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World-first charge-as-you-drive motorway ready for September tests in France
The technology is fitted beneath a 1.5km stretch of the A10 near Paris
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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
Patient-medic sex ban

A doctor has launched a petition calling for sexual relations between doctors and patients to be banned.
The petition (atoute.org/n/article366.html) seeks an addition to the doctors’ legally-enforceable professional code of conduct in view of the fact that many women claim doctors take advantage of them sexually.