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There has been a dramatic car chase in Nice for the second day running. It happened in the early hours of the morning, when police flagged down a suspicious driver who ... ....
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A 14-year-old boy has been placed in police custody after stealing his grandmothers car in Callian in the Var.
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The mayor of Saint Agnès in the Alpes Maritimes has opposed a project which would see the former holiday center the Orméa being transformed to accommodate 56 young migrants.
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Five French men aged 18 and 19 have been accused of sexual assault, following a complaint from two 20-year-old Norwegian women in the seaside resort of Benidorm in Spain.
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Météo France has placed, nine departments of the North-East and Occitanie region on an orange weather alert with storms forecast.
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According to local media eight employees from the hotel Belle Rives in Juan les Pins have been struck down by food poisoning.
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The official Alpes-Maritimes flag is being flown at half-mast today as a sign of respect for the Mayor of Signes who was buried this afternoon. The 76 year-old died after being run over following an argument over illegal ... ....
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Bison Futé has warned motorists in the region that this weekend will be particularly difficult on the roads with a black Saturday for those heading to the Southeast.
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Five motorists, each one driving a Porsche in a high speed convoy going over 200km/h, have been stopped by French police. The incident happened ... ....
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British Airways passengers are currently facing delays following an IT failure.
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Five motorists driving Porsches at more than 200km/h on the A89 motorway towards Bordeaux- Clermont-Ferrand have been stopped by French police.
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A popular diving spot with young people has been made completely in accessible following several accidents.
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Beach goers across the region have been warned of “fake tourists” equipped with a payment terminal able to copy card details.
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Firefighters in Aix-en-Provence have saved a 7-year-old boy from jumping from the fourth floor of an apartment block. The child had reportedly been left alone, locked inside the apartment while his parents were away.
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A campsite in the Ardèche has been evacuated after two fires broke out on Tuesday afternoon.
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Sixty jobs are to be lost at the Foreplast factory in Monaco. The news has come as a shock to employees, many of whom have worked at the company for over 25 years. The company owners ... ....
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The French culture minister has ignited a debate over the encroachment of other languages in France, by telling his followers to “say things in French”.
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A tribute ceremony to Franck Chesneau, the civil security pilot who died on Friday during the crash of his Canadair aircraft,
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Météo France has placed nine departments in central-eastern France on an orange weather alert with heavy rainfall and strong winds forecast.
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Jean-Mathieu Michel, the Mayor of Signes near Toulon, in the Var has been killed in an accident.
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The World Weather Network has said the recent canicule heatwave across France, and the rest of Europe, would have been less severe without climate change. They say temperature highs of ...
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According to a report published by the World Weather Network during the recent heat wave which hit Western Europe at the end of July, temperatures would have been "about 1.5 ° to 3 ° degrees lower" without climate change.
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Franky Zapata the 40-year-old French inventor who has just completed crossing the Channel on a Flyboard has announced his next project while speaking to French media this morning and it involves crossing the Channel in a flying car.
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The Ocean Viking, the new boat chartered by SOS Mediterranean and Médecins sans Frontières, has begun its first rescue mission off the coast of Libya leaving the port of Marseille shortly after 10pm on Sunday despite the uncertainty around ports of reception and the closure of Italian waters.
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A pregnant woman in her thirties has died after being shot at close range by her ex-partner.
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Police in the Var have launched an appeal following the worrying disappearance of 70-year-old Denis Bouton. Bouton has not been seen since leaving his holiday home in Bormes les Mimosas on Saturday morning shortly after 7.30am.
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