WHEN Amy Carr collapsed in her bedroom at the sight of a spider, doctors assumed it was down to a simple phobia. But when the ...

Storybook architecture, local wine, and a direct train from Paris make this lesser-known Alsatian city the perfect weekend ...

Just weeks after debt-laden France proposed axing two public holidays, Italy is proposing to add a new one in honour of Saint Francis and the pope who took his name. The plan for the October 4 holiday ...

France will keep its public holidays. The new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announced on Saturday that he will scrap proposals from his predecessor to eliminate two public holidays as part of a ...

The freedom that French workers have to take extended breaks from the office has become as core to the national identity as pungent cheese and fine wine. So when Mr Bayrou proposed that France shave ...

Autumn has just about reared its ugly head, and many are still craving to get away to escape the gloomy weather. So if a trip to France is on the cards, but you fancy neither the crowds of Paris nor ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faced a backlash on Thursday after saying he didn't hold talks with the opposition in August to try and avoid a political crisis because everyone ...

France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will give a press conference on Monday to discuss his budget plans. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP The vast majority of French people say they are not willing to ...

FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin speaks to Paul Smith, Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Nottingham University, about French Prime Minister François Bayrou's confidence vote gamble as he tries to ...

Celebrating your GCSE results today? Thursday August 21 marks GCSE Results Day and pupils across Birmingham and the West Midlands have been finding out their grades. Lots of restaurants are offering ...