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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
The lighter side of confinement in France...
A couple of items caught our eye today among the many positive, funny and downright daft stuff online as people keep up their spirits despite France’s Covid-19 confinement…

The first is courtesy of a brasserie manager from the Côtes d'Armor in Brittany… the second is from French quadruple-amputee athlete Philippe Croizon, who shows how not to take yourself too seriously despite these trying times…
Some social media posts urge us earnestly to make the most of the confinement period to sort out our paperwork, spring-clean, get fit or discover inner peace… Julien Julien Daunat has a suggestion for the rest of us…
Meanwhile Mr Croizon tried to demonstrate the right way to wash your hands…
And as a bonus, here he explains how to avoid being selfish at the supermarket….
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