The Mayor of Nice says he is considering legal action against the company causing traffic chaos throughout the city today with a convoy of out-sized trucks. The six semi-trailers, which arrived in Nice this morning, had been delayed on their journey from Spain to Monaco. As they are restricted from travelling during daytime hours, the six have parked, taking up an entire lane of the Promenade des Anglais at the airport. Mayor Christian Estrosi said a government rule from 1957 means the convoy must use the Promenade and not the A8 to traverse the city. A government rule that the mayor said, needs to change.
A minute’s silence was observed at 3pm this afternoon in schools across France in memory of Agnès Lassalle, the 53-year-old teacher murdered in her school classroom by one of her students yesterday. Colleagues have described her as a dedicated teacher who spent all her energy on her students. Her 16-year-old assailant remains in police custody claiming voices in his head made him do it. Pupils in the classroom who witnessed the murder are being taken care of by a specialised psychological unit.
Police are investigating a familicide in Clermont-Ferrand after the bodies of a 53-year-old man and his 7-year-old son were found at their house in Puy-de-Dôme yesterday. It’s believed the man's wife died from an illness a year ago. The bodies were discovered by another child in the family, a teenager. It’s thought the father committed murder before hanging himself.
A motorcyclist in his thirties is recovering in Pasteur Hospital after a serious accident on the A8 at Vil
