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'Leave my wife alone!' French presidential hopeful stands by his tearful British partner as fraud allegations pile up 

30/01/17 08:49

Wales-born Penelope Fillon, 62, faces the prospect of prison after prosecutors launched a corruption investigation into embezzlement, abuse of public funds, and concealment. She is accused of helping herself to more than €500,000 (£430,000) worth of taxpayers' cash while pretending to be a parliamentary assistant to her husband, would-be President of France Francois Fillon, also 62. But today the couple tried to put on at a defiant face as they took part in a Republican Party election rally in eastern Paris. 'Leave my wife alone!' Mr Fillon shouted from the stage of the Villette conference hall, saying they had 'nothing to hide'. ...read

30/01/17 01:20

Benoit Hamon, 49, won a resounding victory in a head-to-head primary against former prime minister Manuel Valls, 54, after gaining 58.65 per cent of the national vote - a clear majority.

28/01/17 00:06

A diet of corn is turning wild hamsters in northeastern France into deranged cannibals that devour their offspring, alarmed researchers have reported. Lack of vitamins is leaving them starving.

27/01/17 23:52

Britain is in danger of becoming subservient to an unpredictable United States under new President Donald Trump, according to one of the leading French presidential candidates.

27/01/17 22:37

A French governmental decree came into force today prohibiting restaurants, hotels and catering facilities from allowing customers to top up their sweetened soft drinks for free.

27/01/17 16:29

The last surviving photographs of the veterans who formed part of Napoleon Bonaparteís famous Grande Armée and fought in the Napoleonic wars have been revealed.

27/01/17 14:17

Hollande had met with German chancellor Angela Merkel for talks in Berlin where they discussed the EU facing growing internal problems as well as fears over the US abandoning free trade with the bloc.

27/01/17 01:17

On Wednesday, she made a surprise visit to a refugee camp in northern France, where food and children's books were among the supplies she handed out.

26/01/17 20:07

French presidential candidate François Fillon said he would break with the Schengen open borders agreement which allows visitors to travel without passport checks.

26/01/17 18:25

The woman was thought to be in her first year of teaching at the primary school in the village of Lapeyrouse-Morney in the Drôme region when she became unable to control her pupils.

26/01/17 17:48

Fillon, who polls show is likely to reach the second round of May's French presidential election, is facing a probe into claims he handed wife Penelope a fictitious paid role as a parliamentary aide.

26/01/17 00:01

The Mail on Sunday's Gareth Huw Davies visited the scenic French region of Vaucluse in Provence to pick his top must-see attractions - from villages and Roman ruins to markets and a grand hotel.

25/01/17 22:22

The founder of Playbrush, a gadget that ‘makes a game’ out of using a toothbrush, has signed a deal with consumer goods giant Unilever.

25/01/17 20:35

The pin-up girl turned activist went to the La Liniere camp outside Dunkirk. Writing about the experience she said: 'I'll never forget today'. The former Baywatch star said more people should visit.

25/01/17 20:09

The unnamed 18-year-old mother and her 19-year-old partner stepped off the south-bound TGV at Le Mans in western France to have a quick cigarette Monday night.

25/01/17 12:49

Eurostar banned the Daily Mail for exposing a security threat that allows passengers to reach Britain without identification.

25/01/17 07:44

Penelope Fillon is said to have earned a substantial amount from working as an aide to her husband, Republican Presidential hopeful Francois Fillon, claim reports by the French media.

24/01/17 23:46

Former investment banker Emmanuel Macron has emerged as the dark horse in France's Presidential elections, where he is rising in the polls behind front runners Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen.

24/01/17 14:28

The 83-year-old film director was set to give the opening speech at the awards ceremony in Paris next months but has pulled out following furious protests from women's rights groups.

23/01/17 23:28

In the aftermath of Kim Kardashian being held up at gunpoint for her jewellery in October, Paris has been branded an increasingly violent nightmare for tourists by a Chinese travel expert.

23/01/17 01:56

Terrorists and criminals can travel to Britain on the Eurostar without any form of identification for as little as £2.60 by taking advantage of a loophole from the Schengen Agreement.

23/01/17 00:52

Benoit Hamon was leading in the first round of the French Socialist Party primary by 35.2 per cent, compared to his nearest rival, Manuel Valls on 31.5 per cent of the vote.

19/01/17 18:31

The far-right leader of the National Front has between 25 to 26 per cent of support in France, ahead of Republican candidate Francois Fillon, who has between 23 to 25 per cent.

19/01/17 17:48

France's culture minister Audrey Azoulay (pictured) will announce that under-18s will no longer be automatically blocked from seeing a film that contains non-simulated sex.

17/01/17 13:42

A bizarre video showing models in bikinis canoodling with a carp for a calendar has surfaced online. The footage was taken in Bretange, France.

17/01/17 12:15

Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in France's presidential election this year Benoit Hamon and ean-Luc Bennahmias are promising the money.

17/01/17 12:12

Wolves are making their home in Paris with late-night howls often heard in the southern suburbs, according to two groups of experts.

15/01/17 02:08

Ian Griffin, 47, bludgeoned multi-millionaire Kinga Legg, 36, to death in their £800-a-night room at the five-star Bristol and left her naked body in the bath. A coroner said she received ‘around 100 blows’.

15/01/17 00:46

CCTV shows co-pilot Mohamed Mamdouh Ahmed Assem, leave his iPhone 6S and iPad mini next to bottles of perfume on top of the instrument panel in the cockpit of the Cairo-bound plane.

13/01/17 23:01

The alleged mastermind of the Kim Kardashian Paris robbery has been charged, according to a French prosecutor.

13/01/17 18:26

One of five men suspected of taking part in the armed robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in October has been charged, a prosecutor said Thursday.

13/01/17 15:35

The French city of Marseille was thrown into panic today by reports of two 'powerful detonations' in the city amid fears of a terror attack. But it is thought to have been a sonic boom.

12/01/17 10:31

Guy Wildenstein, 70, was on Thursday cleared by a Paris court of hiding properties and millions of euros in paintings by artists such as Monet and Picasso from the taxman.

11/01/17 17:11

Further details of the gang that held up Kardashian in the terrifying jewel heist in Paris have emerged. The thieves are said to include men nicknamed 'Old Omar', 'Broken Nose' and 'Marceau the gypsy'.

11/01/17 15:09

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the Far-Right National Front, is ahead in the polls as France heads towards the first round of presidential elections in the spring.

11/01/17 14:54

Production of the taxis, named the Sea Bubble, will start next month and tests of the vessels will be carried out in the French capital next year.

10/01/17 14:41

The two brothers are among 17 alleged criminals linked to the armed robbery of the 36-year-old reality TV star in Paris, France, in October.

10/01/17 14:03

Bridget Malcolm, 25, appears to have embarked on a second honeymoon with Nathaniel Hoho after the model posted a snap from Paris to Instagram on Tuesday.

10/01/17 11:30

There is ‘some discussion’ within Nato over the future of Britain holding the No 2 position in Nato, currently held by General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, pictured, according to military experts.

10/01/17 07:05

Kim Kardashian's chauffeur was among the 17 arrested in connection with her armed robbery in Paris, it emerged tonight. It gives weight to theories the brutal crime was an inside job.

09/01/17 18:59

The 36-year-old wife of Kanye West was robbed at gunpoint of about 9million euros worth of jewellery by masked men who tied her up in her apartment in the French capital early on October 3.

09/01/17 11:11

She lost millions of pounds worth of jewellery during a harrowing armed robbery in Paris on October 3. 

09/01/17 08:55

He is the doctor whose book offering simple, but revelatory, advice on how to live longer has taken France by storm. Now Michel Cymes is sharing his medical insights and research with us Brits, too.

08/01/17 19:30

Former EastEnders star Sid Owen's beautiful French mansion left Through The Keyhole viewers in disbelief on Saturday night.

07/01/17 13:36

The Daily Mail has calculated a half-term skiing jaunt for a family of four costing £4,340 everything-included at Les Arcs 1950 family resort above Bourg Saint Maurice in France.

06/01/17 23:56

Foreign visitors to the Louvre (pictured) decreased by a fifth to 7.3 million last year, from just under 10 million in 2015, when it was the most-visited museum in the world.

06/01/17 23:34

The London Stock Exchange has agreed to sell its French clearing business to Euronext for £434million, in a bid to win regulatory approval for its controversial German takeover.

06/01/17 18:58

The 48-year-old leader of the National Front (FN), who is an MEP, is said to have employed two EU-funded assistants but then used them for her non-parliamentary work.

06/01/17 18:40

Le Pen, who has promised to dump the euro and hold a Brexit-style referendum, has recently appeared to soften her stance, saying she is open to a 'common currency' alongside a national currency.

05/01/17 21:11

As the French government enacted a new law forcing employers not to send staff emails outside of working hours, managers said the country's workforce is having to adjust to the change.

05/01/17 20:55

French companies will be required to guarantee their employees a 'right to disconnect' from Sunday as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking.

05/01/17 18:05

Incredibly Osama Aoukili was unhurt in the drama, which happened near France's border with Switzerland on Friday. He said: 'I told myself this was my father's car and that it meant a lot to him.'

05/01/17 14:40

The body of the unnamed man was found in the lorry at a cafe in Ashford, Kent - despite the fact French authorities had checked the vehicle prior to its departure from a Calais port.

05/01/17 08:04

A French farmer (pictured), who has become a folk hero for helping African migrants slip across the border from Italy and giving them shelter, went on trial today for aiding illegal arrivals.

04/01/17 23:04

Investigations found 'a probable link between the death and the administration of Uvesterol D', France's ANSM health agency revealed.

04/01/17 22:27

French firebrand socialist Arnaud Montebourg has proposed a supertax on banks to raise 5 billion euros (£4.25 billion) and has said that he would be prepared to nationalise a bank if elected president.

04/01/17 19:02

The reputation of Paris as the City of Love has been given a huge boost by a new survey that shows its residents have more than twice as many lovers as Londoners.

04/01/17 18:20

The estimates from Eurostat confirm the expectation that Britain, already the most crowded major European country except for Holland, will continue to grow quickly in numbers.

03/01/17 18:02

All six defendants have gone on trail at Nanterre Correctional Court and are accused of invading the Duchess's privacy when she chose to sunbathe topless in public view during a holiday in France.

03/01/17 10:30

Fr Andrea Contin, pictured, is also accused of making home made pornographic videos and hiding the movies in plain sight by placing them in boxes featuring the names of various popes.

03/01/17 08:12

Francois Hollande stressed that supporting Iraq was one of the surest ways of securing Europe, while visiting Baghdad days after an ISIS suicide bomber killed 32 people in the Iraqi capital.

02/01/17 10:05

A switch to immobilise HGVs is being secretly developed by Government scientists who fear terrorist massacres in the UK like those seen in Nice and Berlin last year.

30/12/16 14:48

French parents have been banned from smacking children under new legislation which has been enacted and couples getting married in the country will have to vow not to beat their offspring.

29/12/16 17:07

In what will amount to a test case with huge ramifications for Europe's immigration crisis, lawyers representing 36 teenagers who lived in the Calais Jungle say they have been treated unlawfully.

29/12/16 14:08

In one reference to the crash, which claimed 92 lives, the French magazine depicted a jet hurtling downwards along with words translated as: 'Bad news... Putin wasn't on board'.

29/12/16 12:08

Passengers at the French capital's main airport have reported being asked to leave part of the terminal as police descended on the scene.

29/12/16 05:05

Jacqueline Sauvage, 69, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her husband, Norbert Marot, three times in the back with a hunting rifle in 2012.

28/12/16 17:23

Laforêt advertised the apartment in the Levallois-Perret suburb of the capital, with a message: 'important attention for the selection of tenants: French nationality compulsory, no blacks.'

28/12/16 13:18

Julien Sanchez, the Front National mayor of Beaucaire in southern France, insists he has received 'lots of support from Britons' after christening the road Brexit Street.

27/12/16 11:50

The sprawling Jungle migrant camp in Calais was razed in October with thousands of migrants transported around France to new official accommodation.

24/12/16 01:19

It is hoped that the solar panel road in Tourouvre-au-Perche could eventually provide enough energy to power the small Normandy village's street lights.

23/12/16 20:18

Benedetto Bufalino covered the drum of a cement mixer in mirrors and set up spotlights. The truck was on display outside a construction site in Lyon, France earlier this month.

23/12/16 01:16

Australian actor Joel Edgerton is rumoured to be dating French model Dayana Reeves after the pair were spotted attending Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

23/12/16 00:27

The pupils from science class STD2A at the Lycee Federic Mistral high school in Avignon said they wanted to do something original for their end of term snap and posed naked.

21/12/16 17:19

Friends of the 24-year-old Syrian Hamoude Kahlil have raised suspicions that he is just as interested in citizenship as in his fiancee Sarah Gayton, whom he met in the Calais Jungle.

21/12/16 10:10

Estate agent Sandrine Devillard, who was 25 years younger than husband Marcel Amphoux, challenged a 'will' written on the back of an envelope which cut her from his inheritance.

21/12/16 10:08

A spooky statue with half its face missing is among the creepy items found in an abandoned mansion in the French countryside but the photographer will not reveal the location.

20/12/16 12:51

They split their time between LA with their father Johnny Depp and France with their mother Vanessa Paradis.

19/12/16 12:07

The amorous animal even nibbled the wrist of Yves Courtel, who was filming, to get her to join him in the water off the coast of Brittany, France - but she refused because of his bad breath.

17/12/16 16:07

French police have torn down a migrant camp which sprung up in the shadow of the Eurostar in Paris - near a much criticised £6million help centre for refugees - and evicted 500 settlers.

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