FRANCE’S appeal court has ruled that a text message can be used as evidence of an affair in divorce proceedings.

The ruling stems from a case which hinged on a text which was found by a woman on her …

FRUIT and veg stalls can directly challenge supermarkets with a temporary law allowing them to set up in car parks across France over the next two weekends.

A good harvest has produced an abundance o…

THE WORST weekend for French travel is underway.

The crossover of the juilletistes and aoûtiens (July and August holiday makers) will see 15 million people moving across the country over the weeken…

A MAN’S arm has been saved after he was bitten by a poisonous spider in the south of France.

However, despite the diagnosis of the Marseille anti-toxin centre that the venom found in the man’s blood …

TWO volunteer firefighters have admitted starting fires to boost their pay.

The men, aged 22 and 25 face 15 years in prison for setting fires to earn a ?19 and ?38 call out bonus.

They have admit…

NO FANCY holidays, stay contactable 24-hours a day and never be more than two hour?s flight from Paris, was the message from President Sarkozy to ministers at their last meeting before the summer bre…

LESS than 370 women in France wear a burqa according to a police security agency estimation.

The figure, quoted in today’s Le Monde newspaper comes less than a month after MPs created a commission t…

Read our August issue for details on eco-grants and click here for a link to find out income thresholds.

Read our August issue for details on eco-grants and click here for a link to find out income thresholds.

With Operation Tranquillité Vacances you can put your home on a regular patrol by officers through August.

Fraudster Graham ‘Warren’ Templeton was sentenced to two years for conning expats. You can check credentials online.

While plans are in hand to make protecting your assets easier, the current process is a déclaration d?insaisissabilité

An Briton from the Mayenne has won an appeal case against the UK to have his disability living allowance restored

Professional deadlines came before star’s invitation to play poker in hotel suite, says film critic Barry Norman

The annual International Garden Festival at the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire is France?s Chelsea Flower Show

As France introduces its first five-star hotels we look at one establishment aiming for the top

TWO volunteer firemen are under arrest in Corsica ? on suspicion of arson.

The men are suspected of being responsible for three fires in southern Corsica in a week in mid-July. One, aged 22, has alr…

SUMMER sales have not been the hoped-for success for prêt-à-porter and designer shops.

Sales for the government-prescribed five-week period were down between 2 - 4% on last year?s totals with supe…

UNIONS have promised to fight the privatisation of La Poste after the cabinet met this morning to discuss the procedure.

The first stage, the transformation of the group into a ’société anonyme’, w…

WATER restrictions have been put in place in 31 departments mostly in the north of France.

The measures include a ban on washing cars, watering lawns or public parks and pavements and buildings not s…

Read our August issue for details on eco-grants and click here for a link to find out income thresholds.

With Operation Tranquillité Vacances you can put your home on a regular patrol by officers through August.

Before setting out on the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish, 24, spoke to Connexion about his hopes for the race

AN awe-inspiring finish Champs-Elysées saw British cyclist Mark Cavendish prove he is the fastest sprinter in the world as he won the final stage of the Tour de France.

Manxman Cavendish is the firs…

PRESIDENT Sarkozy is to leave the Val-de-Grâce hospital in Paris today, 24 hours after he was taken ill while jogging.

The president was taken in on Sunday afternoon after feeling ill while jogging …

DRIVERS who break the speed limit by just a few kilometres per hour may not lose points from their licence for a first offence.

A National Assembly committee voted to give motorists some leeway on a …

TRAFFIC conditions service Bison Futé has put in place orange and red alerts for congestion today and tomorrow.

The problems are being caused by large numbers heading off for summer holidays as well…

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