Local news stories and events from the different regions of France
In southern Brittany, in the ria d’Etel, an island is for sale. The future buyer will enjoy a house and a beach all to himself for nearly 3 million euros. Do you dream of the life of Robinson Crusoe? With a little (a lot) of money, you can afford this dream in South Brittany. An island is for sale in […]
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GRAND DISTRIBUTION: The Auchan group has unveiled its first mini-supermarket prototype allowing customers to do their shopping completely independently without even having to go to the checkout After the Auchan Minute containers, the retail giant presented Auchan Go, a new smart store concept. The technology deployed allows customers to do their shopping naturally without having […]
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SYMBOL: After a crossing of about ten days from Greece, the Olympic flame will disembark from Belem, one of the oldest three masters in Europe to still sail Marseille city will have to wait another year before being the first French city to see the Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Games. It will indeed land […]
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Several organisations have taken administrative action to challenge the prefectural decrees authorising the use of drones with on-board cameras during the May Day demonstrations. In Rouen, the decree was notably restricted, and completely suspended in certain areas. Organisations have seized administrative justice to challenge several prefectural decrees authorizing the use of drones during the May 1st demonstrations […]
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WEATHER FORECAST: Today, in Nantes the appearance of the sun will be delayed by some clouds. The sky will gradually darken with the appearance of clouds. Temperatures will be 14°C in the morning and 19°C in the afternoon… The sky will be overcast in Nantes during the day. The weather will gradually cover with the arrival of […]
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ACCIDENT: The incident took place at Gaîté station, on line 13, in Paris last night A man and a woman died overnight from Wednesday to Thursday after being hit by a metro train in Paris, we learned from firefighters and the RATP. The people were homeless. Around 12:45 a.m. at the Gaîté metro station (14th arrondissement), “two people […]
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The victim, seriously injured, was transferred to the hospital in Poitiers (Vienne). The reason why the wooden walls would have collapsed is still unknown. An investigation is opened. Drama at the Leroy Merlin store in Puilboreau, in the agglomeration of La Rochelle this Wednesday afternoon, in Charente-Maritime. A 50-year-old customer was seriously injured after an incident in the outdoor courtyard […]
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Although the work began in 2019, an interruption, due to the health crisis and the discovery of high levels of lead in the successive layers of paint, caused significant delays. For its twentieth painting campaign since 1889, the Eiffel Tower will not be completely ready to offer its most beautiful golden adornment to the many visitors expected […]
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This exotic snake does not present a danger, according to firefighters. The reptile made walkers jump on l’île aux Vaches, in Angoulême, this Sunday. And for good reason, they saw a snake four feet long and brightly coloured, according to a video viewed by firefighters. City officials first thought it was a coral snake, one […]
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HERITAGE: Built in 1876, the ten-metre-high building is one of the very last existing Eiffel lighthouses Restored for several months, the Eiffel lighthouse in Moguériec has finally returned to the Finistère port. It is one of only three lighthouses Gustave Eiffel built in France. Built-in 1876, the lighthouse was first installed in the port of Honfleur […]
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