A woman in south-west France, who received a
telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros, has had the real amount
she owed waived - after the company admitted its mistake.
British tourists heading through France often pause to stock up at one
of the giant hypermarkets bearing the name E Leclerc, which have sprung
up on the edge of almost every French town. Edouard Leclerc gave up his ambitions to become a priest and opened his first grocery shop in Brittany in 1949...