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Marcel Kittel went on to win stage 10 of the Tour

The rogue trader who ran up losses of more than £4 billion at Société Général, Jerome Kerviel, today lost an appeal against his conviction.

Shades of khaki and cream aren't just for wearing on safari, says Lee Holmes

This week’s New Designers exhibition offers visitors the chance to buy  a future design classic. Trish Lorenz tracks down the names to watch

Gavignet claims second leg victory after facing stiff competition from Josse on Dublin to Plymouth leg

Out of the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic, the Oman AIR MOD70 led the Route des Prince multihull fleet through the Straits of Gibraltar on the first leg from Valencia to Lisbon.

A fast run to Lisbon, even though the wind strength will be relatively light, was in prospect for the eight-strong fleet of trimarans as they left Valencia on the opening leg of the inaugural Route des Princes.

In rural Brittany, children travel by boat, bike or walk through woods to get to school. Photographer Stéphanie Tétu captured their adventures.

It is not often that the sports public is asked to celebrate artichokes, but that was one of the sub-plots of the unveiling of the Route des Princes yacht race in the former host city of the America’s Cup.

A second home in the country is a luxury the French can no longer afford - cue an invasion of British bargain hunters?

Corsican-speaking MEP to present report on dwindling dialects to European Parliament

Three members of an alleged bondage ring have appeared in court on charges of murder, kidnapping, torture, attempted sexual battery and conspiracy, following a woman's violent death after being convinced to go on a dinner cruise with her neighbour.

For centuries, it has been a crystal of legend locked in the verses of Norse myth with little or no evidence that it was ever real. Now it seems scientists at last have grounds for believing that the Viking “sunstone” used to navigate the seas did indeed exist.