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Bourgogne dog walk for charity

Animal Medical Care Foundation organises a fund-raising dog walk in Bourgogne to mark World Animal Day this weekend

Coffee meet raises ?500 for Macmillan

Two Brits in the Tarn et Garonne raised ?500 for a cancer charity by taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

English comedy on the Riviera

Comedians Rob Rouse, Isy Suttie and Dave Thompson take to the stage for four nights at the Riviera Comedy Club next week

Ryanair scraps airport check-in

RYANAIR has today scrapped all of its airport check-in desks and made it compulsory for passengers to print their own boarding card online.

The company has gradually introduced the online-only policy…

How to apply for income support

People on low incomes can apply for the new income support benefit RSA (revenu de solidarité active)

Chirac to avoid corruption trial

A LONG-RUNNING investigation into alleged corruption by former French president Jacques Chirac looks likely to be dropped after prosecutors decided he had “no case to answer.”

Judges have been lookin…

?500 million boost for young jobless

YOUNG jobseekers are to benefit from a ?500 million scheme to help them move into employment.

Under-25s will be eligible for the Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA) welfare-to-work scheme if they hav…

Mayor attacks Grand Paris plan

MAYOR Of Paris Bertrand Delanoë has demanded that the government withdraw current plans for developing Le Grand Paris (Greater Paris).

The idea involves schemes to consolidate the wider Paris area a…

New site aimed at French adulterers

MORE than 2,000 unfaithful French husbands and wives have signed up for a new social networking site ahead of its launch next month.

Gleeden.com is designed for not-so-happily married people who are …

Govt drops support for Roman Polanski

The French government has decided to drop its public support for Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning director held in Switzerland over a child sex case dating back more than 30 years.

The government ha…