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 French couple have been charged after their 17-year-old daughter was found in a coma, covered in excrement with maggot-infested wounds in a room in their house, prosecutors said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160427/parents-charged-daughter-found-dead-neglect-coma-maggots-france Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:50:02 +0200 parents-charged-daughter-found-dead-neglect-coma-maggots-france A worker at a retirement home near the French Alps was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of killing six pensioners by poisoning, a source close to the inquiry said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131212/french-care-worker-held-over-poisoning-six-pensioners Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:57:00 +0100 french-care-worker-held-over-poisoning-six-pensioners A court in Brittany has handed a nursery assistant a suspended six-month prison sentence after a toddler ,aged two years and nine months, who was in her care choked to death on a sweet. The sweets were labelled for children over-3 only. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130705/life-ban-for-school-aide-after-boy-chokes-on-sweet Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:53:00 +0200 life-ban-for-school-aide-after-boy-chokes-on-sweet France's health regulator has taken the diuretic medication Furosemide off the shelves after a batch of the pills were found to be dangerously contaminated and linked to two separate deaths, it was reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130611/frances-health-body-recalls-diuretic-pill-after-two-deaths Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:38:00 +0200 frances-health-body-recalls-diuretic-pill-after-two-deaths The number of doctors with foreign diplomas in France has shot up by 43 percent since 2008, it emerged on Wednesday. Many are specialists who are plugging holes in the nation's health care system, according to the French Medical Board. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130605/sharp-rise-in-foreign-doctors-filling-gaps-in-french-care Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:14:00 +0200 sharp-rise-in-foreign-doctors-filling-gaps-in-french-care After the death of his wife, whom he had known for over seven decades, a 90-year-old French man is refusing to give up hope of finding love again. The pensioner has planted a sign at the bottom of his garden to alert potential companions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130422/frenchman-90-looking-for-love-at-the-bottom-of-his-garden Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:40:00 +0200 frenchman-90-looking-for-love-at-the-bottom-of-his-garden The body of a 76-year-old woman lay undiscovered in her apartment for three years in the south-western city of Toulouse, according to reports on Friday that have left her neighbours shocked. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130412/elderly-woman-lay-dead-in-apartment-for-three-years Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:07:00 +0200 elderly-woman-lay-dead-in-apartment-for-three-years