Gunfire returned to a Cannes-La-Bocca housing estate for the second time in a week, leaving residents describing a climate of fear and prompting extra night patrols.
The Côte d'Azur's best-known fireworks competition wraps up its summer season tonight with an out-of-competition display from the Croisette.
Cannes becomes the first city in France to arm municipal police with laughing gas detectors, as national rules on the substance are set to tighten.
A €120,000 Patek Philippe, a diplomat and a 30-minute manhunt on the Croisette — three men now await an October trial.
A body sighting off the Théoule coast has reopened the search for a man missing since a boat collision left 11 injured last weekend.
The regional ZOU! network is scrapping its Noc'TAMbus 621 and 661 routes, along with most of its on-demand transport service, a decision drawing pushback from users who rely on the late-night connections.
Welsh loanee George Morgan struck seven minutes after coming on to salvage a 1-1 draw against Fleury, in front of nearly 4,000 fans at Stade Pierre de Coubertin, three months after pitch invasions celebrated the club's promotion.
The suspect, already known to territorial intelligence services though not flagged as an active threat, was arrested Sunday and placed in custody for glorifying terrorism after sending emails referencing the Islamic State to mayor David Lisnard's office and the Grasse courthouse.
The theft happened amid the confusion of a Porsche losing control on the Croisette around 5.20am, giving a thief the chance to snatch a Patek Philippe from the diplomat's wrist. Surveillance camera operators tracked the suspect until officers converged and made an arrest.
A string of attacks this summer, including a 92 year old bitten twice on the legs at Cannes' Plage du Midi, has been linked to grey triggerfish, with similar incidents reported at Villefranche-sur-Mer and Juan-les-Pins.
Footage filmed in June showed staff using the lit devices, prohibited on the island, months after identical sparklers ignited a nightclub fire in Crans-Montana that killed 40 people on New Year's Eve.
Police investigating a spate of stolen manhole covers found no trace of the metal at the suspect's home, but instead discovered a fenced enclosure holding dozens of Hermann's tortoises, a strictly protected species he claimed had been passed down from his grandmother.