The Local France 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 Row over French stadium accident that left 29 hurt The owner of French top-flight club Lille hit back at his rival at Amiens SC on Sunday, suggesting safety lapses were to blame for the collapse of a stadium barrier which left 29 fans injured during a game between the teams. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171001/twenty-nine-football-fans-hurt-as-french-stadium-barrier-collapses Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:24:03 +0200 twenty-nine-football-fans-hurt-as-french-stadium-barrier-collapses Four killed in balcony collapse at French housewarming Four people were killed and 14 injured when a balcony collapsed in western France as young people were attending a housewarming party, local authorities and media said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161016/four-killed-in-balcony-collapse-at-french-housewarming Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:22:01 +0200 four-killed-in-balcony-collapse-at-french-housewarming Foreign candidates split France's National Front France's National Front party might be against foreigners getting the vote but that has not stopped them signing up 80 expat candidates to stand for their party in the local elections. However the controversial founder of the party Jean-Marie Le Pen is not a happy man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140319/i-wouldnt-have-foreigners-on-my-list-le-pen Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:10:00 +0100 i-wouldnt-have-foreigners-on-my-list-le-pen Let 'Europe fall flat on its face,' Le Pen says The head of France's far right National Front party says the only way to improve the European Union is to make it collapse. Her party is one several anti-EU groups gaining strength in Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140110/let-europe-fall-flat-on-its-face-le-pen-says Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:14:00 +0100 let-europe-fall-flat-on-its-face-le-pen-says Probe launched after fatal building collapse 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