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 One of the world's biggest theatre festivals gets underway on Monday in the southern French city of Avignon after a year-long hiatus caused by Covid-19, with masks compulsory for audiences but organisers relishing a return to relative normality. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210705/france-restores-one-of-worlds-largest-theatre-festivals-with-masks-and-health-restrictions Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:54:36 +0200 france-restores-one-of-worlds-largest-theatre-festivals-with-masks-and-health-restrictions A young mum from Britain died Saturday night after falling from a boat which hit a beacon in the Rhone river in Avignon, southern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171023/british-woman-dies-after-fall-from-riverboat-in-france Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:49:47 +0200 british-woman-dies-after-fall-from-riverboat-in-france Police are looking for more information after an Irish tourist was beaten with a chain lock while on holiday in southern France's Avignon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160801/irish-woman-beaten-with-chain-in-southern-france Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:03:17 +0200 irish-woman-beaten-with-chain-in-southern-france A summer holiday in France ended in tragedy for a young Korean tourist who has died after swimming by the famous medieval bridge in Avignon, south east France, French media has reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150821/korean-teenager-drowns-by-avignon-bridge Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:02:36 +0200 korean-teenager-drowns-by-avignon-bridge The organizers of France's famous Avignon Arts Festival have threatened to pull the plug on the event after the National Front topped the polls in the historic town in the first round of the local elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140324/avignon-festival-threat Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:29:00 +0100 avignon-festival-threat A court in southern France on Wednesday acquitted a mother who sent her three-year-old son Jihad to school wearing a sweater with the words "I am a bomb" on the front, along with his name and 'Born on September 11th' on the back. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130410/mother-acquitted-over-sons-i-am-a-bomb-911-t-shirt Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:29:00 +0200 mother-acquitted-over-sons-i-am-a-bomb-911-t-shirt A mother who sent her three-year-old son Jihad to school wearing a sweater with the words "I am a bomb" on the front, along with his name and 'Born on September 11th' on the back, told a court on Wednesday it was just to "make people laugh". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130307/mother-sons-i-am-a-bomb-top-just-a-joke Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:39:00 +0100 mother-sons-i-am-a-bomb-top-just-a-joke The mother and uncle of a three-year old named Jihad, who was born on September 11, were due in a French court on Wednesday for sending him to school in a top with "I am a bomb" written on it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130306/mother-to-face-court-over-boys-i-am-a-bomb-t-shirt Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:21:00 +0100 mother-to-face-court-over-boys-i-am-a-bomb-t-shirt Lawyers in the Court of Justice of Avignon spent their afternoon saving a kitten trapped in the wall on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121024/kitten-saved-from-wall-of-avignon-court-of-justice Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:29:00 +0200 kitten-saved-from-wall-of-avignon-court-of-justice