Katy Wright
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 17
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Opposition grows as France plans wave of giant data centres (opens the original)
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The ‘Campus IA’ project at Fouju in the greater Paris region - billed as the largest data centre project currently underway in Europe - has become a battleground for the issue of data centre construction. The €50 billion project, backed by MGX (an Emirati investment fund), Bpifrance (France's public investment bank), Mistral AI and Nvidia, is planned for the small village of Fouju - population 600 - located in the middle of an agricultural area in the Seine-et-Marne département. Plans include an
Could Saint Malo in 'rainy Brittany' really run out of water? (opens the original)
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Like much of France, the Ille-et-Vilaine département, which includes Saint-Malo, is on "crise" drought alert - the highest level of restriction. Non-essential water use is banned for households, including filling private swimming pools and washing cars, boats, house fronts and terraces. But in Saint-Malo and the surrounding communes - an area known as the Pays de Saint-Malo - residents have been asked to go further and limit their consumption to 40 litres per person per day. In Saint-Malo, offic
Hundreds of post offices across France could close under new proposals (opens the original)
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Investigative news site Mediapart revealed a list of over 400 post offices around the country that could be set to close next year. The total could rise to as high as 471, according to unions. Which areas could be most impacted most? A map released by the SudPTT union showed that a large proportion of the proposed closures affect towns with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. However, there are several major cities that could be impacted too - Lyon, for example, could potentially lose five post office
Should elderly drivers in France get an 'S' sticker for their car? (opens the original)
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Every now and then, rumours start circulating in France, online and on social media, claiming that the government is about to make an "S" sticker (for ‘senior’) mandatory for drivers over 70 - and in recent weeks, that rumour has resurfaced. Using an ‘S’ sticker is entirely optional and there are no current plans to make it compulsory - something France's Sécurité Routière has explicitly stated on its own site under the article: "Drivers over the age of 70 will have to display an "S" sticker (fo
MAP: How bad are the fuel shortages across France this week? (opens the original)
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New statistics from the French government this week revealed that around 16 percent of France’s petrol stations were experiencing fuel shortages. That reflected a jump of 3 percent on Sunday's figure. In some departments, more than a quarter were impacted, the new figures showed. Out of almost 10,000 petrol stations across France, 16 percent were running short of at least one type of fuel, according to official figures published on Monday 21st September. READ ALSO: How to check for fuel shortage
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