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 thirteen-year-old in Paris has escaped with her life after getting dangled by her feet on a theme park ride. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170411/video-girl-dangled-by-her-ankles-on-paris-theme-park-ride Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:43:48 +0200 video-girl-dangled-by-her-ankles-on-paris-theme-park-ride Thrill-seekers somehow escaped largely unscathed after an elastic rope snapped on a "slingshot" ride at a theme park in southern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150810/miracle-escape-for-french-fairground-revellers Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:22:11 +0200 miracle-escape-for-french-fairground-revellers Move over Parc Astérix and Disneyland, France has a new theme park on the block and it's inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's timeless classic 'The Little Prince', which opened this week in the east of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140703/little-prince-theme-park-opens-in-france Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:44:00 +0200 little-prince-theme-park-opens-in-france Euro Disney, which runs the Disneyland Paris theme park, said on Tuesday that its sales rose 4.0 percent to €358 million ($444 million) in the quarter ending in June thanks to a rise in visitors and their spending. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120807/visitor-rise-boosts-disneyland-paris Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:16:25 +0200 visitor-rise-boosts-disneyland-paris