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French firewall to stop English web invasion

'Elle' anoints trend to plus-size models

One of the world's leading fashion magazines has created a real shock for France's fashionistas by tackling the last taboo: plus-size models.

All Black glamour couple's extraordinary encounter

When Carl Hayman and wife Natalie Crook leave England for France, they'll be farewelling a famous neighbour - troubled footballer Paul Gascoigne.

Doomed lovers in a strange land

French get to chew over migrant's win

The 2010 prize for the best baguette de tradition, or traditional baguette, in Paris has been won by a man born in Senegal.

Sarkozy foe looks to polls for revenge

Under French tradition, Dominique de Villepin's political hopes should be 'dead in the water'.

Sarkozy eyes relaunch after election drubbing

Rugby: Hayman's salary believed to be $1.2 million a season

Carl Hayman’s lucrative deal is likely to lure more All Blacks to the Northern Hemisphere after the World Cup.

Fashion: Alexander the Great's show must go on

The collection that Alexander McQueen started but never lived to complete was shown in Paris on Tuesday.

McCartney's minimalism reflects new austerity

With their cashmere sweaters and polished sling-backs, models at the Paris collections brought the upscale, impeccably groomed New York uptown girl of the mid-Nineties to mind.

Soccer: Domenech feels heat ahead of South Africa

French ban oral sex anti-smoking ads

A French anti-smoking campaign which showed teenagers having "oral sex" with cigarettes, has been abandoned.

Paris: City of Light at end of the tunnel

Linda Herrick refuses to let an accommodation blunder hinder her much-anticipated Parisian holiday.

French in uproar over oral sex anti-smoking posters

Controversy has erupted in France over the use of sexually suggestive posters as a smoking deterrent.

$19m to free journos

Air France chief wants action on volatile oil price