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 A controversial new airport in western France was given the backing by voters on Sunday after decades of debate and demonstrations. But will it ever get built? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160627/voters-give-green-light-to-new-airport-in-france Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:08:15 +0200 voters-give-green-light-to-new-airport-in-france Paris City Council has voted against the construction of a controversial triangular tower, however the ballot may be thrown out over concerns that some councillors violated the secret vote. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141117/no-triangle-tower-for-paris Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:06:00 +0100 no-triangle-tower-for-paris French rescue workers pulled an eighth body out of the rubble of a four-storey building near Paris on Monday. The apartment block collapsed on Sunday after an explosion. Rescuers don't believe anyone else is still missing. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140901/paris-rosny-rescuers-hunt-survivors Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:05:00 +0200 paris-rosny-rescuers-hunt-survivors As if President François Hollande didn't have enough crap to deal with right now, protesters sent tonnes more his way on Thursday when they dumped a lorry-load of manure outside the French parliament. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140116/dung-dumped-in-front-french-parliment Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:25:00 +0100 dung-dumped-in-front-french-parliment Three people died and 14 were injured on Sunday when part of an apartment block in the French city of Reims collapsed after a suspected gas blast, just three weeks after a similar tragedy not far away. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130429/two-dead-in-france-apartment-block-collapse Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200 two-dead-in-france-apartment-block-collapse