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French Uber drivers stage blockades near airport in wages protest
Dozens of private hire drivers working for companies such as Uber and Bolt, are staging rolling blockades to call for higher wages.
EasyJet announces closure of south-west France hub
Hard on the heels of Ryanair announcing it is leaving Bordeaux, the budget airline easyJet has said that it intends to close its 'hub' in another southern French airport. However, the impacts will be very different for passengers at the two airports.
It's not in the Alps: What you need to know about France's newest and longest cable car
France’s longest cable car was inaugurated on Friday May 13th , 86 years after it was first planned.
New flights to south of France launched by Jet2
The low-cost British airline Jet2 has announced it will begin operating new services between the UK and southern France, starting in the summer of 2022.
How four women were freed in a hostage drama in Toulouse
A teenager is being questioned by police after taking four women hostage at a bar on the outskirts of the southern French city of Toulouse.
Five dead and 14 critically ill after suspected food poisoning in French retirement home
Five residents at a retirement home in southern France have died and over a dozen others were sickened in a suspected case of food poisoning, officials said on Monday.
Three Chinese students hurt in car attack near Toulouse
A man "deliberately" rammed his car into a group of pedestrians, injuring three Chinese students, one of them seriously, near the French city of Toulouse on Friday, authorities said, adding that the attack was not linked to terrorism.
Shooting in Toulouse leaves one dead and several injured
One person was shot dead and six others injured, two seriously, when a gunman opened fire in the southern French city of Toulouse late Monday, a local source said.
Toulouse ranks as France's fastest-growing city
Toulouse has the fastest growing population of all France's cities, a census revealed on Tuesday.
French court says widow can't keep her husband's sperm
A Toulouse tribunal on Thursday rejected the request of a French widow to preserve her deceased husband's sperm for artificial insemination, despite recent decisions granting widows the right to export the gametes of their late partners.
Toulouse proves a winner as France's city on the rise
France's Ville Rose ha seen the biggest economic growth in recent years, a new study has found, larger even than the country's capital.
Taxi driver protest to halt transport in Toulouse
Roads in and around the city of Toulouse were blocked on Monday morning as over 1,000 taxis protested against “unfair competition” from private minicab firms.
France: Toulouse airport evacuated over security alert
Toulouse-Blagnac airport was evacuated on Wednesday morning over a security alert, believed to be a suspect package.
Toulouse - the best place to be a student in France
The annual rankings for the best student cities in France is out and the top dog is definitely not Paris, which comes in at a very unimpressive 13th place. Here's a countdown and a look at why Toulouse comes out on top.
Jihadists escape as cops wait at wrong airport
Confusion reigned Tuesday over the whereabouts of three suspected French jihadists arrested in Turkey who include the brother-in-law of Toulouse killer Mohammed Merah after an apparent bungle by authorities.
Protesting mother on perch above French city
An outraged mother spent Friday perched atop a crane in southern France denouncing the alleged unfair removal of her Autistic son from school. She's not the first parent to take make the same extreme protest.
French granny 'thrown in river after cigarette row'
When a 67-year-old French grandma was approached by two men asking her for a cigarette on a cold night in Toulouse, she declined. But instead of accepting her knock back, the pair of thugs picked her up and threw her into the freezing waters of the Garonne river, reports say.
Hollande promises truth over gunman Merah
French President François Hollande has promised to unearth the truth about Toulouse terrorist Mohamed Merah as France remembered the gunman's seven victims on the first anniversary of his shooting spree in Toulouse and Montauban.
Two new arrests in Toulouse gunman probe
French police have arrested two men in the southern city of Toulouse in connection with Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah's killing spree in March last year that claimed seven lives, a police source told AFP.
Flashback horror for Toulouse Jewish school
The Jewish community in Toulouse has suffered an unpleasant flashback to last year's killings by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah with an incident in which a school student was briefly confronted by a woman brandishing a knife.
Marseille: 'A city with a unique soul'
To tell us more about the beguiling Mediterranean port of Marseille, the 2013 European Capital of Culture, The Local caught up with Susan Fitoussi - an artist and operational assistant who has lived in the city for almost 20 years.
Toulouse: 'A big city that feels like a village'
In the first of a new series in which readers give The Local an insight into their corner of France, we spoke to businessman - and former Irish international rugby player - Trevor Brennan.
Toulouse shooting spree suspects arrested
French police arrested two people on Tuesday in connection with the attacks by extremist gunman Mohamed Merah, whose shooting spree in and around the southern city of Toulouse this year left seven people dead.