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Spain king ousted as honorary president of World Wildlife Fund branch after elephant hunt

<p>The World Wildlife Fund’s branch in Spain has ousted King Juan Carlos as its honorary president — a title he’d held since 1968 — after deciding his recent elephant hunting safari was incompatible with its goal of conserving endangered species.  The announcement Saturday was the latest in a string of bad news for Spain’s royal family, which has been embarrassed by legal and other scandals. The fund said in a statement that “although such hunting is legal and regulated” it had “received many expressions of distress from its members and society in general.” It said members voted at a meeting Saturday in Madrid to “to get rid of the honorary President” by a substantial majority of 226 votes to 13.  The Royal Palace declined immediate comment on the announcement.  Many Spaniards were dumbfounded when news broke in April that the king had made a secret journey to hunt elephants in Botswana even though it was widely known he was president of the Spanish branch of the fund.  Such an opulent indulgence also angered Spaniards at a time when national unemployment hovers around 25 percent, the economy is contracting and there are fears the country may need an international financial bailout.  The Spanish public learned of the safari only after the king had to fly back in a private jet to receive emergency medical attention for a broken hip suffered during the trip.  In an unprecedented act of royal contrition, a sheepish Juan Carlos apologized, saying as he left the hospital: “I am very sorry. I made a mistake. It won’t happen again.”  It was a poignant moment because the royal family had been under intense media scrutiny for all the wrong reasons.  The king’s son-in-law, Inaki Urdangarin, is a suspect in a corruption case, accused of having used his position to embezzle several million euros in public contracts through a supposedly not-for-profit foundation he’d set up.  Over Easter, the king’s 13-year-old grandson, Felipe Juan Froilan, shot himself in the foot with a shotgun, even though Spanish law dictates you must be 14 to handle a gun.  The king on Tuesday decided to take a pay cut in solidarity with civil servants who are to lose their traditional Christmas bonuses as part of the government’s most recent austerity drive.  The salaries of Juan Carlos and Crown Prince Felipe will be reduced about 7 percent — to about 272,000 euros ($334,000) and 131,000 euros ($160,000) respectively — in line with government policy, the Royal Palace said.  The king and prince acted voluntarily in cutting their salaries, the palace said.</p>

Spain king ousted as honorary president of World Wildlife Fund branch after elephant hunt

The World Wildlife Fund’s branch in Spain has ousted King Juan Carlos as its honorary president — a title he’d held since 1968 — after decid...

Invasion of the pickpockets

<p><p>Britain is in the grip of a pickpocketing epidemic as Eastern European gangs descend on London ahead of the Olympic Games.</p><p>A surge in sneak street thefts means more than 1,700 people fall victim every day – an increase of nearly a fifth in only two years, according to official crime  figures released yesterday.</p><p>At the same time, police warned that professional gangs from Romania, Lithuania and even South America who operate in capitals across Europe are heading to Britain, intent on cashing in on unwitting tourists at London 2012.</p><div><img alt="How they do it: A member of the pickpocket gang approaches a BBC reporter investigating the rise in thefts ahead of the Olympics" height="357" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/20/article-2175867-141FE295000005DC-97_634x357.jpg" width="634" /><p>How they do it: A member of the pickpocket gang approaches a BBC reporter investigating the rise in thefts ahead of the Olympics</p></div><div><img alt="Keeping him occupied: The man speaks to the victim on the pretense of needing directions while another gang member approaches from behind" height="463" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/19/article-2175867-14221E17000005DC-408_634x463.jpg" width="634" /><p>Keeping him occupied: The man speaks to the victim on the pretense of needing directions while another gang member approaches from behind</p><div><p>A BBC investigation exposed the tactics used by Romanian thieves, who were previously operating in Barcelona, to dupe their victims.</p><p>The criminals boasted of their ‘one-second’ theft techniques which leave targets unaware that anything has happened until  it is too late. They can make £4,000 a week taking wallets, smartphones and laptop bags. The goods are then shipped back to Romania and sold on the black market.</p><div> Scotland Yard has made more than 80 arrests already and warned thieves the capital will be a ‘hostile environment’ in the coming weeks.</div><p>The Met has even drafted in a team of Romanian police officers to deal with the problem and patrol in the West End of London and Westminster during the Games. They will not have arrest powers.</p><div><img alt="Distracted: An accomplice (left) then plays drunk so he can get close enough to the target to strike" height="414" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/19/article-2175867-141FE190000005DC-161_634x414.jpg" width="634" /><p>Distracted: An accomplice (left) then plays drunk so he can get close enough to the target to strike</p></div><p> </p><div><img alt="Sleight of hand: The 'drunk' man jostles around with the BBC reporter, making it harder for him to notice what is going on" height="359" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/20/article-2175867-141FE1E8000005DC-635_634x359.jpg" width="634" /><p>Sleight of hand: The 'drunk' man jostles around with the BBC reporter, making it harder for him to notice what is going on</p></div><p> </p></div></div><p> </p><div><img alt="Rich pickings: The sneering thief walks away with the wallet from the unsuspecting victim" height="447" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/19/article-2175867-141FE216000005DC-964_634x447.jpg" width="634" /><p>Rich pickings: The sneering thief walks away with the wallet from the unsuspecting victim</p></div><div><img alt="Teamwork: The thief quickly hands the wallet to another member of the gang, who spirits it away" height="352" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/20/article-2175867-141FE238000005DC-866_634x352.jpg" width="634" /><p>Teamwork: The thief quickly hands the wallet to another member of the gang, who spirits it away</p></div><p> </p><p>Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: ‘These Romanian officers will prove to be a huge asset in cracking down on certain criminal networks who are targeting tourists in central London.’</p><p>Official statistics released yesterday showed pickpocketing thefts rose 17 per cent in the past two years.</p><p>In 2011/12, a total of 625,000 people fell victim, the Crime Survey of England and Wales showed.</p><p>That is an increase of more than 102,000 since 2009/10.</p><p>The vast majority of the total are classified as ‘stealth thefts’, but in 83,000 cases the victims’ possessions were ‘snatched’.</p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></span></p>

Invasion of the pickpockets

Britain is in the grip of a pickpocketing epidemic as Eastern European gangs descend on London ahead of the Olympic Games. A surge in sneak ...

HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS TODAY

<div id=":ul" class="ii gt adP adO" style="font-size: 13px; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; z-index: 2; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;"><div id=":uk"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br /><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; padding: 0cm;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center; background-color: #f5f5f5; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </div><div style="text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Grabbing a cup of coffee</span></strong></div><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 1.5pt; width: 839px;" width="100%"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.75pt; width: 831px;" width="99%" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description: CF576CE06B56479DB8C5A48E42CA3BA9@HomeLT" height="287" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="479" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Dining out at your favourite restaurant</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description: 6903A9CEDEC24FE2BF0AD08A8938A39D@HomeLT" height="360" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="480" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Spending some time at the museum</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">  <img alt="Description: Description: 810C23D4F768471C975BAA3637C7E2F9@HomeLT" height="473" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.3&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="480" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Meeting at a popular fast food centre</span></strong> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description:   654B37223ED04EBEB25DD4F27DB38B76@HomeLT" height="600" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.4&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="450" />   </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Relaxing at the beach</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description: 3662D65E36084FE3B1DFB412B2301360@HomeLT" height="318" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.5&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="480" />   </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Going to a game</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description: 86E35EEDDDD8402D90B4DE9C978CB4BF@HomeLT" height="263" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.6&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="479" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">   <strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Going out on a date</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description: E2E7E88F4CF34955A4CAA39B6C207ED2@HomeLT" height="360" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.7&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="480" />   </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Taking a drive around town</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Description: Description:   A68911474C964512942A7E70D8E5B158@HomeLT" height="600" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3b30568af3&view=att&th=13896e30557b3bf5&attid=0.8&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="449" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 1.5pt; width: 839px;" width="100%"><table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; width: 835px;" width="100%"> </td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm;" valign="bottom"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: 24pt;">I am thankful I belong to another generation  !!!!</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </div><div style="text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;" lang="EN">“It’s become appallingly clear that our Technology has surpassed our Humanity” -- </span><strong>Albert Einstein</strong></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div>

HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS TODAY

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Tattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings

<div></div><div id="article-wrapper"><div id="main-content-picture"><img alt="Tattoo" height="276" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/7/13/1342183532373/Tattoo-008.jpg" width="460" /><div>'It's wisest to pick someone whom you cannot break up with or divorce.' Photograph: Gary Powell/Getty Images</div></div><div id="article-body-blocks"><p>Tattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings – at least if you believe the report in Thursday's Daily Mail, which looked at "embarrassing" <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2172158/What-inking-The-embarrassing-matching-tattoos-brand-couples-life.html">matching couple tattoos</a> – designs that complement or complete each other across two, romantically involved bodies.</p><p>Yet there are millions of people who feel no embarrassment about the tattoos they share with their friends, lovers and even exes. Moreover, as with most perceived "new trends" in tattooing, this practice is one with a history far older than the current generation; it's a phenomenon that provides both an insight into human beings' fundamental relationships with their own bodies and the bodies and lives of those close to them.</p><p> </p><p>Tattoos have been used as markers of association for probably as long as human beings have walked the earth, to mark tribal affiliations, regimental membership in the military, membership of fraternal orders such as the masons or US college Greek letter groups, and to signify gang membership.</p><p>The most common of these types of affiliative tattoos, though, is marking an attachment to a loved one. There's an old adage in tattooed circles that suggests getting your lover's name tattooed on you is a sure kiss of death for that relationship, and it's an old gag too: Norman Rockwell's famous 1944 Saturday Evening Post cover painting, <a href="http://www.needlesandsins.com/2009/12/the-story-behind-rockwells-the-tattooist.html">The Tattooist</a>, shows a salty sailor in the tattooist's chair, having yet another name added to an arm already full of the crossed-out names of past paramours. Even earlier, a cartoon in Punch from 1916 <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22672/22672-h/22672-h.htm">shows</a> a "fickle young thing" – a well-turned-out young woman, as it happens – revisiting her tattooist to seek an amendment to the ornamental crest tattoo on her arm as she has, euphemistically, "exchanged into another regiment".</p><p> </p><p>None of this seems to have affected the long-standing popularity of having names or symbols tattooed to commemorate couples' love and bond. Magazines in the 1920s reported the latest fad for newlyweds was getting matching <a href="http://bit.ly/OB869M">tattooed wedding rings</a>; preserved tattooed skins in the Wellcome Collection from the late 19th century <a href="http://bit.ly/NsxIEB">feature names and portraits of lovers</a>; studies of tattoos in the American navy in the 18th century reveal a large percentage of seamen of the period <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/986875">bore tattoos of the names of women</a>; even Christian pilgrims in the 16th century were recorded to have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Who-Are-You-Indentification-Surveillance/dp/1890951722">borne the names of their wives</a> on their skins, as tokens or identificatory marks; and records attest to romantic tattooing even in ancient Rome – St Basil the Great (329-380) is said to have condemned the tattooing of a lover's name that he observed on someone's hand. While I'd certainly never advocate getting a permanent mark of your relationship too hastily, it does seem that the instinct to inscribe a permanent token transcends the ages. Caveat amator.</p><p> </p><p>Single tattoos that span multiple bodies appear to be a more recent phenomenon, however. In 1977, New York-based tattoo artist <a href="http://www.spiderwebbusa.com/art/">Spider Webb</a> undertook what was probably the first conceptual art project to use tattooing, in a piece called <a href="http://www.spiderwebbusa.com/books/x/">X-1000</a>, in which he tattooed single, small Xs on to 999 individuals, and, as a culmination, one large X on the final, 1,000th skin, conceived as one contiguous work. This tattoo, potentially spanning thousands of miles at any one time, was, Webb said, "the largest tattoo ever done at any point in history". In 2000, as the culmination to a performance art project begun in 1998 designed to highlight the horrific lives and plights of the homeless and hungry in Mexico City, Santiago Sierra produced his piece <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sierra-160-cm-line-tattooed-on-4-people-el-gallo-arte-contemporaneo-salamanca-spain-t11852">160cm Line Tattooed on Four People</a>, a single black line tattooed across the backs of prostitutes in exchange for wraps of heroin, as a symbol of their desperation, interdependence, and utter powerlessness. Sierra would later remark: "You could make this tattooed line a kilometre long, using thousands and thousands of willing people." In 2003, author Shelley Jackson famously <a href="http://ineradicablestain.com/skin.html">published</a> her short story Skin on the bodies of 2095, one tattooed word per person. These tattoos bring together strangers in common cause.</p><p> </p><p>My favourite set of matching tattoos, though, are probably the ongoing collection of work worn by <a href="http://meditationsinatrament.com/2008/08/06/caleb-and-jordan-kilby/">twins</a> Caleb and Jordan Kilby, tattooed with matching work by influential and extraordinarily talented New York-based artist Thomas Hooper. If you must get matching tattoos with someone, it's wisest to pick someone whom you cannot break up with or divorce, and to get the work carried out by a tattoo artist who will produce a piece of work that will stand the test of time on its own terms.</p></div></div>

Tattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings

'It's wisest to pick someone whom you cannot break up with or divorce.' Photograph: Gary Powell/Getty Images Tattoos are permane...

Latvian company creates leather bound Ferrari

<div id="storyimg"><br /><img alt="Motors News" height="344" src="http://www.joe.ie/uploads/story/26830/26830-xlarge.jpg" width="608" /></div><div id="story-bc"></div><div id="sub"><div id="subcol1"><div id="storyinfo"><div id="storydate"></div></div><div id="storycontent0"><div id="story-part-0"><p>We're familiar with seeing tight leather on smoking hot women, and weird old men, but it's a first for us seeing a leather bound Ferrari F430.</p><p>There seems to be a lot of fuss over this leather bound Ferrari F430 in the UK with both The Sun and The Daily Mail reporting about it recently.</p><p>However, this isn’t a new car by any means as US motoring blog Jalopnikreported on the F430 way back in August last year. It’s a pretty cool, albeit manky, car so we thought we’d show you anyway.</p><p>It’s the work of a Latvian custom car company called Dartz who hit the headlines in 2009 when they created a $1.5 million ruby red SUV with whale foreskin-covered seats. Yes, foreskin…</p><p>Anyway, some high roller with more cash then sense decided it would be a great idea to cover his €170,000 Ferrari in dark leather.</p><p>The owner of Dartz, Leonard Yankelovich, said: "One of our very rich customers from the Cote d'Azur wanted a leather exterior and knew we could deliver.</p><p>"It took three of my staff 16 working days to apply the leather and finish. He was more than happy when he picked it up."</p><p>He won’t be too happy when he scratches it though.</p><p><img alt="" height="225" src="http://www.joe.ie/uploads/story/26830/leather2.jpg" width="400" /></p><p>Is this the most expensive way to ruin a Ferrari?</p></div></div></div></div>

Latvian company creates leather bound Ferrari

We're familiar with seeing tight leather on smoking hot women, and weird old men, but it's a first for us seeing a leather bound Fer...

Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns

<p>Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned with immediate effect.  The move comes less than a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates.  Mr Diamond said he was stepping down because the external pressure on the bank risked "damaging the franchise".  Chairman Marcus Agius, who said on Monday he was stepping down, will take over the running of Barclays until a replacement is found.  "I am deeply disappointed that the impression created by the events announced last week about what Barclays and its people stand for could not be further from the truth," Mr Diamond said in a statement.  He will still appear before MPs on the Treasury Committee to answer questions about the Libor affair on Wednesday.  "I look forward to fulfilling my obligation to contribute to the Treasury Committee's enquiries related to the settlements that Barclays announced last week without my leadership in question," Mr Diamond said.  Last week, regulators in the US and UK fined Barclays £290m ($450m) for attempting to rig Libor and Euribor, the interest rates at which banks lend to each other, which underpin trillions of pounds worth of financial transactions.  Staff did this over a number of years, trying to raise them for profit and then, during the financial crisis, lowering them to hide the level to which Barclays was under financial stress.  Prime Minister David Cameron has described the rigging of Libor rates as "a scandal".  The Serious Fraud Office is also considering whether to bring criminal charges.</p>

Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns

Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned with immediate effect. The move comes less than a week after the bank was fined a record ...

Beware of missed call to check SIM cloning

<p>Next time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would lead to your SIM card being cloned. The telecom service providers are now issuing alerts to subscribers —particularly about the series mentioned above as the moment one press the call button after dialing the above number, someone at the other end will get your phone and SIM card cloned.   According to reports, more than one lakh subscribers have fallen prey to this new telecom terror attack as the frequency of such calls continues to grow. Intelligence agencies have reportedly confirmed to the service providers particularly in UP West telecom division that such a racket is not only under way but the menace is growing fast. "We are sure there must be some more similar combinations that the miscreants are using to clone the handsets and all the information stored in them," an intelligence officer told TOI.   General Manager (GM) BSNL, RV Verma, said the department had already issued alerts to all the broadband subscribers and now alert SMSes were being issued to other subscribers as well.   As per Rakshit Tandon, an IT expert who also teaches at the police academy (UP), the crooks can use other combination of numbers as well while making a call. "It is better not to respond to calls received from unusual calling numbers," says Tandon. "At the same time one should avoid storing specifics of their bank account, ATM/ Credit/Debit card numbers and passwords in their phone memory because if one falls a prey to such crooks then the moment your cell phone or sim are cloned, the data will be available to the crooks who can withdraw amount from your bank accounts as well," warns Punit Misra; an IT expert who also owns a consultancy in Lucknow.   The menace that threatens to steal the subscriber's information stored in the phone or external memory (sim, memory & data cards) has a very scary side as well. Once cloned, the culprits can well use the cloned copy to make calls to any number they wish to. This exposes the subscribers to the threat of their connection being used for terror calls. Though it will be established during the course of investigations that the cellphone has been cloned and misused elsewhere, it is sure to land the subscriber under quite some pressure till the time the fact about his or her phone being cloned and misused is established, intelligence sources said.   "It usually starts with a miss call from a number starting with + 92. The moment the subscriber calls back on the miss call, his or her cell phone is cloned. In case the subscribers takes the call before it is dropped as a miss call then the caller on the other end poses as a call center executive checking the connectivity and call flow of the particular service provider. The caller then asks the subscriber to press # 09 or # 90 call back on his number to establish that the connectivity to the subscriber was seamless," says a victim who reported the matter to the BSNL office at Moradabad last week. "The moment I redialed the caller number, my account balance lost a sum of money. Thereafter, in the three days that followed every time I got my cell phone recharged, the balance would be reduced to single digits within the next few minutes," she told the BSNL officials.</p>

Beware of missed call to check SIM cloning

Next time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would l...

France brings in breathalyser law

<p>New motoring laws have come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry breathalyser kits in their vehicles. As of July 1, motorists and motorcyclists will face an on-the-spot fine unless they travel with two single-use devices as part of a government drive to reduce the number of drink-drive related deaths. The new regulations, which excludes mopeds, will be fully enforced and include foreigner drivers from November 1 following a four-month grace period. Anyone failing to produce a breathalyser after that date will receive an 11 euro fine. French police have warned they will be carrying out random checks on drivers crossing into France via ferries and through the Channel Tunnel to enforce the new rules. Retailers in the UK have reported a massive rise in breathalyser sales as British drivers travelling across the Channel ensure they do not fall foul of the new legislation. Car accessory retailer Halfords said it is selling one kit every minute of the day and has rushed extra stock into stores to cope with the unprecedented demand. Six out of 10 Britons travelling to France are not aware they have to carry two NF approved breathalysers at all times, according to the company. The French government hopes to save around 500 lives a year by introducing the new laws, which will encourage drivers who suspect they may be over the limit to test themselves with the kits. The French drink-driving limit is 50mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood - substantially less than the UK limit of 80mg.</p>

France brings in breathalyser law

New motoring laws have come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry breathalyser kits in their vehicles. As of July 1...

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