7 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: My friends in France say their country's ban on smoking in public will be ignored with a Gallic shrug. Will we be as defiant when it happens here?

Can this really be la belle France, which gave us such classic images as the young Brigitte Bardot smoking a cigar and Audrey Hepburn holding a cigarette holder as long as a magician's wand?

Politics

7 d. ago Healey slams ‘shocking’ scenes of smugglers picking up migrants ‘like a taxi’

French police officers were seen watching as migrants, including children, boarded at a beach between Calais and Dunkirk.

Events

8 d. ago Space NK's Sol de Janeiro summer bundle features cult favourites and free tote bag

The Sol de Janeiro The Sol Tote + Body Essentials is a limited edition set that includes everything you need for summer, plus a handy beach-ready tote bag

Politics

8 d. ago Voices: I’m gay – I don’t want to be surrounded by children on holiday

As France is told that their adult-only hotels and restaurants are ‘violence against children’, Gary Nunn says that’s another country off his bucket-and-spade list

Politics

8 d. ago The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet

Politics

8 d. ago Lighting up on a French beach will cost more than £100 under national smoking ban

But the ban does not cover e-cigarettes, and smoking on cafe terraces will still be permitted

Economics

8 d. ago France to ban smoking in public places including at beaches and parks

The ban follows similar measures across an increasingly smoking-averse Europe

Politics

9 d. ago France to ban common object in public places from July 1 with hefty fines

The new rule could catch people out if they're not aware before heading to the country this summer

Politics

1 week ago Two UK seaside counties ranked and rated including one with the 'best beaches'

Which? has extensively rated and compared two popular seaside counties popular with British staycationers to see which one offers the best holiday

Politics

1 week ago ‘Every time I took a shower I thought, ‘Is he watching me?’ – the terrifying rise of secret cameras

Anyone can buy a tiny spy camera and hide it in a mirror, fake smoke alarm or public toilet. But why would they? As cases of voyeurism against women soar in the UK, victims say it’s too easy for men to get away with itThe first time Heidi Marney took a bath in her new, temporary home, she felt she was being watched. “I had this overwhelming sense that there were eyes on me,” she says. She remembers scanning the room. “It was a big, double bath and above, on the wall, there was a TV with a device hanging down with a flashing red light.” Marney sent a photo of it to a friend who assured her that it was a dongle and said he had one too so that he could get Sky in every room.“Logic told me that, if someone was filming me, there’d be a camera in my bedroom,” Marney continues, “so I went to my room and looked everywhere – the wardrobe, the lights; I was meticulous. There was nothing, so I told myself I was being ridiculous. My landlord was the kindest human you could ever meet. He would n...

Events

1 week ago A basketball player was sidelined for her headscarf. France may now ban them in all sports

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because rules in several disciplines ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance

Sport

2 w. ago Police officer sacked and jailed after blowing vape smoke at a member of the public before throttling him

PC Tyler McWalter, 30, choked Charlie Pottow while on a night out during an unprovoked attack in Dorset.

Events

2 w. ago France looks to ban children from wearing Muslim headscarf as government tackles 'political Islamism'

The ban proposed would forbid 'minors under 15 from wearing the veil in public spaces,' It added the hijab 'seriously undermines gender equality.'

Politics

2 w. ago UK's 'most beautiful' beach unveils brutal £15 charge as locals threaten action

Following a huge influx in tourists, a stunning Blue Flag beach has issued a stark clampdown on visitors - including a £15 maximum daily car park charge and strict cut-off times

Economics

3 w. ago UK beach is 'one of the most secluded in the world' with beautiful blue waters

Nanjizal Beach in Cornwall's far west was ranked the second most secluded beach in the world by Sunsail, with the team analysing factors including accessibility and online searches

Politics

3 w. ago Overcompensating review – an exquisite frat bro orgy of shirt

This college comedy follows a heart throb desperately trying to be ‘totally not gay’. But beneath the razor sharp jokes is a schmaltzy show that tugs at the heartstringsIn the pandemic, Benito Skinner became internet famous for his camply unhinged impressions of celebrities, reality stars and LA types: his roster includes a devil-worshipping Kris Jenner, Billie Eilish at the beach and a twitching, gurgling Timothée Chalamet. By then, the comedian had been uploading videos for years. A clip from 2019 titled Live Footage of Me in the Closet sees Skinner comb his fringe forward, don an Abercrombie tee and travel back to the late 00s to resurrect his teenage self, a boy denying his love for Gossip Girl while repeatedly insisting he’s “not gay” until the screen erupts into a manic collage of Lady Gaga dance routines, Google results for “daniel radcliffe equus naked” and the iTunes page for Glee: The Music, Volume 1.Six years on, Skinner is reprising the role. Overcompensating, an eight-p...

Politics

4 w. ago ‘Spectacular’ Scottish island estate including farmhouse and secluded beach up for sale

A Scottish estate described as being “spectacular”, and including the tip of a “majestic” peninsula is on the market, and it’s a unique buy.

Society