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 A French couple have been charged after their 17-year-old daughter was found in a coma, covered in excrement with maggot-infested wounds in a room in their house, prosecutors said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160427/parents-charged-daughter-found-dead-neglect-coma-maggots-france Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:50:02 +0200 parents-charged-daughter-found-dead-neglect-coma-maggots-france A court in Brittany has handed a nursery assistant a suspended six-month prison sentence after a toddler ,aged two years and nine months, who was in her care choked to death on a sweet. The sweets were labelled for children over-3 only. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130705/life-ban-for-school-aide-after-boy-chokes-on-sweet Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:53:00 +0200 life-ban-for-school-aide-after-boy-chokes-on-sweet A father and stepmother have been taken into custody by police, accused of forcing two boys, aged ten and 12, to live and sleep “surrounded by their own waste” on a filthy mattress in a locked cellar, for three years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130422/boys-made-to-sleep-in-their-own-filth-for-years Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:42:00 +0200 boys-made-to-sleep-in-their-own-filth-for-years An advert for the sale six-month-old baby with the “price up for negotiation” found on a French personal ads website is being investigated by police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120904/online-baby-for-sale-advert-investigated-by-police Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:21:00 +0200 online-baby-for-sale-advert-investigated-by-police A three-year-old boy was found wandering round the town of Valence, near Lyon, and his one-year-old brother was left home alone while his mother was at a party this weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120724/toddler-found-out-alone-while-mother-parties Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:31:00 +0200 toddler-found-out-alone-while-mother-parties