French news

Train passengers in France will soon be able to buy SNCF tickets from tobacconist shops, it has been confirmed, in the same week as SNCF announced more station sellers in response to huge queues.

Drivers in France who are caught using their mobile device while driving could soon face losing their licence with immediate effect.

Giant inflatable blocked view out of rear window

There is confusion over some of the baccalauréat results this year due to strike action by some exam paper markers – and it is not over yet.

Influential MP insists plan to bring France's motorways under State control would raise desperately needed funds

'Locally violent' storms forecast in seven departments on Monday, July 8

Notre Dame des Cyclistes listed among 121 French monuments to get restoration funds from this year's Heritage Lottery

Bags of French-grown potatoes have been recalled by supermarket group Lidl after the produce was found to have breached the maximum allowed limit for residues of the insecticide fosthiazate.

Water restrictions are in place in at least 41 departments across France, with at least 17 areas said to have reached “crisis” point.

Storms causing hailstones the size of golf balls and onions have fallen in France this weekend, after forecaster Météo France issued storm alerts.