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Le Havre fast ferry link axed
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CROSS-Channel ferry operator LD Lines has cancelled its high-speed catamaran service between Le Havre and Portsmouth as as safety precaution.
The Norman Arrow has been taken out of service a fortnigh...
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03/09/2010
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Air France budget flights next year?
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AIR France has moved one step closer to launching a low-cost operation to rival Ryanair and Easyjet.
According to Les Echos, the new service will be called Air France Express. It could start offering...
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03/09/2010
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Picard is France's favourite store
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FROZEN food firm Picard is French people’s favourite international chain, a study among 14,000 consumers in six countries shows.
The store is liked for its large choice, the look of the shops, its se...
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03/09/2010
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Satellites give 100% broadband
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AREAS without high-speed internet could soon get broadband up to 2Mb per second as the government has approved four companies to supply satellite packages.
The Broadband For Everyone scheme means peo...
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03/09/2010
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Limousin cheapest rents in France
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THE LIMOUSIN has been named the cheapest region in France to rent a home.
The Observatoire Clameur, a specialist in the French property rental market, found the average rent in the region is €8.30 pe...
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02/09/2010
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Rentrée today - strike next week
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TWELVE million children go back to school this morning after the summer break - until next week, when teachers go on strike.
Unions representing France's 850,000 teachers are to stage their first str...
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02/09/2010
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Beware of 'tax refund' emails
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CONSUMER group UFC-Que Choisir is warning against scam e-mails purporting to be from bodies such as tax or family allowance authorities.
Internet users in particular are being warned to watch out for...
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02/09/2010
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Use extra VAT cash for net blackspots
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PLANS to increase the VAT on internet-telephone and television packages have sparked calls to use the extra cash to improve internet access in regions with poor networks.
The Association des Régions ...
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02/09/2010
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THE CONNEXION publishes a weekly newsletter - delivered free every Friday lunchtime.
It is packed with the latest news, practical tips about life in France, What's On events for the weekend and other...
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01/09/2010
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Gas prices frozen for rest of year
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FRANCE'S biggest gas supplier, GDF-Suez, has agreed not to raise prices for the rest of the year.
Gas bills have soared by almost 15 per cent since the new year, up 10 per cent in April and 4.7 per c...
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01/09/2010
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Supermarkets set for wine bargains
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SUPERMARKET giants Carrefour and Casino open this year's Foire aux Vins next Tuesday (Sept 7) with a combined selection of 1,500 wines at eye-popping prices ranging from €1.25 to €445.
Online, the ba...
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01/09/2010
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French ‘not to be trusted with art’
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“THE FRENCH cannot be trusted to look after valuable works of art”, The Telegraph has claimed.
The paper, basing itself on a remark made by a curator at the first Duke of Wellington’s London home Aps...
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01/09/2010
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'Superman' dies in Paris balcony fall
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A MAN dressed as Superman has died after falling from a fourth-floor balcony in Paris.
The incident happened around 5.00 on Monday in boulevard de Rochechouart in the ninth arrondissement, during a p...
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31/08/2010
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Forest fires hit south of France
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FIREFIGHTERS have worked through the night to try to control a series of forest fires in the south of France, near Montpellier and Marseille.
The biggest, around Montaud and Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel...
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31/08/2010
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Abuse fear forces airline child move
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AIR FRANCE has moved to protect children travelling alone by putting them in a block of seats by themselves, rather than having them sitting alongside strangers.
The move comes after complaints, main...
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31/08/2010
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Scammers send 'Hadopi' emails
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FAKE emails purporting to be from anti-internet piracy body Hadopi and demanding recipients pay them “fines” are being sent out by crooks.
Hadopi itself has not even sent its first warning email, tho...
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31/08/2010
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Caen port strike: ferries rerouted
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FERRY services between Portsmouth and Caen are cancelled today because of a strike by port workers.
The walkout means the passenger and cargo terminal at Ouistreham is closed all day.
A Brittany Fer...
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30/08/2010
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More oral English for lycée pupils
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ALL pupils in the first year of lycée, the seconde, will be offered free holiday courses in oral English this school year.
Education minister Luc Chatel made the pledge as he was visiting a group doi...
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30/08/2010
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New inquiry over Woerth tax role
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LABOUR minister Eric Woerth is being investigated by a senior prosecutor over his connections with L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and favouritism claims in a land deal.
General prosecutor for th...
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30/08/2010
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September issue is on sale now
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THE SEPTEMBER edition of Connexion is on sale now in newsagents across France.
News:
Is discrimination not being tackled in schools?
Protest over Saint-Tropez beach closures
What Europe thinks of the...
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30/08/2010
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Orange builds own iPad to pip Apple
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DESPITE being the second-biggest seller of iPhones in the world, Orange is taking on Apple with plans to launch its own €250 version of the iPad tablet before Christmas.
The French mobile giant is sa...
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27/08/2010
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Jet flypast scares chickens to death
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A FARMER in Brittany is suing the French defence ministry claiming a low-altitude fly past by their planes scared 5,000 of his chickens to death.
Etienne Le Méhauté, who owns a chicken farm with 68,0...
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27/08/2010
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Train firm sells its old seats
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CROSS-BORDER train company Thalys is auctioning off the contents of its trains from seats to bins.
The online eBay sale , is designed to draw attention to the renovation of its stock and is, accordi...
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27/08/2010
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U-turn on student benefit cutbacks
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THE GOVERNMENT has abandoned plans to cut back on student housing benefits and tax breaks for parents, after the move was condemned by unions.
The cutbacks, announced last month, would have forced pa...
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27/08/2010
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Brive-Manchester flights in 2011
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A NEW air route from Brive to Manchester is to launch next summer - the second UK air link for France's newest airport.
Budget airline Jet2 will operate two return flights a week from May 21 to Septe...
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27/08/2010
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