Pics: giant hailstones batter French village, two people injured Homes and vehicles damaged as hail tears through roofs and smashes greenhouse windows
France launches plan to protect elderly from dangerous falls The aim is to reduce the risk, adapt homes, offer assistance and boost preventative physical activity. More than 10,000 elderly people die in France each year due to falls
Sliced bread recalled from French supermarket over glass shard fears People who have bought the affected product are invited not to eat it and instead to throw it away or take it back to the point of sale for a refund French company launches €100m project to create artificial skin Traps on French forest paths endanger bikers and walkers Man electrocuted climbing on to roof of TGV
Matador severely hurt fighting bull A matador has been gored by a bull he was fighting at Mauguio in Hérault.