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Authorities in south-west France seek to improve beach safety following recent drownings

Police lifeguard union call for changes after four drowning deaths in a week

Two die after being swept away by sea currents in south-west France

Heatwave draws bathers to unsupervised beaches

A view of a Bordeaux airport sign

EasyJet to open new route from Bordeaux: see all scheduled routes

The new route will be the low-cost airline’s 47th from the Gironde airport

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Roadside police checks increase in south-western French department

Checks last weekend saw hundreds of drivers committing violations and 34 having licence suspended

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39 explosive shells found on French beach following collapse of bunker

Shells were defused by experts but prefects warn others may remain

Speed camera in France vandalised for fifth time since 2024

The device in south-west France had just been repaired…again

Four suspected of spying for China in west France

Suspicions were raised after neighbours spotted and reported the installation of a two-metre-wide satellite dish

‘No time to react’: mini-tornado damages homes in Gironde, west France

Violent weather rips off roofs and uproots trees. Around 300 properties impacted

Tim Pike photographs Bordeaux for his blog

Why I love where I live... in Bordeaux

Briton Tim Pike, 55, loves the dynamic city in south-west France, setting up a history blog, a band – and even a one-man show

French woman given one-year sentence for hiring men to evict squatter

Homeowner from south-west found guilty by Bordeaux criminal court

Oldest English pub in Bordeaux bought by Franco-British couple

The Golden Apple now serves their locally brewed beers

Bordeaux's hidden stories revealed by hand-drawn maps

Architect Nicolas Coury captures Bordeaux's essence through a community-driven, memory-filled map.

Row over French mayor's one-way sign stopping people driving through his village

Small road connects three nearby communes whose access has been cut off by local decree

Split image of floods in south-west france

Record river levels, more evacuations: Latest on flooding in south-west France

Alerts are in place across five departments and residents in some areas are told to stay home

Drivers of SUVs to face higher parking fees in Bordeaux

The decision to penalise larger vehicles follows a similar but stronger measure in Paris

A storm cloud over Paris, France

Storms to batter south-west France and Paris on Thursday evening

Weather alerts have been raised in more than 50 departments for August 30 by Météo France

Woman dies in family jet ski accident in south-west France

She reportedly lost control and crashed into the craft her daughters were riding

Dentist chair

British dentist charged in France after death of patient

The dentist has been previously struck off in the UK, according to reports

three-way split image of a Ryanair plane taxiing, an easyJet plan in the air and a close-up of Bordeaux-Mérignac airport sign

Bordeaux airport: ‘Ryanair pulling out was our worst-case scenario’

Withdrawal will lead to a 25% decrease in passenger numbers. EasyJet is maintaining its flights

Flood danger warning issued for west France

Storms continue to threaten most of the country

Gironde department wants 1,000 km of new cycle paths by 2030

Authorities hope the lanes will encourage more young people to cycle to school

Work finally starts on new high-speed train line Bordeaux to Toulouse

The €14 billion project is part of plans to improve public transport services in the south-west

Bordeaux's famous Place de la Bourse, with the Miroir d'Eau in front

Man killed, another seriously hurt in knife attack along Bordeaux riverfront

The attack is thought to have been sparked by a row over the victims’ alcohol consumption, said a police source