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New day-trip ferry service starts from France to Jersey
Travellers can spend up to five hours on island before returning to mainland
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Tour de France 2025: will the route pass near you next week?
Both the men’s and women’s races will be held entirely in France this year
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Photos: have you visited Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, France’s favourite village 2025?
This year’s village préféré des Français is home to a 1095 Gothic Abbey
France's Dronne river in the Dordogne gets wild label
The upper Dronne in the Dordogne east of Nontron has been named one of France’s 20 wild rivers sites.

A total of 29km, plus 8km of the Manet stream, received the label, aimed at conservation.
It is part of just 7% of French waterways considered to be “in a very good ecological state”.
The Dronne was found to show exceptional biodiversity, very good water quality and it “flows freely” because of its natural banks and sediment.
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