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 man out walking with his family in the French Alps has made a miraculous escape from an avalanche after spending more than two and a half hours trapped under snow, rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210129/dads-miracle-escape-after-being-buried-by-avalanche-in-french-alps Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:46:01 +0100 dads-miracle-escape-after-being-buried-by-avalanche-in-french-alps A French court has ruled that a British ski instructor has the right to give lessons in France, ending a seven-year legal fight that went to the heart of Europe's labour laws. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200518/british-ski-instructor-can-give-lessons-in-france-after-winning-7-year-legal-battle Mon, 18 May 2020 19:15:39 +0200 british-ski-instructor-can-give-lessons-in-france-after-winning-7-year-legal-battle Local authorities have closed roads after experts warned that a huge section of a glacier on the Italian side of Mont Blanc may be about to collapse. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190925/roads-closed-as-experts-warn-that-mont-blanc-glacier-may-collapse Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:37:22 +0200 roads-closed-as-experts-warn-that-mont-blanc-glacier-may-collapse A French court handed six-month jail terms to three members of a far-right group for erecting a blockade on an Alps mountain pass to try keep migrants out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190830/french-court-convicts-far-right-activists-for-alps-migrant-blockade Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:03:14 +0200 french-court-convicts-far-right-activists-for-alps-migrant-blockade Will this scheme manage to pull the wool over French authorities' eyes? https://www.thelocal.fr/20190508/why-a-french-school-just-enrolled-15-sheep-yes-sheep-as-pupils Wed, 08 May 2019 12:14:14 +0200 why-a-french-school-just-enrolled-15-sheep-yes-sheep-as-pupils A 61-year-old British man was killed Friday after being caught in an avalanche while cross-country skiing in the French Alps, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190302/british-skier-killed-in-french-alps-avalanche Sat, 02 Mar 2019 10:29:57 +0100 british-skier-killed-in-french-alps-avalanche Firefighters on Tuesday night evacuated more than 400 people from a busy ski resort in the French Alps following the outbreak of three fires believed to have been started on purpose. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190220/hundreds-evacuated-after-french-alps-ski-resort-hit-by-arson Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:09:30 +0100 hundreds-evacuated-after-french-alps-ski-resort-hit-by-arson 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 Two employees at a ski resort in the French Alps died on Sunday when the avalanche-control charges they were trying to set accidentally went off, mountain rescue experts said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190113/two-die-in-french-alps-while-setting-avalanche-control-charges Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:53:49 +0100 two-die-in-french-alps-while-setting-avalanche-control-charges Four climbers -- including an Italian man and two French women -- died in the French Alps on Sunday in three separate accidents, the local prosecutor's office said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180730/four-climbers-killed-in-french-alps Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:38:46 +0200 four-climbers-killed-in-french-alps Parts of the French Alps have been hit by the kind of snowfall that only comes once every 30 years. These images show ski resorts buried in the snow. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180109/in-pictures-french-alps-hit-by-snowmaggedon Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:27:30 +0100 in-pictures-french-alps-hit-by-snowmaggedon A British school supervisor who went missing after a night out at a bar in a French Alps ski resort is believed to have frozen to death after getting lost on his way home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180108/british-man-freezes-to-death-after-getting-lost-in-french-alps-ski-resort Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:51:30 +0100 british-man-freezes-to-death-after-getting-lost-in-french-alps-ski-resort Heavy snow stranded 4,000 travellers heading for resorts in the French Alps and killed one skier in an avalanche, authorities said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171231/snow-strands-thousands-kills-skier-in-french-alps Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:21:12 +0100 snow-strands-thousands-kills-skier-in-french-alps Around 150 skiers in the French Alps were rescued after being trapped for several hours when their ski lift broke down on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171225/150-trapped-in-french-alps-ski-lifts Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:03:37 +0100 150-trapped-in-french-alps-ski-lifts This headline should really read: Two French wingsuit flyers do something absolutely crazy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171201/two-french-wingsuit-flyers-land-in-moving-plane Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:12:23 +0100 two-french-wingsuit-flyers-land-in-moving-plane The quick reflexes of a French tourist saved a coach carrying 22 French visitors from lunging into a ravine in the Austrian Alps, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170924/french-tourist-saves-bus-from-plunging-into-ravine-in-austrian-alps Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:13:00 +0200 french-tourist-saves-bus-from-plunging-into-ravine-in-austrian-alps Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170729/human-remains-found-on-mont-blanc-may-belong-to-air-india-victims Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:17:01 +0200 human-remains-found-on-mont-blanc-may-belong-to-air-india-victims A British man and woman have been left in a critical condition after reportedly being hit by a car in a French Alps ski resort on Wednesday. The driver fled the scene and is the subject of a manhunt by French military police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170223/british-couple-fight-for-lives-after-hit-and-run-in-french-alps-ski-resort Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:45:18 +0100 british-couple-fight-for-lives-after-hit-and-run-in-french-alps-ski-resort Holidaymakers who were hoping for a white Christmas at French ski resorts have been left disappointed due to a severe lack of snow, which has left some ski runs completely bare. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161228/holidaymakers-left-disappointed-as-snow-still-steers-clear-of-french-ski-resorts Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:47:05 +0100 holidaymakers-left-disappointed-as-snow-still-steers-clear-of-french-ski-resorts Snow hasn't fallen in some parts of the French Alps for days, and would-be skiers have been forced to take to summer activities on the grassy slopes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161219/french-alps-left-green-and-grassy-as-snow-shies-away Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:13:53 +0100 french-alps-left-green-and-grassy-as-snow-shies-away