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In total, 131 local decrees, which restrict water use in particular areas, have been issued in 70 departments

"Enter at your own risk"

Department one of 22 across France that has issued a 'red' water restriction decree

Temperatures expected to start rising over the weekend, Météo France warns

South African singer and activist against apartheid Johnny Clegg, who died yesterday aged 66, was particularly popular in France despite his songs being sung in English and Zulu.

French former minister, François de Rugy, who stood down from his post this week after alleged inappropriate use of public funds, is now further accused of using a State driver for private trips.

Young people in Marseille have been throwing electric scooters into the sea for fun, it has emerged, prompting the city’s leading electric scooter hire firm to hire staff to monitor the seafront.

A new law setting out the definitive reconstruction plan for the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris has been passed by the French government.

Declarations last night by the UK’s two Conservative leadership contenders that the Northern Irish backstop is ‘dead’ and cannot be in the Brexit deal have angered campaigners for the rights of Britons in France who say it could increase the risk of a no-deal crash-out.

Self-service checkout tills in supermarkets are becoming more common in France, and stand to change consumer behaviour considerably, a new study has found.

A tower in the medieval city of Carcassonne (Aude, Occitanie) has been damaged by a fire caused by a fireworks display held to celebrate the Fête Nationale on July 14.

Wildfires have destroyed more than 350 hectares of land in southern France and forced the evacuation of 2,500 holidaymakers from nearby campsites.

UPDATE (16/07/2019): A total of 61 departments are now affected and 118 water restriction decrees have been issued.

Victim suffered allergic reaction after sucking at wound on his hand 

Now, 'flyboard' inventor is planning a cross-Channel challenge for later this month...

The first firework display in Nice since the terrorist attack of July 2016 has taken place in celebration of today’s July 14 Fête Nationale.