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France's oldest person, Honorine, turns 114 today

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:33:38 +0200

Honorine Rondello was born into a fishing family in Brittany in 1903. Today she turned 114.

France to be home to 270,000 centenarians by 2070

Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:10:04 +0100

If current life expectancy trends continue France will be home to some 270,000 people aged over 100-years old by 2070.

Sailor seniors risk life and limb in round-the-world race

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:53:51 +0100

The Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race is not for the faint-hearted, but at 66 Rich Wilson is ready to risk injury, exhaustion and hurricane force winds a second time.

Meet Honorine, 113, the oldest person in France

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:27:21 +0200

Honorine Rondello was born into a fishing family in Brittany in 1903 but has lived most of her life by the Côte d’Azur in south-eastern France.

'Sleeping' man had been dead for two weeks

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:08:00 +0200

A man in his eighties who had been laying dead in his bed for up to two weeks was presumed to be sleeping by his wife and son.

Disabled man 'sexually assaulted' by pensioner

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:57:00 +0200

A disabled man has claimed he was abducted and raped by a 60-year-old man in Montauban, just north of Toulouse.

France's oldest woman dies at 112

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:43:57 +0200

Paule Bronzini, France's oldest woman, has died at the age of 112, her retirement home announced on Wednesday.

Police arrest 'grandad' drug dealers

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:11:00 +0200

A gang of middle-aged 'old school gangsters' in Marseille has been caught with a stash of firearms, a drugs lab and two kilos of cocaine.

Romanian 12-year-old spends two weeks in jail

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:27:00 +0200

A Paris court sent a Romanian boy to jail this summer after the authorities failed to realize he was just 12 years old.

Cannes bans poll of OAP’s sex habits

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:20:55 +0200

The mayor of Cannes has stopped a survey on the sexual practices of old people living in nursing homes in the southern costal town, after interviewees complained the questions were too intrusive.