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 France and Britain are to sign a deal on Thursday aimed at alleviating the migrant crisis in Calais, where thousands of people desperate to cross the Channel have gathered in slum-like conditions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150820/france-and-britain-to-sign-deal-on-calais-migrant-crisis Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:43:30 +0200 france-and-britain-to-sign-deal-on-calais-migrant-crisis Fearful village folk wanting to arm themselves with guns might sound like an image pulled from a forgotten corner of the US, but it's exactly what's happening in a French village after a recent violent robbery. But Town Hall chiefs have an alternative plan to avoid any shoot-outs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140122/mayor-mulls-arming-villagers-with-tear-gas Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:49:00 +0100 mayor-mulls-arming-villagers-with-tear-gas Police arrested 22 members of a suspected French fraud ring on Tuesday which is believed to be behind credit card scams worth more than €6 million. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130205/french-police-smash-credit-card-fraud-ring Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:37:00 +0100 french-police-smash-credit-card-fraud-ring A man pretended to be paraplegic, using a wheelchair to slap women on their behinds and expose himself to others near Toulouse. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120801/fake-cripple-uses-wheelchair-to-slap-women-bottoms Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:28:00 +0200 fake-cripple-uses-wheelchair-to-slap-women-bottoms