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Tributes pour in for priest murdered in Normandy church attack

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Retired priest Jacques Hamel, 86, who had served almost 60 years in the clergy and who continued to help the local church, was described as 'a good man'. 

French PM says opposition using Nice attack to 'destabilise' government

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Manuel Valls accused conservative opposition of mounting campaign over police numbers on night of Bastille Day attack for 'purely political' reasons.

Nice Bastille Day attack policing controversy erupts

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Nice municipal policewoman insists that national police attempted to doctor recdords over policing presence the night of Bastille Day massacre.

Chris Froome wins third Tour de France

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The 31-year-old became the first British three-time winner as he climbed the podium on the Champs-Elysées at the end of the 103rd, three-week tour.

Huge traffic jams in southern England due to French border controls

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Tighter French border security and insufficient staff numbers combined to cause massive queues of holidaymakers heading to continent via port of Dover.

Migrant street camp in north Paris evacuated

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The 2,628 migrants who were living rough on mattresses and in tents were given temporary accomodation in gyms and a retirement home.

Nice authorities refuse police demand to delete CCTV images of attack

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The demand, officially to avoid the gratuitous use of images, came amid a dispute between local and national authorities after the attack which left 84 people dead.

British school pupils injured in French motorway crash

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Two students were in a serious condition and ten others injured when their coach travelling to Italy overturned on a French motorway near the Swiss border.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde to stand trial over payout to tycoon

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Lagarde is accused of negligence for allowing an extremely rare out-of-court arbitration process that gifted Bernard Tapie with more than 400 million euros.

British PM Theresa May holds post-Brexit talks with Hollande

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French President François Hollande said British people living and working in France can stay 'as long as they like', adding he expected a reciprocal deal.