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Industrial action is continuing to affect parts of the region’s transport network today
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A young motorist has been arrested by police in the Var this morning after speeding
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A British national has been given a 10-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault of several minors in Grimaud in the Var between 2008 and 2012.
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Flights cancelled on the departures from Nice International airport today
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200 people have been left stranded at the Isola 2000 ski resort. The resort marked its opening week with heavy snowfall leading to the access road to Isola 2000 being cut off.
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As strike action continues the train network in the region is expected to be disrupted with no TGV between Nice and Marseille.
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Disruption has been experienced throughout France as millions of workers go on strike
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The civil chamber of the district court of Grasse in the Alpes-Maritimes has rejected the lawsuit made by American poker player Rick Salomon and ex-husband of American actress Pamela Anderson.
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The head of Nice’s ecological party Jean-Marc Governatori has inaugurated his campaign for next year’s municipal elections.
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A car has caught fire on the A8 motorway westbound at exit 36 Le Muy in the Var.
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Yellow vests" protestors have blocked the entrance to the petrol depot of Puget-sur-Argens in the Var.
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France is preparing for severe disruption as millions of workers go on strike in protest at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions. School and transport workers will join police, lawyers and hospital and airport staff in a general walkout.
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Another fatality has been confirmed as a result of last weekend’s storms
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A 90-year-old man who was knocked down by a car in front of the Mamac museum in Nice last Wednesday has been identified as 90-year-old Noël Frizza a veteran and retired police officer
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Nineteen elected representatives here at the National Council in Monaco have voted in favor of doubling the number of years of marriage needed in order to obtain nationality.
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An investigation has been opened after an inmate was found dead at the prison here in Monaco. The 28-year-old was found hanged in his cell last week by security guards.
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Météo France has placed the Var region on a yellow weather alert today with strong winds forecast.
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A 30 year old man who posed as a driving instructor in Nice has been handed a one year suspended prison sentence and fined 10,000 euros.
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The Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi has accused the state of being “responsible" for the recent floods which have hit the South of France pointing the finger at the state’s management of urban planning.
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Preparations are underway across our region for the big day of industrial action against pension reforms this Thursday
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France’s postal service La Poste has begun using drones to make parcel deliveries to a remote Alpine village. La Poste’s subsidiary, DPD, says flying packages by remote control is more reliable, quicker and safer.
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A study which measures the school performance of 15 year olds in 80 countries has shown that French students rank slightly above the world average.
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The National Council here in Monaco has launched important debates with proposals which will reportedly radically change the life of Monegasques.
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His Serene Highness Prince Albert II Monaco has met with French President Emmanuel Macron in a meeting which saw both leaders reaffirm their desire to move forward together.
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Insurance companies have reported nearly 20,000 claims in just one week following the floods which hit the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var from the 22nd to 24th November.
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The dates for the “winter sales” in France have been announced this morning. For the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes the sales will kick off on Wednesday, January 8th until Tuesday, February 4th
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As the Riviera recovers from the torrential rains which have hit the region in the last week, 82 communes in the Var and 66 in the Alpes Maritimes have been recognized as a “state of natural disaster”.
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The Riviera is recovering from the latest storm to hit the area. Last night’s downpour is currently thought to have claimed the lives of six people in the south-east of France.
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The former player and sports director of AS Monaco, Henri Biancheri has died at the age of 87.
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Five people have been killed following Sunday’s bad weather. Just a week after the region had suffered torrential rain and flooding in parts of the Var and the Alpes Maritimes more rain on Sunday saw both regions placed on a red alert.
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