This French Life

President Nicolas Sarkozy reignites France's long-running battle over Sunday shopping this week as lawmakers begin debate on a bill that would allow more French stores to open on the day of rest. - This French Life

Mark Cavendish leads a sprint into Brignoles on the way to victory in the second stage of the Tour de France. - This French Life

The Front National's leader-in-waiting is confident of winning a municipal election today in the classic heartland of French socialism, and pollsters agree with her. - This French Life

Residents of St Marc sur Mer, whose sandy beach and shambolic Hôtel de la Plage won a special place in the hearts of 1950s film buffs, are rebelling against the removal of their village's name from some road signs. - This French Life

Where do the natives go for outstanding beaches, high culture and top cuisine? Ally Carnwath asked six French insiders for their holiday recommendations. - This French Life

Calais' intractable problem is worsening – a no-man's land of hundreds of migrants desperate to get to the UK, sleeping rough with no sanitation, plagued with skin disease and cajoled by smugglers and people traffickers. - This French Life

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees wants to offer Ehsan and others like him an escape route. It is trying to encourage them to seek asylum in France and has opened an office in Calais. - This French Life

After days of protests at the Marseilles airport by angry Comorans following Tuesday’s crash off the Comoros, Yemenia airlines announced it was suspending flights to and from the Mediterranean port city. - This French Life

Lance Armstrong's real intentions at the 2009 Tour de France remained enigmatic as the countdown to today's Grand Départ in Monaco continued. - This French Life

Thirteen people were injured Friday with six suffering serious wounds when a train derailed near the south-western French city of Limoges after hitting a trailer. - This French Life

A French court has jailed the Algerian singer Cheb Mami for five years for abducting a former partner and forcing her to undergo an attempted abortion. - This French Life

French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air. - This French Life

The report by French crash investigators into the crash of an Air France plane in the Atlantic last month runs to 126 pages. It is remarkably detailed considering how few facts have so far been established. - This French Life

Airbus is expected to face calls to ground its worldwide fleet of long-range airliners tomorrow when French accident investigators issue their first account of what caused Air France Flight 447 to crash off Brazil on June 1. - This French Life

Israel's foreign ministry has accused France of unacceptable meddling in its internal affairs over a reported comment by President Nicolas Sarkozy. - This French Life

French media reports said the rugby player told friends that he was suicidal after being sent home from France’s tour to New Zealand and Australia. LÉquipe, the sporting daily, said he jumped into the Seine at the weekend. - This French Life

A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time. - This French Life

A French rescuer said he had spotted the 14-year-old-girl in choppy waters amid bodies and wreckage. - This French Life

A Yemeni plane which crashed into the Indian Ocean was banned from France because of "irregularities", the French transport minister has said. - This French Life