This French Life

Winter flights from flybe

LOW cost airline flybe will start winter flights to France from two UK regional airports later this year.

Le Tour gets set

THIS year’s Tour de France starts on Saturday with a time trial on the Vendee coast, beginning one of the world’s greatest sporting spectacles.

Money questions for France

YOU are sure to have many financial questions when buying a property in France, so reading as much in advance is helpful.

Croxteth Hall’s French connection

A FILM about a French chef who served at Croxteth Hall, in Liverpool, is to be shown at the stately home on July 14.

The Air Turquoise website

THE market for internal flights in France should be a busy, thriving business considering the size of the country.

But the stranglehold that Air France enjoys over the market has seen smaller airlines collapse, leaving people little option but to pay inflated prices, or travel by other means.

Pool use hits water supplies

THE increasing popularity of garden swimming pools is being seen as a cause of water shortages in France.

New route from Ryanair

RYANAIR has announced it will be starting a new route to France.

Air quality in France

WITH temperatures beginning to rise as summer arrives air quality in some of the major cities of France is deteriorating.

Over the weekend Paris issued a warning advising people who suffer from respiratory problems to be aware and take precautions if required.

No new speed cameras

THE Transport Minister Dominique Perben has said that there will be no additional speed cameras on French roads in 2006.

For sale - farmhouse in the Lot and Garonne

A RARE opportunity to purchase three delightful stone buildings with a private oak wood, in the beautiful Lot et Garonne.