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 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 UPDATED: The family of a French 19-year-old girl found dead in a Barcelona hotel room on Sunday with knife wounds had reported the young woman missing, telling police she was depressed and displaying suicidal tendencies, Spanish media are reporting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141117/19-year-old-french-tourist-found-dead-in-barcelona Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:05:00 +0100 19-year-old-french-tourist-found-dead-in-barcelona The body of a Belgian snowboarder has been found more than two years after he went missing in the Mont Blanc mountains in France, police said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140907/body-of-snowboarder-found-after-two-years Sun, 07 Sep 2014 13:43:00 +0200 body-of-snowboarder-found-after-two-years When fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld blamed France’s healthcare deficit on "fat people" this month, it was the final straw for French activist Betty Aubrière. She tells us why her group is suing Lagerfeld, and how bigotry against curvy women is as bad as racism and homophobia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131030/prejudice-against-curvy-women-as-bad-as-racism Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:01:00 +0100 prejudice-against-curvy-women-as-bad-as-racism The badly-decomposed body of a man who had died several months previously, was found in the toilets of a disused office building in the southern French city of Grenoble, it was reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130613/man-lay-dead-for-months-in-french-office-toilet Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:01:31 +0200 man-lay-dead-for-months-in-french-office-toilet It could easily be the script of a grisly horror movie. Police arrested a man in Nice this week, suspected of chopping up his 95-year-old grandmother. According to sources the suspect admitted to having eaten part of the body. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130524/man-held-suspected-of-eating-his-grandmother Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:00 +0200 man-held-suspected-of-eating-his-grandmother Women should forget everything they've been told about bras. According to a new French study, published on Wednesday, wearing a bra does nothing to reduce back pain, and the chest supports actually cause increased breast sagging. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130411/breasts-better-off-without-bras-french-study Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200 breasts-better-off-without-bras-french-study Police in France uncovered a grisly tale this week when a cash-strapped body embalmer was found to be storing 700 litres of blood and other human waste substances in his garage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130305/embalmer-stored-700-litres-of-human-blood-in-garage Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:46:00 +0100 embalmer-stored-700-litres-of-human-blood-in-garage