Pistes closed, confinement orders: Alpine resorts deal with avalanche risk Increased snowfall this weekend may cause further closures as busy school holiday season continues
French police issue warning over new ‘fake bank card’ scam Accompanying letter asks users to set up new card using fake bank website and QR code
Second death and homes evacuated as Storm Nils batters south-west France Hundreds of thousands of homes left without power. Red flood alerts remain in place
‘Stay home’: Red weather alerts raised as Storm Nils sweeps France Driver killed in south-west after tree branch falls on his lorry
More communes in France distribute Asian hornet traps Residents are increasingly receiving help, with now the best time to capture the queens
Paris murder case baffles as suspects are identical twins with same DNA Defence lawyer claims it is impossible to determine who fired fatal gunshots
Storm Nils set to cross France: 30 departments on heightened alert Gales of up to 160 km/h forecast as storm travels from Brittany to the south-east
Best value 2026 Michelin French restaurants: Are there any near you? Four regions did especially well on this year’s Bib Gourmand restaurant list
British and French travellers to the US must soon provide more personal details Social media account handles, phone numbers and email addresses will need to be declared during application
Police across France hunt abandoned cars to free up spaces in urban areas Vehicles cannot be parked on a public road in the same place for more than seven days
52nd French department abandons 80km/h speed limit Eure is latest to restore 90km/h limit on some roads
Phone-at-wheel crackdown on drivers in south-west France Immediate licence suspensions introduced for offence in three departments
Mysterious boom rattles residents in south-west France 'The shockwave clearly went sightseeing across the countryside', says local
French minister to examine retiree citizenship rules amid claims they are too tough Senator says ‘thousands’ of well-integrated people being refused on ‘foreign income’ grounds
French astronaut Sophie Adenot makes history as she blasts off on space station mission Pupils in 4,500 schools set to copy her science experiments to compare results on Earth and in space