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Listen: Stag bellowing season to begin in French forests
Every year, nature-lovers gather to listen out for the sound and even compete to imitate it best. A 500-hour livestream is available of the bellowing season on TV this year
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How a Brittany commune hopes to get strangers talking
A conversation bench is one of many initiatives being trialled to develop a spirit of friendship
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Warning over fire risk as many in France flout rubbish sorting rules
Discarded batteries suspected to be cause of at least some of the fires
Café ordered to pay €37,600
Enabling smoking comes at a price
Following a legal battle, Parisian café Zéphyr near Montmartre has been ordered to pay €37,600 to the anti-smoking campaigners Droits des non-fumeurs (DNF) for allowing customers to smoke in an enclosed terrace.
A second nearby café, le Brébant, was ordered to pay a smaller amount for not having put up no-smoking signs.