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Adults browsing tall wooden bookshelves in a grand bookshop

Saint-Brieuc, France

Three Saint-Brieuc bookshops are collecting children's books for Christmas

Until November 20, shoppers can buy an extra book and leave it for Secours populaire. Last year the three shops collected 70.

Verified · Ouest-France

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A common kestrel in flight with its wings spread

Animals

Coucy-le-Château, France

A young kestrel flew free inside the walls of Coucy-le-Château

Volunteers from Picardie Faune Sauvage let a five-month-old common kestrel go at the château on October 21. It had been found as a nestling near Beauvais airport.

Verified · L'Aisne Nouvelle

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Adults reading and working at long tables in a library hall

Community

Erquy, France

Erquy dropped the fee to use its library, for residents and visitors alike

The town council made the Blé-en-Herbe library free to enter. Card fees had been about 3 percent of the library budget.

Verified · Ouest-France

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