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A woman in her seventies has died after suffering a heart attack while swimming near La Ciotat this morning
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A document released by Greenpeace has shown that the Var is covered in a yellow cloud of pollution. According to reports it is only the extreme east of the Var Tourrettes and Frejus which seems to escape the sulfur dioxide pollution.
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An investigation is underway following the death of a pensioner in Nice.
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Twenty migrants have arrived at a recreational centre in Sainte-Agnès located behind Nice, despite furious opposition from the Mayor of the village.
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Police are searching for a man who sprayed a bus driver with tear gas in Nice this morning
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Météo France has once again placed the region on a yellow weather alert with storms forecast inland today.
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French President Emmanuel Macron's government wants to shrink the country's parliament by 25% as part of an overhaul of French institutions.
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The French Ligue 1 match between Nice-Marseille has been interrupted due to homophobic songs and banners.
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One person has died after being hit by a train near Golfe-Juan-Vallauris station today
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Figures published today have revealed that nearly 20% of French adolescents are overweight or obese. The figures published by the Ministry of Health show a worrying rise with obesity or overweight affecting a quarter of French adolescents.
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Driving offences - Paris and the Principality have signed an agreement to improve the exchange of information concerning driving offences. Although Monaco has only 40,000 inhabitants, they committed more than 100,000 road traffic offenses last year in France
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Météo France has placed the Alpes-Maritimes region on a yellow weather alert with thunderstorms forecast.
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The Prefecture in the Var has placed the region on high alert due to the severe risk of forest fires in the region.
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A man is being cared for by medical staff after threatening to commit suicide from the first floor of an apartment block in St Laurent du Var this morning
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Police have cordoned off a residential area in Saint Laurent du Var this morning with reports of a man threating to commit suicide from the first floor of an apartment block.
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The French Education Minister Jean Michel Blanquer has declared that "School is at the forefront of social progress in France," Speaking this morning during the traditional Press conference ahead of the beginning of the school year he added that “priority will be given to primary education along with the planned baccalaureate reform, which has been widely critised.
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Hundreds of fans have greeted former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy during his book signing in Nice on Monday.
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An agreement has been reached in Monaco between the management and employees of Foreplast the subsidiary of the Novares Group which had announced its closure.
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Police have launched an appeal following the disappearance of a 35-year-old woman in Marseille. Patricia was last seen on Friday afternoon hiking in the le massif de L’Etoile north of Marseille.
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Two motorcyclists are recovering in the Pasteur Hospital in Nice after falling 10 metres into a ravine
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A man has been arrested at his home south of Clermont-Ferrand for death threats towards 80 police officers.
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Météo France has placed the Alpes-Maritimes department on a yellow weather alert due to storms forecast and the risk of flooding
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be in Nice today dedicating his latest book “Passions”.
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Recent figures have shown that there has been a significant drop in the number of burglaries in the Alpes Maritimes region with 31% fewer break-ins in the first seven months of this year.
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French rap artist Maitre Gims has abandoned a yacht after it caught fire on Sunday afternoon in the bay of Bonifacio.
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