-
All churches in France will ring their bells for seven minutes straight next Friday
Pope Leo XIV is visiting the country from September 25
-
British diver missing in cave in south-west France
43-year-old failed to return from a dive at the Gouffre de Saint-Sauveur on Friday
-
Hospital in Nouvelle-Aquitaine to make some parking spaces paid: how common is this in France?
The hospital said the measure will prevent long-term parking by non-hospital users
Hermione ready for trip to the Med
Replica of 18th century ship will travel around France and Italy
Flag flying high, the replica 18th century frigate Hermione enters La Rochelle on the first stage of a voyage round the French and Iberian coasts and into the Mediterranean.
From there she heads to Tangiers to arrive on March 9 and leaves four days later for Barcelona.
On March 27 she is at Sète, then April 5 at Toulon, April 10 La Ciotat and April 12 Marseille.
