The Local France

Frenchman ruins his wedding after running over policeman

Thu, 01 Sep 2016 11:16:07 +0200

A Frenchman has been accused of deliberately running over a policeman while on his stag night meaning his bride was forced to cancel their wedding.

Drunk French dad gets son, 12, to drive home

Tue, 19 May 2015 14:36:30 +0200

A drunk father in central France has landed his 12-year-old son in trouble with the law after he enlisted him to drive him home following a boozy fishing trip.

French town to slap fines on Christmas drunks

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:37:00 +0100

Tis the season to be merry but taking the festive spirit that bit too far will cost alcohol-fuelled revellers in a city in central France €120 ($148) as part of the Town Hall's crackdown on street drunkenness.

Drunk mum leaves child in nightclub's storeroom

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:46:00 +0200

A French mother left her asthmatic toddler in an unheated nightclub storeroom so she could party until the early hours of the morning. It's just the latest example of mums behaving badly that has shocked France.

Home alone: Mum leaves toddler to go clubbing

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:17:00 +0100

A French mother was arrested this weekend after leaving her three-year-old daughter home alone while she went out to get drunk with her friends. It comes just weeks after another French mother tied her child to the bed so she could go out.

'Drunk tries to douse Arc de Triomphe flame'

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:00:00 +0100

A man arrested on Tuesday may have woken up with more than the average number of regrets after a night of drinking, after French police said he tried to extinguish the eternal flame at Paris's famous Arc de Triomphe monument.

Driver reports himself ‘lost’ on train tracks

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:52:00 +0100

A motorist in southwestern France may be a late entrant for "understatement of the year", calling police on Thursday night to tell them he was “lost”, after driving drunk on train tracks for nearly two kilometres.

Brit's 'quiet pint' ends 800km away in Paris

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:00:00 +0100

When Luke Harding from Manchester went for a quiet pint with his mate, he only intended to go for "one drink", but he somehow woke up 800 km away in a toilet in Paris, after an epic night out that has taken the web by storm.

Drunk Scots force plane into emergency landing

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:37:00 +0200

A group of drunk, dancing Scottish passengers caused such a commotion on a Ryanair flight from Glasgow to Ibiza that they forced the plane to make an emergency landing near Paris.

Inquiry over French cops' 'apéritifs on the job'

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:08:00 +0200

Police in the town of Cogolin in south-eastern France are being investigated over claims they regularly enjoy sinking a few apéritifs whilst working. The cops' drinking habits only emerged after their chief was caught drunk-driving in his patrol car without a license earlier this summer.

Court fines Depardieu €4,000 for drunk driving

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:18:36 +0200

A court on Friday handed down eccentric French actor Gérard Depardieu's long-awaited punishment for drunk driving, after a series of missed court dates. Dépardieu was fined €4,000 and had his driver's license suspended for 6 months.

'Drunk' French tourists in Oz bring shame to France

Fri, 31 May 2013 13:29:00 +0200

France's consul-general in Australia has been forced to issue a plea to French backpackers, saying their rowdy, rude and drunken antics as well as reported shoplifting is bringing shame on the country's community in Oz.

Actor Depardieu loses his wheels in Paris

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:05:00 +0100

It looks like thieves in Paris have done actor Gerard Depardieu a favour to keep the now infamous Frenchman out of trouble with the law. The actor has apparently had his scooter stolen. It's the same vehicle he fell off when caught drink driving last year.

Drunk driver in slippers: it was my birthday

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:58:00 +0200

A man who was found drunk-driving in slippers, and had owned a car for 42 years despite not having a licence, has been given a suspended month-long sentence and had his car confiscated.

Drunk woman unplugs partner's life support

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:30:00 +0200

A woman has been arrested after she attempted to unplug her partner's breathing apparatus, almost killing him.

Drunken prank has spooky end in Paris catacombs

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:22:00 +0200

Three young people spent an unnerving 48-hours roaming in the dark among the millions of skeletons buried under Paris this week.