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 The owner of French top-flight club Lille hit back at his rival at Amiens SC on Sunday, suggesting safety lapses were to blame for the collapse of a stadium barrier which left 29 fans injured during a game between the teams. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171001/twenty-nine-football-fans-hurt-as-french-stadium-barrier-collapses Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:24:03 +0200 twenty-nine-football-fans-hurt-as-french-stadium-barrier-collapses US tiremaker Goodyear has won a court battle after a US federal judge threw out a lawsuit by French workers fighting to keep their jobs by preventing a plant closure in Amiens. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140117/us-court-dismisses-french-goodyear-closure-lawsuit Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:02:00 +0100 us-court-dismisses-french-goodyear-closure-lawsuit French and American cultural differences in the world of work were once again underlined on Tuesday when a controversial American CEO reacted with astonishment to news that two French bosses at a factory he is set to invest in had been taken hostage by workers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140107/goodyear-hostage-crisis-in-the-us-this-is-kidnapping Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:22:00 +0100 goodyear-hostage-crisis-in-the-us-this-is-kidnapping Executives at a Goodyear tyre plant in Amiens, northern France, presented on Thursday a plan to close the site, which employs 1,173 workers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130131/goodyear-to-close-plant-in-northern-france Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:59:00 +0100 goodyear-to-close-plant-in-northern-france Authorities in Amiens, northern France have seized 18 kilograms of heroin, with a market value of €350,000, from the back seat of a car. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121211/350000-heroin-haul-in-amiens-result-of-increased-policing Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:56:00 +0100 350000-heroin-haul-in-amiens-result-of-increased-policing A man was sentenced to five years in prison for the rape of his two daughters, with one of whom he had a child, in a court in Amiens last Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121119/father-sentenced-to-5-years-for-rape-of-two-daughters Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:21:00 +0100 father-sentenced-to-5-years-for-rape-of-two-daughters A 66-year-old grandmother was found dead in her car in St Quentin, near Amiens, after being shot 13 times while waiting for her granddaughter outside a pizza restaurant on Sunday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120924/grandmother-shot-13-times-while-waiting-for-graddaughter-to-collect-pizzas Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:11:00 +0200 grandmother-shot-13-times-while-waiting-for-graddaughter-to-collect-pizzas Teachers at a technical high school in Amiens suspended classes on Tuesday afternoon after one of their colleagues was sprayed with teargas. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120919/teacher-attacked-by-teargas-at-amiens-school Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:38:00 +0200 teacher-attacked-by-teargas-at-amiens-school Police in riot-hit Amiens have been cleared of provoking two nights of unrest that devastated part of the northern French city earlier this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120824/amiens-police-cleared-of-provoking-riots Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:10:22 +0200 amiens-police-cleared-of-provoking-riots France's Socialist government pledged on Thursday to reverse the recent shrinkage of police numbers in the wake of rioting that devastated part of the northern city of Amiens. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120816/police-cuts-reversed-after-amiens-riots Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:25:37 +0200 police-cuts-reversed-after-amiens-riots The mayor of Amiens alerted central government two months ago to “renewed delinquency” and a shortage of police officers in the city, a newly-released letter shows. Meanwhile five people have been arrested in connection to the violence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120816/amiens-mayor-alerted-government-to-problems-two-months-before-riots Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:40:00 +0200 amiens-mayor-alerted-government-to-problems-two-months-before-riots The northern French city of Amiens on Wednesday began a costly clean-up after two nights of rioting that left France again asking itself what to do about marginalised urban neighbourhoods that have regularly erupted into violence in the past decade. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120815/amiens-clears-up-after-riots-as-france-asks-why Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:51:00 +0200 amiens-clears-up-after-riots-as-france-asks-why Police in the northern French city of Amiens have reported that Tuesday night was "very quiet", with no repeat of Monday nights riots that left 16 police officers injured, a school severely damaged by fire and a sports centre destroyed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120815/quiet-night-in-amiens-after-riots Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:38:00 +0200 quiet-night-in-amiens-after-riots French President François Hollande on Tuesday promised a tough response to a riot that devastated a deprived neighbourhood in the northern city of Amiens overnight. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120814/hollande-vows-to-fight-the-riots Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:47:21 +0200 hollande-vows-to-fight-the-riots Riots broke out in Amiens, northern France, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving 16 police officers injured and several million euros of damage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120814/violent-riots-in-amiens-leave-16-officers-injured Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:27:00 +0200 violent-riots-in-amiens-leave-16-officers-injured