A 20-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash in the hills above Grasse this morning. According to initial reports, the biker was knocked off his bike by a car heading in the opposite direction, which had swerved to overtake a scooter. The incident happened at about 8.30am on the road from Saint-Cezaire-sur-Siagne to Grasse, on the approach to the town of Tignet. The mayor of Saint-Cezaire-sur-Siagne himself happened to be passing at the time and stopped to give the victim first aid until paramedics arrived. The man died on the spot. The driver of the car was slightly injured and taken to hospital in Grasse. Gendarmes are taking witness statements to determine the exact circumstances of what happened.
Residents of an apartment block in central Nice fear they could be facing homelessness after they were ordered to leave their property because of a major safety risk. 26 residents at the building on Boulevard Riquier were given two days' notice by the city of nice to pack their bags and leave. It comes after walls in the building started to crack during construction work on the property next door. All eight apartments present a safety risk. The residents are being put up in a hotel for a week. The city of Nice will then have to look at other rehousing options for them.
The mayor of Mandelieu has stepped into the ongoing debate about an exclusive floating resort due to be moored off the town's coast that is due to open shortly. Campaigners say Canua Island, moored 600 metres off Mandelieu's coastline, is an ecological mistake. France's minister of ecological transition, Christophe Béchu, is against
