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 Thwarted at every turn in their efforts to reach Britain, migrants in northern France have once again changed tack, turning to flimsy dinghies to carry them across the Channel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160619/calais-migrants-use-flimsy-boats-to-cross-channel Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:06:49 +0200 calais-migrants-use-flimsy-boats-to-cross-channel The founder of a French alternative school that took students on boat trips on the high seas was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of six children. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130323/boat-school-founder-jailed-for-12-years Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:39:00 +0100 boat-school-founder-jailed-for-12-years The founder of a hippie-era boat school admitted in court on Friday that he had sexually abused three of the children in his charge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130316/french-boat-school-founder-admits-sex-abuse-charges Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:44:00 +0100 french-boat-school-founder-admits-sex-abuse-charges The founder of a hippie-era boat school went on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of raping children put in his care by parents seeking to offer them an escape from the constraints of conventional education. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130305/founder-of-school-boat-on-trial-for-raping-pupils Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:42:00 +0100 founder-of-school-boat-on-trial-for-raping-pupils A Chinese tourist was rescued by crew members on nearby boats after she fell into the river Seine in Paris on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120720/chinese-tourist-rescued-in-seine Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:46:00 +0200 chinese-tourist-rescued-in-seine