinary people putting their lives on hold to help refugees

Emily Commander tells the moving stories of three groups of people from different parts of the country who decided to do what they could to help.

Published: 22 December 2016

Author: Emily Commander

Mayor refuses to bury attacker

No one has proved that Bataclan gunman lived in Chartres, says head of local authority

Published: 18 January 2016

FN mayor evicts human rights group

Newly elected town leader forces League of Human Rights out of offices and cuts its €300 municipal subsidy

Published: 9 April 2014

Classical music scares off gangs

SNCF turns to Chopin and Mozart to chase youths and the homeless from platforms

Published: 3 June 2013

Men jailed for stripping thief

Three men took the law into their own hands by making a crook walk naked in the streets

Published: 24 July 2012

Do French still have squat loos?

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

Published: 3 December 2010