https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A woman died after falling into a hollow in southern France during a cross-country ski excursion, rescue services said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260104/cross-country-skier-dies-in-france-after-steep-fall Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:53:18 +0100 cross-country-skier-dies-in-france-after-steep-fall Three people have died while kayaking off the northern French coast, authorities said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200112/three-die-in-kayak-tragedy-off-northern-french-coast Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:29:19 +0100 three-die-in-kayak-tragedy-off-northern-french-coast Thirty-three people were injured on Sunday, four seriously, when a bus travelling between Paris and London overturned in northern France while turning off a busy motorway, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191103/33-hurt-as-bus-overturns-in-northern-france Sun, 03 Nov 2019 17:41:43 +0100 33-hurt-as-bus-overturns-in-northern-france A 29-year-old Briton died when two yachts collided off the French Riviera resort of Cannes, the regional maritime prefecture said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190526/briton-dies-as-yachts-collide-off-cannes Sun, 26 May 2019 14:59:10 +0200 briton-dies-as-yachts-collide-off-cannes Italian police were investigating a French pilot Sunday over the deaths of seven people in a collision between a helicopter and light aircraft in the Alps, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190127/italy-police-probe-french-pilot-over-helicopter-plane-crash Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:00:45 +0100 italy-police-probe-french-pilot-over-helicopter-plane-crash A British man died while skiing at the French resort of Meribel on Friday after falling off a chairlift, the mountain rescue service said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190112/british-skier-dies-after-chairlift-plunge-in-french-alps Sat, 12 Jan 2019 10:25:35 +0100 british-skier-dies-after-chairlift-plunge-in-french-alps The body of a 16-year-old British rugby player has been recovered from a lake in southern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180907/body-of-16-year-old-british-rugby-player-found-in-lake-in-southern-france Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:38:22 +0200 body-of-16-year-old-british-rugby-player-found-in-lake-in-southern-france Two men were killed Tuesday night after their helicopter crashed in central France, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180620/helicopter-crash-kills-two-in-central-france Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:04:13 +0200 helicopter-crash-kills-two-in-central-france A 60-year old man has been shot dead while hunting wild boar in southeastern France in an incident which once again spotlights the country's problem with shooting accidents. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180219/hunter-shot-dead-during-wild-boar-hunt-in-france Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:13:52 +0100 hunter-shot-dead-during-wild-boar-hunt-in-france At least five children were killed and 19 people injured, seven seriously, on Thursday when a train crashed into a school bus at a level crossing in south western France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171214/four-french-children-killed-after-train-mows-into-school-bus Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:02:30 +0100 four-french-children-killed-after-train-mows-into-school-bus A team of investigators and engineers headed to Canada on Sunday to inspect an Airbus A380 superjumbo operated by Air France which was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine explosion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171001/air-france-a380-makes-emergency-landing-with-damaged-engine Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:38:04 +0200 air-france-a380-makes-emergency-landing-with-damaged-engine The opening of the hunting season in France was marred on Sunday when a 13-year-old boy was shot dead by his own grandfather in a tragic accident in the west of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170918/boy-killed-by-his-grandfather-on-opening-day-of-france-hunting-season Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:35:27 +0200 boy-killed-by-his-grandfather-on-opening-day-of-france-hunting-season A woman has died in a horrific road accident in Brittany in which she was hit by a vehicle and then dragged along the road underneath it for five kilometres before the driver released that her body was there. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170905/woman-dies-after-dragged-for-5-km-underneath-vehicle Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:14:32 +0200 woman-dies-after-dragged-for-5-km-underneath-vehicle A woman whose arms were sliced off in a train accident has had the limbs successfully reattached in a rare and complicated operation in France, medics said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170826/frenchwomans-arms-reattached-after-horror-train-accident Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:17:59 +0200 frenchwomans-arms-reattached-after-horror-train-accident A French court has awarded a million-euro payout to a woman whose skull was cracked by an exploding whipped cream dispenser, in a case echoing the death of a fitness blogger in June. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170806/million-euro-payout-over-exploding-whipped-cream-dispenser-in-france Sun, 06 Aug 2017 10:56:47 +0200 million-euro-payout-over-exploding-whipped-cream-dispenser-in-france An Austrian climber fell some 200 metres (650 feet) to his death Saturday while descending Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest mountain, rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170723/french-alps-austrian-falls-to-death-on-mont-blanc Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:54:07 +0200 french-alps-austrian-falls-to-death-on-mont-blanc A train crashed in southern France on Wednesday afternoon, leaving around 60 people injured, eight severely. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160817/train-crash-accident-france-ter-southern-france Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:33:45 +0200 train-crash-accident-france-ter-southern-france Five people died in a deadly weekend for extreme sports in the French Alps that claimed the lives of two climbers, a paraglider, a hanglider and a wingsuit jumper. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160815/five-people-killed-in-deadly-weekend-for-alpine-extreme-sports Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:09:43 +0200 five-people-killed-in-deadly-weekend-for-alpine-extreme-sports Fifteen people were injured, two of them seriously, when a bus carrying teenagers from Wales rolled over on a motorway in eastern France on Saturday, the local gendarmerie said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160723/13-injured-in-welsh-bus-accident-in-france Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:18:54 +0200 13-injured-in-welsh-bus-accident-in-france France has rolled out the first of 5,000 dummy speed cameras in the hope of tricking motorists into driving more safely in a bid to cut rising road deaths. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160210/france-rolls-out-fake-speed-cameras-but-where-are-they Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:51:52 +0100 france-rolls-out-fake-speed-cameras-but-where-are-they