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Stena Line to end popular France-Ireland ferry crossing
Rival operators will continue to serve Cherbourg port as passenger numbers on route increase
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Red heatwave alerts continue as storms sweep across France
South-west and Brittany are the only areas likely to avoid storms this evening after several temperature records were broken in the south yesterday
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Air traffic controllers’ strike: Paris and south of France airports to face major disruption
Half of flights in Nice and Corsica, and a quarter in Paris are cancelled on July 3. Disruption is also expected on July 4 just before the French school holidays begin
Clocks starting to tell correct time again
Balkan dispute was made responsible for the issue
Electric clocks which have been running slow for several months are starting to pick up time again and should be back at the correct time in coming weeks.
A Balkan dispute was blamed for the problem which saw the electricity supply frequency fall, slowing clocks that use frequency to keep time.