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France goes wild as Renée, 78, attends first all-night rave

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:21:09 +0200

A 78-year-old woman named Renée has turned heads in France after writing a report on her first all-night rave party.

Pensioner lulls French women into 'blind' sex

Mon, 04 May 2015 16:04:57 +0200

A 68-year-old Frenchman is in hot water after fooling women into having 50 Shades of Grey-style sex in a darkened bedroom, by masquerading as a young handsome male model on an online dating site. He faces charges of "rape by surprise."

French pensioner spends six days stuck in bath

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:22:00 +0100

An inquisitive postal worker in southern France has saved a woman in her eighties who was trapped in her bathtub for six long days.

French villagers unite to ban deadly elderly driver

Fri, 23 May 2014 12:40:00 +0200

Scared French villagers have mounted a signature gathering campaign to urge officials to revoke the license of an elderly driver who’s provoked three separate deadly car collisions.

French widower, 91, finds love through garden sign

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:05:00 +0100

A 91-year-old French widower from south-western France, who planted a sign at the bottom of his garden to alert potential companions, has finally ended his quest to find a soulmate after an 86-year-old woman answered his plea.

Worker 'fatally poisoned six' at Alps care home

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:57:00 +0100

A worker at a retirement home near the French Alps was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of killing six pensioners by poisoning, a source close to the inquiry said.

Pensioner 'kills 80-year-old wife over love affair'

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:54:00 +0200

An 83-year-old man allegedly strangled his 80-year-old wife in an apparent crime of passion at the weekend, shortly after she had admitted to him that she had a new lover, according to reports in the French media.

French grandad wins €132m on first lotto ticket

Wed, 29 May 2013 12:27:00 +0200

A French grandfather who won €132 million in the Euromillions lottery would have made his compatriots envious this week, when he revealed his win was the first time he had played the lottery. He now wants to use some of the money to set a home for the elderly.

Thieves abduct widow, aged 85, from Paris street

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:17:00 +0200

A woman aged 85 was kidnapped by robbers near her home on an upmarket Paris street and forced to hand over jewellery worth an estimated €200,000. The incident comes after police issued warnings about jewellery snatches in Paris.

Pensioner hangs herself after eviction threats

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:18:00 +0200

A 72-year-old French woman hanged herself after being threatened with eviction from her home, it was reported on Friday. The mayor of the town of Venissieux near Lyon, where the woman lived alone, said she was “appalled” by the affair.

Elderly woman lay dead in her flat for three years

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:07:00 +0200

The body of a 76-year-old woman lay undiscovered in her apartment for three years in the south-western city of Toulouse, according to reports on Friday that have left her neighbours shocked.

Renée, 80, traps head under radiator for three days in French Alps

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:29:00 +0100

An 80-year-old woman from the French Alpine town of Annecy had to endure three days without food or water after getting her head stuck under a radiator.

Fake doctor accosts 98-year-old

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:01:34 +0200

A 98-year-old woman was accosted by a man posing as a doctor in her retirement home in Bagneux, south of Paris.