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Bordeaux town hall set on fire as pension reform protests continue in France

More than one million people are protesting the government’s plan to raise the pension age by two years

Evening Standard

No red carpet: French unrest impacts King Charles III's trip

Unrest in France is tarnishing the sheen of King Charles III’s first overseas trip as monarch

The Independent UK

A French treat with a classified recipe

Around 1985, 88 patissiers took an oath to uphold a standard and use a secret recipe, which is kept in a vault

Salon

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Bristol wine shop Averys to celebrate huge milestone this year

Averys is the second-oldest wine merchant in the country and has been described as "Bristol’s best kept secret"

Bristol Post

Conor Murray will feel the support of the nation at the Aviva Stadium

Mental toughness has been at the core of Murray's brilliant Ireland career that goes back to his debut as a 21-year-old in Bordeaux against today's opponents France in 2011

Irish Mirror

France struggles with wine surplus

PARIS: France plans to spend millions of euros to turn wine into industrial alcohol for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to drain a massive surplus, the agriculture ministry has said.

Bangkok Post

Nottingham Forest transfer confirmed as Steve Cooper sanctions move

The latest Nottingham Forest transfer news as the striker was unable to be registered for any other European side this season after featuring for both Bordeaux and Olympiacos.

Nottingham Post

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The best new European train journeys for 2023

Overnight trains between Stuttgart and Venice and between Munich and Genoa are among several new services that have launched in recent days

The Guardian - UK

Gloucester flip the script with brilliant second-half try blitz to stun Bordeaux

Albert Tuisue, Santiago Socino and Charlie Chapman all touched down to complete a remarkable turnaround from 17-5 down with 18 minutes to go

The Guardian - UK

Peugeot Introduces Limited Django 125 And 150 Bordeaux Edition In Japan

Peugeot introduces the limited Bordeaux Edition of the Django 125 and 150 retro-style scooters in Japan.

RideApart

France bans short-haul flights that are linked by a train journey of less than 2.5 hours

The ban will affect routes between Paris Orly and Bordeaux, Nantes and Lyon

Evening Standard

We asked, you answered: What precious object is part of your family history?

Readers responded with moving stories of past journeys and crises — and keepsakes that remind them of their roots and tie them to their family. Here's a sampling of replies.

WEKU

Paris joins list of cities to snub giant screens for World Cup fan zones

Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux have become the latest French citites to back away from centrally located fan zones to celebrate the football World Cup which starts on 20 November in Qatar.

Radio France Internationale

French cities ditch World Cup festivities to protest Qatar’s record on human rights, environment

With a little over a month left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a string of French cities – including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Marseille – have announced they are boycotting the tournament and will not set up the customary fan zones with giant TV…

France 24

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The Independent UK

Paris joins other French cities in boycott of World Cup screenings

Lille, Bordeaux and Marseille are among the other French cities that have decided not to show matches on a big screen

The Guardian - UK

Droughts, heat and fire: the future of wine in the climate crisis

Across the planet, growers are having to adjust to extreme conditions in a warming world

The Guardian - UK

Three high-quality wines from less-acclaimed areas in Europe

Don’t judge a bottle by its illustrious label. Good wines don’t always come from the most famous regions, says David Williams

Radio France Internationale

Hundreds evacuated as firefighters battle to contain blaze in southwest France

Hundreds of firemen have been deployed in the Gironde region south of the city of Bordeaux to fight a blaze which has already destroyed 1,300 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of several hundred people.

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Wales Online

Adored pet dog mauled to death after being chased into home by Dogue de Bordeaux

Devastated owner Shona O'Sullivan said Jack Russell cross Princess was her world and she can't accept she's gone

Radio France Internationale

Bordeaux wine harvest will not have a 'smoky' taste after summer wildfires, winemakers say

Tests carried out on grapes to be harvested for wine in France's famous Bordeaux region show that the new vintage will not have a smoky taste as feared. This after massive fires swept through the southwest destroying thousands of hectares of forest near the vineyards over the summer.

The Independent UK

Drought forces earliest harvest ever in French wine country

Climate change is encroaching on the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux

Bangkok Post

Sports stadiums echo ancient divisions

More than 230 amphitheatres, among the largest and most memorable monuments left to us by the Romans, survive in cities from northern England to the banks of the Jordan River. The Romans built amphitheatres for more than 500 years in a range of sizes -- from a capacity of a…

Radio France Internationale

In pictures: France ravaged by summer of wildfire and drought

While rainfall on Sunday brought desperately needed relief to firefighters in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, wildfires elsewhere continue to burn though hundreds of hectares of French forests. Sunday marked the end of an intense heatwave that began on Wednesday, with storms forecast in 10 departments.

The Guardian - UK

French PM sounds climate crisis alarm as ‘ogre-like’ wildfire rages

Élisabeth Borne makes statement as more than 1,000 firefighters battle huge blaze south of Bordeaux

Daily Mirror

Apocalyptic 'monster' wildfire rips across France as 1,000 firefighters tackle 'ogre'

Two huge fires destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forests in the same region that forced close to half a million people to flee their homes near Bordeaux, France

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