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 British mother held after baby death in France A British mother was arrested on Saturday after her five-month-old baby was found dead during a family holiday in southwest France, a judicial official said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160903/british-mother-held-after-baby-death-in-france Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:22:49 +0200 british-mother-held-after-baby-death-in-france Mum sues France after teen son leaves for jihad A French mother is suing the French state, who she blames for the fact her teenage son was able to breeze through border patrol with a simple ID card and go unchallenged about his final destination - the front lines in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141208/mum-sues-france-after-son-leaves-for-jihad Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:28:00 +0100 mum-sues-france-after-son-leaves-for-jihad French mother, 14, left newborn in bottle bin A 14-year-old girl in France was being held for questioning after police say she gave birth to a child in secret and then left the baby for dead in a collection bin for recyclable glass. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140911/mother-14-left-her-newborn-in-recycling-bin Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:04:00 +0200 mother-14-left-her-newborn-in-recycling-bin French mums have fewer babies and later in life Last year women in their late 30s gave birth to more of France's annual crop of babies than at anytime since at least the 1940s. It's part of a change in who is having kids in France and when, that's been revealed by a new set of stats. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140903/france-sees-spike-in-older-mothers Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:17:00 +0200 france-sees-spike-in-older-mothers France told to recognise kids born to surrogates The European Court of Human Rights ordered France on Thursday to recognize the status of children born abroad to surrogate mothers, even though surrogacy is currently illegal in France. On Friday France said it would not be appealing against the ruling. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140626/ruling-could-undo-surrogacy-ban-in-france Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:13:00 +0200 ruling-could-undo-surrogacy-ban-in-france Protesting mother on perch above French city An outraged mother spent Friday perched atop a crane in southern France denouncing the alleged unfair removal of her Autistic son from school. She's not the first parent to take make the same extreme protest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140321/mother-in-crane-protest-over-autistic-son Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:34:00 +0100 mother-in-crane-protest-over-autistic-son