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Pom-pom boys: Male cheerleading team hoping to challenge gender norms

With their glittery make-up and their buttocks moulded in red lycra mini-shorts, eight male cheerleaders strut their stuff, with a series of swaying moves and sexy poses to "deconstruct toxic masculinity".

18/11/2022

France

One person confirmed dead in France building collapse

A man's early warning saved further lives after a four-story building collapsed in the French city of Lille on Saturday morning.

12/11/2022

France

Child with toy gun sparks police alert in French city of Lille

Police were called to reports of a "Kalashnikov" weapon in the city centre but later found the alert was triggered by a child's toy.

31/03/2022

France

Coronavirus: France makes masks mandatory in some outdoor public areas

People in Nice, Lille and Bayonne, among other French towns and cities, now have to wear masks at open-air markets, among other outdoor public spaces.

03/08/2020

France

Word World champion crowned in Lille

For most players, it’s a fun but challenging board game, but for the competitors at the World Scrabble Championships it is a serious sport, with a serious prize.

05/09/2016

France

Iconic street market in northern France cancelled for security reasons

The Braderie de Lille, one of Europe's oldest and biggest street markets, has been cancelled amid fears of more terror attacks.

05/08/2016

Sport

Euro 2016: Wales stun Belgium to reach semi-finals in their first European Championship

Wales 3-1 Belgium Nainggolan scores opener for Belgium Williams levels for Wales Robson-Kanu and Vokes seal win Wales have reached the semi-finals in their first appearance at the European Champion

01/07/2016

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Euro 2016: England and France supporters face off in Lille

England and France football fans squared off in the centre of Lille on Wednesday (June, 15) night, as tension remained high in the northern French city.

16/06/2016

France

France's flag reminds shaken country what it stands for

Across France, people responded to President François Hollande’s call to show the flag to symbolise national unity, commemorating the Friday 13th

27/11/2015

France

Strauss-Kahn pimping case collapsed 'on its own' says lawyer

Lawyers in the aggravated pimping trial of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn have made their closing arguments. The case against DSK, as he’s

18/02/2015

France

French prosecutor asks for DSK acquittal in pimping trial

The prosecutor in the aggravated pimping trial of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has called for his acquittal. Strauss-Kahn and 13 other

17/02/2015

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Bare-chested Femen protesters jump on DSK's car at trial

11/02/2015

France

[Pictures] FEMEN's topless protest as Strauss-Kahn arrives for trial over alleged pimping

10/02/2015

France

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on trial on pimping charges

Almost four years after his arrest in New York on allegations of rape, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back in court. He is facing charges

02/02/2015

France

British soldiers reinterred 100 years after their deaths

23/10/2014