There is an app that is all the rage in France called cestlagreve. It is a handy update for all the strikes that are taking place at any one time all over the country. 

You would need a heart of stone not to find the disintegration of the Australian cricket team utterly hilarious. The captain, the vice-captain, a batsman and even the coach have all resigned with tearful apologies. 

It was during the peak of the school run on Friday that a plastic Lidl bag caught fire in a Tube train packed with commuters at Parsons Green in Fulham.

Every Saturday locals and tourists flock to the center of the historic town of Pézénas in France’s Languedoc region, just 30 minutes from the Mediterranean coast.