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 French authorities rescued more than 6,000 migrants attempting to reach Britain in small boats last year, while 25 people died and two remain missing, the maritime prefecture said Friday in its annual report. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260131/france-rescues-over-6000-uk-bound-channel-migrants-in-2025 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:41:51 +0100 france-rescues-over-6000-uk-bound-channel-migrants-in-2025 The 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry has been moved from its museum in northern France for the first time in more than 40 years, authorities said on Friday, before the artwork's loan to the United Kingdom. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250920/bayeux-tapestry-leaves-museum-for-first-time-since-1983-before-uk-loan Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:26:24 +0200 bayeux-tapestry-leaves-museum-for-first-time-since-1983-before-uk-loan The first returns under a UK-France deal aimed at stopping migrants from trying to cross the English Channel will take place next week, French sources told AFP Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250914/first-returns-under-uk-france-migrant-deal-due-this-week-french-sources-say Sun, 14 Sep 2025 13:10:14 +0200 first-returns-under-uk-france-migrant-deal-due-this-week-french-sources-say Britain is in line to host the Grand Depart of the 2027 Tour de France, according to media reports over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250302/britain-set-to-host-2027-tour-de-france-grand-depart Sun, 02 Mar 2025 16:44:18 +0100 britain-set-to-host-2027-tour-de-france-grand-depart Monday May 6th marks the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Channel Tunnel, considered one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Here are some of the most important moments in its history as well as some iconic pictures. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240506/in-pictures-30-years-ago-france-and-the-uk-opened-the-channel-tunnel Mon, 06 May 2024 11:58:48 +0200 in-pictures-30-years-ago-france-and-the-uk-opened-the-channel-tunnel France is to try 19 men over a people-smuggling plot that led to the 2019 deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the back of a lorry, a source familiar with the matter has said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230524/france-to-try-19-men-over-2019-migrant-lorry-deaths-report Wed, 24 May 2023 14:26:58 +0200 france-to-try-19-men-over-2019-migrant-lorry-deaths-report France may have humiliated England on the rugby field but the rekindled cooperation between the neighbouring countries is a win-win situation for both governments, writes John Lichfield. Even if the UK's French-bashing press won't accept it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230313/opinion-macron-and-sunak-show-france-and-uk-can-be-good-neighbours-again Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:09:01 +0100 opinion-macron-and-sunak-show-france-and-uk-can-be-good-neighbours-again Covid rules, post-Brexit restrictions and travel disruption - if you're travelling between France and the UK, here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210311/latest-everything-you-need-to-know-on-travel-rules-between-france-and-the-uk Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:05:23 +0100 latest-everything-you-need-to-know-on-travel-rules-between-france-and-the-uk French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday France would not let the Channel become a cemetery after at least 27 people died when their boat sank off the coast of Calais. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211124/over-20-migrants-dead-in-deadliest-channel-disaster Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:01:25 +0100 over-20-migrants-dead-in-deadliest-channel-disaster As the battle of words rages between French and British authorities, the dismantling of migrant camps continues. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211116/france-clears-northern-migrant-camp-amid-tensions-with-britain Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:22:47 +0100 france-clears-northern-migrant-camp-amid-tensions-with-britain After Britain described the record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel as 'unacceptable', France has bitten back. The row over migrants threatens to further escalate tensions between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20211115/france-tells-the-uk-to-stop-giving-lessons-on-migrants Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:03:44 +0100 france-tells-the-uk-to-stop-giving-lessons-on-migrants