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 Pampers nappies contain small traces of cancerous substances, a new French study has alleged. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161025/french-study-alleges-pampers-nappies-contain-carcinogenics Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:10:08 +0200 french-study-alleges-pampers-nappies-contain-carcinogenics A British mother was arrested on Saturday after her five-month-old baby was found dead during a family holiday in southwest France, a judicial official said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160903/british-mother-held-after-baby-death-in-france Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:22:49 +0200 british-mother-held-after-baby-death-in-france According to a study released by health authorities on Wednesday, a total of 14,322 pregnant women in France took a medicine between 2007 and 2014 which has been linked to birth defects. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160824/14000-women-exposed-to-harmful-medicine-in-health-scandal Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:27:01 +0200 14000-women-exposed-to-harmful-medicine-in-health-scandal The 5-month old, who had been born premature, died on a plane while his mother was being deported to France over suspected links to Isis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160107/baby-of-frenchwoman-deported-over-ties-to-isis-dies-on-plane Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:20:56 +0100 baby-of-frenchwoman-deported-over-ties-to-isis-dies-on-plane A French woman who stuffed her two-year-old daughter in a plastic bag and threw her into a river was given 15 years in prison for murder on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151105/french-woman-jailed-for-throwing-2-year-old-in-river Thu, 05 Nov 2015 09:06:52 +0100 french-woman-jailed-for-throwing-2-year-old-in-river The French birth rate is now the highest in Europe, according to a new study, after it knocked Ireland off the top spot thanks to a number of reasons. But will it stay that way? https://www.thelocal.fr/20151104/can-france-remain-europes-baby-making-champion Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:07:10 +0100 can-france-remain-europes-baby-making-champion A tragic story was emerging in France on Friday after a six-month old baby was found dead in a car after the father reportedly forgot to drop him off at nursery and went to work. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150605/baby-dies-after-stressed-dad-forgets-him-in-car Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:35:21 +0200 baby-dies-after-stressed-dad-forgets-him-in-car The French human rights ombudsman launched an investigation Sunday into an uproar over a mayor's alleged refusal - which he later emphatically denied - to allow burial of a Roma migrant's baby. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150105/france-roma-baby-burial Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:27:01 +0100 france-roma-baby-burial A ten-month-old baby was rushed to hospital on Monday after ingesting a lump of cannabis belonging to her father, in the south-eastern French town of Vienne. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141112/baby-accidentally-eats-dads-cannabis Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:41:00 +0100 baby-accidentally-eats-dads-cannabis French women breastfeed at a far lower rate of other European countries, a new study has revealed this week. A trend in French feminism may be playing a role in the phenomenon, one campaigner for breastfeeding tells The Local. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141007/french-very-unlikely-to-breast-feed Tue, 07 Oct 2014 17:09:00 +0200 french-very-unlikely-to-breast-feed A 14-year-old girl in France was being held for questioning after police say she gave birth to a child in secret and then left the baby for dead in a collection bin for recyclable glass. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140911/mother-14-left-her-newborn-in-recycling-bin Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:04:00 +0200 mother-14-left-her-newborn-in-recycling-bin A newborn born was found abandoned in a bottle bin in a town in northern France, according to reports on Friday. The baby, said to be only a few hours old, was suffering from hypothermia and had cuts to the skin. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140711/newborn-baby-abandoned-in-bottle-bin-in-france Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:08:00 +0200 newborn-baby-abandoned-in-bottle-bin-in-france A newborn boy was discovered in the public toilets at a Paris airport on Friday by a shocked cleaning lady, but his mother was nowhere to be found. It’s just the most recent case of an abandoned baby in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140613/newborn-found-paris-airport-bathroom Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:46:00 +0200 newborn-found-paris-airport-bathroom A 45-year-old French woman says she had no idea she was pregnant until her baby literally popped out while she was on holiday at a ski resort in the Alps this week. It may sound unbelievable but the phenomemon is not as uncommon as you might have thought. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140227/i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-says-shocked-mum-45 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:33:00 +0100 i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant-says-shocked-mum-45 Surrogate motherhood might be illegal in France, but that hasn't stopped an American surrogacy agency from holding meetings here, much to the ire of a group of French lawmakers who want authorities to take action. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/french-senators-target-american-surrogate-mother-agency Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:07:00 +0100 french-senators-target-american-surrogate-mother-agency A French nurse has raised eyebrows by putting her breasts up for rent to parents who can’t breastfeed their own babies. Condemned by some as illegal and dangerous, the business venture is just the latest aimed at France's emerging market of gay families. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130806/nurse-rents-out-breasts-to-feed-gay-couples-babies Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:22:00 +0200 nurse-rents-out-breasts-to-feed-gay-couples-babies A 32-year-old woman has admitted drowning two of her newborn babies, after their tiny corpses were found in a freezer at her home in eastern France, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. In a separate incident, the body of another baby was found buried in a planter near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130326/woman-held-after-babies-bodies-found-in-freezer Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:22:00 +0100 woman-held-after-babies-bodies-found-in-freezer A three-day-old French baby who was abducted from a maternity ward has been found safe and well and his alleged kidnapper detained for questioning, authorities said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121220/abducted-french-baby-found-safe Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:53:09 +0100 abducted-french-baby-found-safe French authorities on Wednesday launched a nationwide hunt for a young woman disguised as a hospital worker who abducted a two-day-old baby from a maternity ward. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121219/police-hunt-for-woman-after-baby-snatched-from-hospital Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:16:00 +0100 police-hunt-for-woman-after-baby-snatched-from-hospital A mother accidently killed her 14-month-old daughter after knocking her over in her car in the drive way of their home in the Hautes Pyrenées region. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121008/toddler-ran-over-by-her-mother-at-home Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:45:00 +0200 toddler-ran-over-by-her-mother-at-home