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Discount tickets for American flights: 7 France travel updates Travel

Discount tickets for American flights: 7 France travel updates

We also look at new easyJet and Transavia routes from France, a plan for lost luggage fines and the proposed Paris metro strike Clockwise from top-left: More Air France flights to US, extra ferry on France-Ireland route, towards fines for abandoned bags and the looming Paris Metro strikesbyvalet / Linguist / Lukas Wunderlich / Alexandros […]

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€20 UK-France flights and 5 other France travel updates Travel

€20 UK-France flights and 5 other France travel updates

Our round-up also looks at the new law limiting French air traffic control strikes, new Transavia hand-luggage fees and free public transport in Occitanie Clockwise from top left: EasyJet sale, air traffic controller strikes limited, TGVs in Milan and free liO trains in OccitanieWerner Lerooy / Georges Hanna / Rebius / Luca Ponti / Shutterstock […]

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Low-cost supermarket Lidl to launch online shopping in France Shopping

Low-cost supermarket Lidl to launch online shopping in France

It comes as a teenager develops a comparator app to show which store has a specific item at the lowest price Lidl will launch an online shopping site in France in the next few weeksmimpki / Shutterstock The low-cost supermarket Lidl is to launch a non-food online shopping site in France. It comes as a […]

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Ramos’ late penalty gives France win against England in seven-try thriller Sports

Ramos’ late penalty gives France win against England in seven-try thriller

They saved the most spectacular game of this season’s Six Nations until last. When the final whistle sounded on a quite extraordinarily vivid spectacle in Lyon it left France in second place in the table with England below them in third but, in truth, that felt like a trivial detail. The abiding memory will be […]

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Fast fashion: the French are bringing Shein and Temu to heel. Can Britain follow suit? | Tiffanie Darke Fashion

Fast fashion: the French are bringing Shein and Temu to heel. Can Britain follow suit? | Tiffanie Darke

It was a pair of $0 faux fur boots that signalled a new low for the fast fashion industry last week. Spotted on an Instagram ad for US customers, it was the latest in an aggressive campaign by Chinese retailer Temu to win market share. Just when you thought fashion couldn’t get any more disposable […]

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England hope for Six Nations title chance in France Sports

England hope for Six Nations title chance in France

England head coach Steve Borthwick believes his side can win an unlikely Six Nations title on Saturday Venue: Groupama Stadium, Lyon Date: Saturday, 16 March Kick-off: 20:00 GMT Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live; text commentary & match highlights on BBC Sport website and app; watch on ITV1 England face France in Lyon in […]

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Marine Le Pen ‘would win majority’ if French election was held now World

Marine Le Pen ‘would win majority’ if French election was held now

‌Mr Macron’s centrists were predicted to take just 135 seats, almost half the 246 MPs it currently has. ‌The hard-Left coalition would also lose support, taking an average of 68 seats compared to 131 two years ago. ‌Les Republicains, once one of France’s two major establishment parties, would lose 10 seats, dropping to about 53 […]

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France 33-31 England: Steve Borthwick’s side denied second place in Six Nations by late penalty Sports

France 33-31 England: Steve Borthwick’s side denied second place in Six Nations by late penalty

A late penalty from Thomas Ramos clinched a 33-31 victory for France and denied England second place in the Six Nations. Although England put the first points on the board through a George Ford penalty, it was then France who took control of the majority of the first half, three Thomas Ramos penalties plus a […]

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New Canadian rom-com with Zach Braff and Vanessa Hudgens hits all the right notes — until the end | CBC News Entertainment

New Canadian rom-com with Zach Braff and Vanessa Hudgens hits all the right notes — until the end | CBC News

Where many modern romantic comedies falter is a laser-focus on the romance and a weak commitment to the comedy — French Girl, a Canadian indie out this weekend, does not have that problem. Starring Zach Braff, Vanessa Hudgens and Québécois actress Évelyne Brochu, the rom-com is laugh-out-loud funny and never short on charm. It was shot on-location […]

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Novak Djokovic set to skip key tournaments as he sets his sights on two mega targets Tennis

Novak Djokovic set to skip key tournaments as he sets his sights on two mega targets

There is an expectation that Novak Djokovic will miss some ATP 1000 clay court events ahead of the French Open. As Tennis365 reported on February 15, Djokovic pulled out of next week’s Miami Open despite his early exit from the Indian Wells Masters. Djokovic was been dumped out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian […]

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