French news

Packets of ham have been recalled from French supermarket Carrefour over fears there may be a risk of listeria contamination.

The Pas-de-Calais department in northern France is on high alert today for strong wind, high waves and flooding, forecaster Météo France has warned.

Following the huge fire at the Lubrizol factory in Rouen, Normandy, the prefecture has issued several recommendations despite the blaze being stopped yesterday evening.

The French senate has voted to allow consumers to use their own packaging and containers when shopping for food, or buying food and drink “to go”.

Healthcare and pension updates sent to retired people with S1s from the NHS Business Services Authority

Plans to build an underground metro system in Bordeaux (Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine) have been cancelled for the foreseeable future, as there are “more urgent” things to do, local authorities have said.

France has set a day of national mourning this Monday to honour the late President Jacques Chirac, as President Emmanuel Macron pays homage, and most French people say he was a “good president”.

As tributes pour in for the two-term President of France, who died on Thursday, his sense of humour comes to the fore. Here's one of our favourite stories about him

Anne Hidalgo insists every Parisian has a role to play in making the city gleam again