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Eurostar to end summer service between the Netherlands and Belgium to south of France
Operator chooses to focus on core cities but will still run winter Alpine service
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Dordogne resident claims to catch 1,300 Asian hornets in a day using this technique
Homemade concoction of alcohol and syrup attracts and traps hornets but repels bees keeping pollinators safe
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‘Exceptional’ astronomical event visible from France tonight as seven plants align
The ‘planet parade’ will be visible from sunset
Australians in Manche for sub training

Australian accents will be more common in Cherbourg soon as up to 150 Australian engineers arrive for training following a submarine contract.
Australia is paying €35bn for the construction of 12 submarines between 2022 and 2050 and France is also training teams on how to maintain them.
The top ‘Australia guy’ at French industrialists Naval Group, in charge of the project, Jean-Michel Billig, said: “We’ve a dozen years to get the Australians to understand and master our savoir-faire.”