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Vuillermoz gives France its first win of 2015 Tour

Alexis Vuillermoz gave the home fans something to cheer as he earned France its first win on this year’s Tour de France. Stage 8 from Rennes to Mur

11/07/2015

Sport

Italian cyclist Luca Paolini fails dope test in Tour de France

Luca Paolini is on his way home and out of the Tour de France. The Italian cyclist has been provisionally suspended after he failed a dope test. The

10/07/2015

Sport

Mark Cavendish sprints to take victory in Tour de France seventh stage

“Super happy” that’s how Mark Cavendish summed up his feelings after winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France. It was a 190.5 kilometre ride

10/07/2015

Sport

Tour de France leader Martin withdraws with broken collarbone

Tour de France overall race leader Tony Martin has been forced to withdraw from this year’s race after suffering a fractured collarbone. The German

09/07/2015

Sport

Tour de France: Race leader Martin pulls out after stage six crash

Zdenek Stybar celebrated his first victory in the Tour de France after the Czech won stage six with a late solo attack on the uphill finish to Le

09/07/2015

France

Strike by French news agency extended by 24 hours

A three-day strike by the main French news agency AFP has been extended by 24 hours. The agency is locked in a fierce dispute over pay and

09/07/2015

Sport

Tour de France: Greipel sprints to second stage victory this edition

Andre Greipel won his second stage of this year’s Tour de France on Wednesday. The German Lotto Soudal rider claimed stage five to add to his stage

08/07/2015

Europe News

MEPs seek investor dispute compromise in trade deal row

MEPs have voted to back a plan aimed at healing divisions over a trade deal between the EU and the US. The European Parliament had been split on the

08/07/2015

Culture news

Class is permanent Chanel, Versace and Armani at Paris Fashion Week

Chanel gambled on a casino for designer Karl Lagerfeld’s 2016 Autumn-Winter collection at Paris Fashion Week. Finale from the Fall-Winter 2015/16

08/07/2015

Sport

Martin takes yellow jersey off Froome with stage four victory

Germany’s Tony Martin celebrated a double victory at the Tour de France on Tuesday after winning stage four to lead the general standings. The day’s

07/07/2015

France

Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel after jumping on UK-bound train

A would-be migrant has died in the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain. The person is thought to have died from their injuries after trying to

07/07/2015

Culture news

Valli 'eccentric' Dior inspired by Flemish masters at Paris Fashion Week

Giambattista Valli showed his latest collection at Paris Fashion Week and celebrated a decade in the business. The collection is all about the

07/07/2015

France

Explosives stolen from French army base

A cache of explosives, detonators and grenades have been stolen from an army base in the south of France. The burglary happened despite heightened

07/07/2015

France

Google mosque search plunges web giant into controversy

07/07/2015

France

France and Germany expect 'credible' proposals from Greece

The door is open to discussions but Paris and Berlin expect credible and serious proposals from Greece – with time running out to find a bailout

06/07/2015

Sport

Horror crash mars Tour de France as Britain's Froome earns leader's yellow jersey

Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez of the Katusha Team won a crash-hit stage three of the Tour de France that was neutralised on three occasions. The 159.5

06/07/2015

Focus

Word up: regions send powerful climate message to COP 21 state negotiators

The world’s regions are in the frontline in the battle against climate change – that was the message sent from a conference of local authorities in

06/07/2015

France

Florence + The Machine caught by cushion rain in Lyon

06/07/2015

France

Special EU Summit on Greece

06/07/2015

France

Cheers! Champagne and Burgundy celebrate UNESCO World Heritage status

The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has conferred cherished World Heritage status on the “hillsides, houses and cellars” of France’s famous

04/07/2015

France

WikiLeaks: France says 'Non' to Assange asylum request

An asylum plea from Julian Assange has been rejected by France. “My life is in danger,” the WikiLeaks founder wrote in Le Monde newspaper on Friday

03/07/2015

France

Hills, heat and hosiery - Tour de France 2015 explained

03/07/2015

France

Uber suspends UberPOP taxi-ordering app in France after violent protests

It has revolutionised the way many people book a taxi. But now Uber has announced the suspension of its budget UberPOP cab-ordering app in France

03/07/2015

France

Calais migrants: France & UK promise tougher action

A strike by ferry workers in the French port of Calais was called off on Thursday after four days of chaos. Access to the port was blockaded and

02/07/2015

France

Thousands rally in France in support of Greek "no" vote

In France, thousands have been protesting urging Greeks to vote no in Sunday’s bailout referendum. From Paris to Marseille to Montpellier, the scene

02/07/2015

France

French court backs Le Pen over National Front membership

A French court has lifted Jean-Marie Le Pen suspension from the far-right National Front party he founded. His daughter and now party leader

02/07/2015