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Is France’s Canal du Midi doomed to lose its famous trees?
Over 30,000 trees along the route have been felled
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Chance to spend a night as a ‘lighthouse keeper’ on Brittany island
This renovated lighthouse keeper’s cottage provides an unusual weekend stay option
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New French-Swiss app launches as one-stop shop for dog owners
The app shows the locations and details of dog-friendly walks, parks, hotels, activities, groomers, and entertainment
Recruitment drive for volunteer pompiers
The government hopes to boost recruitment of volunteer pompiers with measures including better pensions and social protection and a message that it can suit many kinds of people, not just “supermen”.
They want to promote the jeunes sapeurs-pompiers, for 11-18-year-olds, and to encourage people to opt for the pompiers for the future universal national service.
There are also plans to better protect firefighters by more deployment of police and gendarmes to back them up where necessary.