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Nice is set to bring in new parking rules which come into effect in January. The main changes are a 10% reduction in on-street parking fees but an increase in .. ..
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This Friday 10th December, the local council in Nice is to vote on new parking rules in the city which should come into force in early January.
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Local officials of Aix-Marseille have asked for a minimum service to be maintained following strike action from the city's bin collectors.
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France is to reform free movement in the Schengen area and tighten controls of EU borders, during its presidency of the European Council starting in January. In a speech today, President Macron said ... ....
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Thirty people have been evacuated after a fire broke out this morning at a chemist in a shopping centre in Cannes. Firefighters were alerted at 6.30 this morning Thursday 9th December, after thick black smoke was seen coming from the Leclerc shopping centre in the Ranguin district of Cannes.
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The president of the Scientific Council in France Jean-François Delfraissy has advised people in France to continue to "respect social distancing measures" and recommends "testing" ahead of family gatherings at Christmas.
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A French Minister has been given a six month prison sentence for making an incomplete or false declaration of his financial situation. Alain Griset who is the French Minister ... ....
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The body of a second victim has been found in the rubble following the collapse of a three-storey apartment block in Sanary-sur-Mer in the Var, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Forty firefighters are still on site this lunchtime.
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The "white plan" has been introduced in hospitals in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region in order to deal with the pressure from the number of covid patients. The move sees the Regional Health Agency call on available caregivers to work in hospitals. With an incidence rate of more than 557 per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the latest data from Public Health France and a positivity rate of more than 6.5%, the Agency has issued a statement saying that "the epidemic is now significantly impacting hospitals in the region".
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A 30 year-old man has died, after a three story building in Sanary-sur-Mer in the Var, exploded in the middle of the night. Over 70 emergency service workers attended the scene at 4am this morning and spent two hours rescuing a woman and a .. .. ..
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A three storey apartment building has collapsed in Sanary sur mer in the Var, following an explosion at 3.50 this morning. The origin of the explosion is still remains to be determined at this stage. Latest reports say that a 30 year old man has been found dead in the rubble.
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Firefighters have intervened after a building located in the port district of Sanary-sur-mer in the Var collapsed in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services were alerted shortly before 4am. It is still not known how many people could be inside the three-storey building.
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A meeting of the French Health Council is underway in Paris right now to assess what measures will be taken before Christmas to combat the ... ....
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Latest covid figures for the Alpes Maritimes region published on Sunday 5th December, have shown that there are 212 covid patients currently hospitalised of which 40 are in intensive care.
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The French government will this morning Monday 6th December, hold a Health Defense Council meeting. The meeting comes as, according to figures published on Sunday by Public Health France, 42,000 new cases of covid have been detected in the last 24 hours and more than 2,000 people are in intensive care.
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