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Our region is being battered by another intense storm with travel being severely affected on the first day of the Christmas getaway
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Weather-Both the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var have been placed on an orange weather alert with heavy rain and localised flooding forecast across the region today.
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The Prefect of the Alpes Maritimes has announced that all schools in the department will be closed tomorrow
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Railway workers that are on strike have this morning blocked the entrance to the car park as Nice’s main station.
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The town of Cannes has announced drastic measures ahead of the bad weather forecast for the region on Friday. Meteo France has warned of another “Mediterranean episode” with strong winds and heavy rain expected.
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Protests have continued in our region today after yesterday’s national day of action against pension reforms
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Demonstrators have carried out a “toll free” operation in Frejus in the Var this morning.
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Police have this morning been deployed in Drap near Nice after CGT activists blocked the bus depot at 6am.
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The French government has appointed Laurent Pietraszewski, an MP with Emmanuel Macron’s party in the National Assembly, to replace former high commissioner on pensions Jean-Paul Delevoye, who resigned on Monday over undisclosed activities outside of government.
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The number of accidents and injuries for cyclists or users of scooters has risen in Paris by over a quarter since a strike over a pension reform has paralysed the capital city's public transport system.
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Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have protested in France in the latest show of strength against the government's plans for pension reforms.
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Several areas of Nice experienced power cuts this morning and this lunchtime. Unions claimed responsibility for the outages
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Marie-Pierre Gramaglia Councilor of the Monegasque government has participated in the launch of the new SUD AZUR Transport Pass. Alongside Christian Estrosi, President of the Côte d´Azur Metropolis, Philippe Tabarot, vice-president of the General Council, and many Community Presidents.
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The Ambassador of Monaco in Spain Jean Luc Van Klaveren has reiterated the “Principality's interest in preserving the oceans and recalled the pressures they are under”.
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On the sidelines of today’s nationwide strike, the national secretary of the Union SGP FO Yves Lefebvre has called on those officers on night duty to congregate in front of Prefectures across France tonight and release their sirens.
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Traffic has been badly disrupted during this morning’s rush hour on the Voie Mathis in Nice following an accident.
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A motorist has been placed in police custody in Paris after stabbing two pedestrians near the Champs-Elysee on Monday afternoon.
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40 boats have been destroyed following a fire in a shipyard in the port at L’Estaque in Marseille.
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As a third nationwide strike takes place today across France with transport workers, truck drivers, teachers and hospital staff protesting against both working condition and the pension reform France’s Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has called for employer and trade union representatives to meet him on Wednesday for talks aimed at ending the transport chaos of nationwide strikes over the government's proposed reform of the pension system.
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A national day of strikes is planned for tomorrow, affecting transport and schools.
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39 people including children have been treated by medical staff in Marseille after being poisoned by carbon monoxide. The incident occurred on Sunday evening at a hotel in the city.
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Truck drivers in France have announced plans to protests against working conditions and wages
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Due to the strike, the region’s rail network has announced several cancellations and delays today with only three out of ten trains running in the Alpes Maritimes.
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