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It’s been another day of industrial action across France today in protest at the government’s proposed pension reforms
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Strike action-Public transport is being seriously affected today because of strike action in protest over the government’s pension reforms.
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Protesting lawyers this morning blocked the entrance to the Prefecture in Nice and then blocked an access ramp to the motorway
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The French government has said it will look at punishing striking workers who cut power supplies to tens of thousands of homes and businesses people in protest over pension reform.
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French tennis player and Nicoise Alizé Cornet has been knocked out of the Australian Open, the last French woman in the running, was eliminated on Thursday in the second round of the Australian Open at the start of a day once again disturbed by the rain.
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Storm Gloria has arrived in the south west of France with two departments on red alert Pyrénées-Orientales. Dozens of extra police and firefighters have been deployed in the region.
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French unions are still planning for what they refer to as "a massive day of strike and inter-professional demonstration" this Friday.
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Police in the Var have been alarmed by infractions from motorists during several roadside checks which have been carried out over the past few days in the region.
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Intense rains and snow have been forecast in south-western France, where more than 23,000 people are without power as storm Gloria batters the region. Authorities have warned of a high risk of avalanches in the Pyrénées, near the Spanish border, where dozens of roads have already been blocked.
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Residents in the Malvan district of Cagnes sur mer have expressed their “exasperation” to the city council at the constant noise pollution in the area, along with the rubbish accumulating on the pavements and cars parked on the land of private homes all due to, according to them, the Polygone Riviera shopping centre.
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Eight people associated with the yellow vest movement have been arrested in the Vaucluse. Placed in police custody they are suspected of vandalising property during protests last year.
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Lignes d'Azur have announced that they will compensate some customers who have been affected by disruption to the tram service in Nice
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Police in the Var have made several arrests related to a drug network in the Gulf of Saint Tropez which was described by police as “being run like a small business”.
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Residents in the Pasteur district of Nice have announced plans to request from the city council parking meters to be installed in the area.
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Malaysia has returned 150 containers of illegal plastic waste to their countries of origin, including 43 to France, authorities said on Monday, noting that the Southeast Asian country would not become a "landfill" "for developed countries.
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An English journalist-turned poet Ian Bailey, has said he is trapped in Ireland because of an attempt to extradite him to France where he faces 25 years in jail for allegedly murdering a French film-maker, Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
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Nice has ranked 6th in a survey to find where the best place to live in France is.
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History and geography teachers from the “Clionautes association”, a public debate group in France, have said that part of a text in a history manual published by Ellipses is “unacceptable”.
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Météo France has warned that the yellow weather warning put in place on Monday at noon remains in place in the region today due to the effects of storm Gloria which hit eastern Spain and the southwest of France on Monday.
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The French rail network the SNCF has announced the sale of 5 million tickets for less than 35 euros. The move comes in an attempt to win back passengers after the strike.
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Unsettled weather is expected tonight and tomorrow in the Var and the Alpes Maritimes
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As students sit their first baccalaureate exams today ahead of six weeks of exams from today until February 14th teaching unions across France have called for a boycott.
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It was Cliff Arnall in 2005, who at the time claimed to be a psychologist at Cardiff University in Wales, had invented an equation to calculate which day of the year could be most depressing.
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Météo France has placed the Alpes Maritimes on a yellow weather alert from midday today
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A man in his fifties has drowned off the coast of Roquebrune Cap Martin.
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