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Is a new will required in France after getting married in the UK?
Mariage to a foreign national can leave you intestate
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MPs push to remove low emission zones in France
Critics say the zones penalise lower-income households, but the government has warned abolishing them could cost billions
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Map: where are there free motorways in France?
Only around one-quarter of France’s main road network is free from tolls
What does bikers’ leg gesture mean?
What does it mean when a motorbike rider puts out their leg when they go past you – are they being polite, or the opposite? T.D.

Putting out the right leg is a sign of thanks, for example if you deliberately slowed and pulled to the right to let the motorbike overtake.
Another biker’s convention is raising the left hand to say ‘hello’ to another biker passing in the opposite direction, known as le salut des motards.