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 Seat cushions and window panes have been found on the French island of Réunion, according to a Malaysian minister. The unconfirmed report comes days after a wing part from the missing MH370 flight was washed up on the island. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150806/seat-cushions-and-window-panes-found-on-reunion-island Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:54:43 +0200 seat-cushions-and-window-panes-found-on-reunion-island UPDATED: Experts in France began examining a washed-up plane part Wednesday which likely belonged to the MH370 plane that vanished mysteriously last year, hoping to find clues to one of aviation's greatest enigmas. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150805/flight-mh370-malaysian-reunion-france-investigation Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:53:38 +0200 flight-mh370-malaysian-reunion-france-investigation A former airline boss is making waves in France after he claimed that the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in March had been covered up, and that the aircraft was likely hijacked by a hacker and possibly shot down by the US. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141219/french-ex-airline-chief-missing-mh370-covered-up Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:03:00 +0100 french-ex-airline-chief-missing-mh370-covered-up French police on Tuesday charged Cécile Bourgeon with delivering the "fatal blows" to her five-year-old daughter Fiona. Bourgeon had elicited nationwide sympathy in May by reporting the girl missing, only to admit last month that Fiona had been dead for months. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131022/mother-charged-with-delivering-fatal-blow-to-daughter Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:02:00 +0200 mother-charged-with-delivering-fatal-blow-to-daughter Since reporting her five-year-old daughter Fiona missing in May, Cécile Bourgeon has had the sympathy and support of the entire French nation. This week, though, she made an unthinkable confession and quickly became a figure of hatred in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130926/fiona-mother-missing-french-girl-cecile-bourgeon-clermont-ferrand-perpignan Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:18:00 +0200 fiona-mother-missing-french-girl-cecile-bourgeon-clermont-ferrand-perpignan Police investigating the disappearance of a beauty queen and her mother in the south-western city of Perpignan have changed their inquiry to one of murder, after new eyewitness and forensic evidence dashed hopes of ever finding the women alive. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130904/cops-open-murder-probe-over-missing-beauty-queen Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:28:00 +0200 cops-open-murder-probe-over-missing-beauty-queen Investigators in France have found traces of the blood of missing beauty queen Allison Benitez in a freezer and washing machine which belonged to Francisco Benitez, her father, according to media reports on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130826/missing-beauty-queens-dna-found-in-dads-freezer Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:21:00 +0200 missing-beauty-queens-dna-found-in-dads-freezer The mother of five-year-old Fiona, who disappeared from a park in central France three months ago, renewed her public appeal for information on Monday. Cécile Bourgeon also said she had been disappointed by a series of fruitless leads. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130812/desperate-mum-of-missing-girl-renews-appeal-for-help Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:45:00 +0200 desperate-mum-of-missing-girl-renews-appeal-for-help Under suspicion since his wife and beauty queen daughter disappeared weeks ago, Francisco Benitez hanged himself on Monday. Later, a dark revelation about his past provided a chilling development in a saga which is dominating headlines in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130808/the-dark-past-of-a-missing-beauty-queens-father Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:17:00 +0200 the-dark-past-of-a-missing-beauty-queens-father Police in southern France have launched an investigation into the “worrying disappearance” of a teenage beauty contestant and her mother after the pair went missing over two weeks ago from their hometown of Perpignan. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130801/police-search-for-missing-beauty-queen-and-her-mother Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:26:00 +0200 police-search-for-missing-beauty-queen-and-her-mother Police in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand now believe missing five-year-old girl, Fiona is likely to have been abducted, after an appeal for witnesses and two days of fruitless searches. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130514/kidnapping-inquiry-opened-in-case-of-missing-girl Tue, 14 May 2013 19:28:00 +0200 kidnapping-inquiry-opened-in-case-of-missing-girl Police in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand have launched an urgent public appeal as they hunt for a missing 5-year-old girl who was last seen in a park on Sunday evening. Her mother dozed off for a moment and when she woke Fiona was gone. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130513/appeal-launched-in-hunt-for-5-year-old-missing-girl Mon, 13 May 2013 14:35:00 +0200 appeal-launched-in-hunt-for-5-year-old-missing-girl Divers are to be deployed on Wednesday in the search for Chloe Rodriguez, a French teenager who went missing on Friday afternoon in Barjac in south-western France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121114/divers-deployed-in-search-for-missing-french-teen Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:10:00 +0100 divers-deployed-in-search-for-missing-french-teen Volunteers and police continued to search for Chloe Rodriguez, a French teenager who went missing on Friday afternoon in Barjac in south-western France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121113/search-continues-for-missing-french-teen Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:40:00 +0100 search-continues-for-missing-french-teen A massive search for two runaway boys has been called after they were found safe on a barge close to their foster home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121107/missing-boys-found-on-barge-camp-near-home Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:19:00 +0100 missing-boys-found-on-barge-camp-near-home A dog that went missing for two weeks has come back home after hitchhiking around France with a truck driver. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121019/chipie-the-missing-dog-found-after-france-road-trip Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:25:00 +0200 chipie-the-missing-dog-found-after-france-road-trip The body of a Chinese student living in Toulouse who went missing in July this year has been found in a forest 260 km away. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121017/chinese-students-body-found-three-months-after-disappearence Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:58:00 +0200 chinese-students-body-found-three-months-after-disappearence Parents of a 14-year-old girl who has been missing for nine days have confirmed it is likely she ran away to Italy with a 23-year-old doughnut seller. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120905/girl-missing-for-9-days-eloped-with-local-doughnut-seller-to-italy Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:06:00 +0200 girl-missing-for-9-days-eloped-with-local-doughnut-seller-to-italy