French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 16 to 22/10

Evening Update Friday 20th October 2023

Météo France has lifted its red alert for the Alpes-Maritimes department after this morning's violent storms and torrential rainfall - with nearly a month of rain falling in the space of just a few hours earlier today. Evening Update Friday 20th October 2023 Read More

20/10/2023

French and Riviera News Friday 20th October 2023

Météo France has placed the Alpes-Maritimes on a red weather alert this Friday morning, with heavy rain and possible flooding. Eleven other departments in the South-East are on an orange alert. Several roads have been closed due to rockfall or as a precaution. In the early hours of this morning three landslides have been reported in La Turbie and in Breil-sur-Roya. French and Riviera News Friday 20th October 2023 Read More

20/10/2023

Weather red alert: Schools closed, stay at home says préfecture

Météo France has upgraded its storm warning for the Alpes-Maritimes to a red alert - while the Alpes-Maritimes préfecture has ordered all schools and town halls to remain closed on Friday. Weather red alert: Schools closed, stay at home says préfecture Read More

19/10/2023

Evening Update Thursday 19th October 2023

A storm alert for the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var from Météo France remains in place until tomorrow evening, with heavy rainfall, strong gusts of wind and rough seas set to hit the region tonight and all day on Friday. Evening Update Thursday 19th October 2023 Read More

19/10/2023

French and Riviera News Thursday 19th October 2023

The funeral of Dominique Bernard, the French teacher killed last Friday, during a knife attack at the Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras northern France, is being held this Thursday morning at 10am at the Cathedral of Arras. French and Riviera News Thursday 19th October 2023 Read More

19/10/2023

Evening Update Wednesday 18th October 2023

Six people have been arrested and questioned by police on the Riviera and near Paris as part of a vast investigation into alleged football corruption. Evening Update Wednesday 18th October 2023 Read More

18/10/2023

French and Riviera News Wednesday 18th October 2023

While France remains on high alert for a possible terror attack, the Palace of Versailles was evacuated on Tuesday for the second time in days following a bomb threat. French and Riviera News Wednesday 18th October 2023 Read More

18/10/2023

Evening Update Tuesday 17th October 2023

A theme park in the Var has been fined €10,000 for an accident which almost cost the life of a teenage boy. Evening Update Tuesday 17th October 2023 Read More

17/10/2023

French and Riviera News Tuesday 17th October 2023

France’s Interior Minister has announced that France is to increase controls at the Belgian border after two Swedish nationals were shot dead and a third person injured in Brussels, in an attack which prosecutors are treating as terrorism. French and Riviera News Tuesday 17th October 2023 Read More

17/10/2023

Evening Update Monday 16th October 2023

Pupils and staff at secondary schools in the Alpes-Maritimes are being offered psychological support if they've been moved by recent events including the Israel-Hamas conflict and the killing of a teacher in Arras last Friday. Evening Update Monday 16th October 2023 Read More

16/10/2023

French and Riviera News Monday 16th October 2023

Schools across France will hold a minute’s silence today, Monday 16th October, at 2pm in tribute to the teacher who was murdered as well as the three who were injured, in a knife attack in a high school in Arras, northern France. French and Riviera News Monday 16th October 2023 Read More

16/10/2023