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Is this week’s -31.4C amongst France’s coldest ever temperatures?

It was recorded in the 'Little Siberia of France'

Paris to have street named after David Bowie (even though UK does not)

The iconic name will be formally unveiled next week

Napoleon’s bicorne hat sells for €1.9m at French auction

The sale broke the previous world record for one of his iconic hats, ahead of the release of Ridley Scott’s new film about the emperor's life this week

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Bordeaux 35C, Pau 34C, Tours 32C: how long will the hot spell last?

Record-breaking weather is particularly affecting the south-west

Why are temperatures rising again in France: how warm and how long?

Bursts of warm winds are keeping temperatures high throughout the day and could see records broken

Map: What is the highest temperature recorded in your part of France?

We look at records across the country as the current heatwave continues

France storms respite only brief as bad weather set to roll in

Temperatures could hit as high as 30C on Friday before more unsettled weather arrives on Sunday

Tree-mendous! Auction of unique wooden Citroën 2CV breaks world record

The final price of €210,000 was the most expensive ever for one of France’s most iconic vehicles

In pictures: Wooden version of iconic Citroën 2CV set to be auctioned

The unique car could fetch up to €200,000 and break the world record for the highest sale price of a Citroën 2CV

Man ‘breaks world record’ for fastest marathon… running backwards!

Frenchman Guillaume de Lustrac, 29, finished the 42-km race in three hours and 25 minutes, remarkably finishing 19th

Cyclists who made huge GPS dinosaur on France trip break world record

The group’s remarkable 1,025km route took them through the central departments of Cher, Saône-et-Loire, Indre, Nièvre, Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme

March records beaten as temperatures hit 30C in south-west France

Dax, in the Landes department, registered its highest March temperature, beating a record that had stood since 1990

‘Run of my life’: French skier hits 255.5km/h to break speed record

Simon Billy, 31, broke the record on a 98% incline slope at the World Speed Skiing Championships in Vars

Records smashed as lightning strikes rain down on France

French storm observatory Keraunos said Monday was the ‘the stormiest day of the previous 15 years’

France set for record temperatures next week before storms move in

The south-west will be particularly hot on Monday with temperatures over 35C. Record seasonal highs could be recorded

Tintin drawing sells for record €3 million at French auction

The cover illustration for Tintin’s Blue Lotus , drawn by Hergé, has set a new record price for cartoon strips

UK quarantine rules threatened record Channel swim

Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel broke men's record for successful Channel crossings at the weekend

Forgotten dark truth of Zapata’s cross-Channel flight

IN terms of romance and adventure, it is hard to beat a pioneering flight across the Channel.

France’s ‘flying man’ succeeds in Channel crossing

French ‘flying man’ Franky Zapata has successfully crossed the Channel today on his jet-powered ‘flyboard’, on his second attempt at the feat.

12-year-old French boy breaks Channel sailing record

A 12-year-old boy from Brittany has set a new world record to become the youngest person to cross the English Channel in a small children’s dinghy.

World’s oldest cinema is still alive and flickering

Eden Théâtre is an icon of independent cinema in France

French sailor departs on solo world record attempt

The international sailor from Charentes, François Gabart, has this weekend set off on a solo circumnavigation of the world, which he hopes will take him under 49 days and 3 hours.

No world record for Brittany village

A year after record attempt officials refuse to validate amorous new mark

Club needs 2,023 people to go for world’s largest rugby scrum

Record bid will come in the shadow of Millau Viaduct and raise money for cancer

Squash: the gourd, the bad and the ugly...

October is the season for pumpkins and squashes – with festivals celebrating these large and colourful vegetables all over France. Jane Hanks finds out more about the huge variety of species which exist

Record

Is this week’s -31.4C amongst France’s coldest ever temperatures?

Paris to have street named after David Bowie (even though UK does not)

Napoleon’s bicorne hat sells for €1.9m at French auction

Bordeaux 35C, Pau 34C, Tours 32C: how long will the hot spell last?

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