Local news stories and events from the different regions of France
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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ANGER Barricades were erected in the capital on Monday evening In the evening of Monday, 287 demonstrators were arrested, almost all of them in Paris (234), during the demonstrations after the adoption of the pension reform via the recourse to article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution, a we learned this Tuesday from a police source. In Paris, […]
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PROTEST: The oil terminal in Donges had been occupied for a week by unions opposed to the pension reform They put an end to the blockage that had lasted for a week. During the night of Monday to Tuesday, the police intervened in Donges (Loire-Atlantique) to unblock the oil terminal which was paralyzed by demonstrators opposed […]
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PROTESTS: More than 300 people were arrested on Thursday and Friday following clashes at Place de la Concorde, where people had gathered to demonstrate against the pension reform Gatherings in Place de la Concorde, as well as on the Champs-Elysées, were banned on Saturday by the Paris police headquarters. The day before and the day before, in Paris, […]
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A new demonstration against the pension reform gave rise to violence and clashes in Lyon on Friday evening. The town hall of the 4th arrondissement was ransacked. New episode in the mobilization against the pension reform and the use of 49.3 in Lyon (Rhône) this Friday 17th March 2023 after a first demonstration which gave rise to clashes and violence Thursday […]
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