Lyon

Lyon wants to link the price of cemetery plots to family income

Three rates for burial plots are proposed in the new plans

Lyon police file strike motion after pay rises not given to all officers

Recruitment issues are also affecting the city’s forces

Firefighter strike: call for more protests after Lyon ring road and station blocked

Hundreds of firefighters walked along road and on platforms, bringing city to halt for a symbolic 15 minutes

Online video shows Belle Époque-era Parisian life

Footage features Notre Dame Cathedral in 1896, the Champs-Élysées in 1899 ... and the moving walkway at the Paris Exposition in 1900

Lyon to get direct low-cost Ouigo TGV service to Paris

Lyon (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) is to become the fifth city to be connected directly to Paris via the low-cost TGV service Ouigo, with the line set to open by summer 2020.

One dead and eight injured in knife attack near Lyon

At least one person has died and eight been injured after a knife attack at a bus and Metro stop in Villeurbanne, near Lyon in Rhône (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) on Saturday August 31.

French pollution rules still in place despite doubts

Vehicle pollution restrictions are still in place in Lyon and Villeurbanne (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) two days after their use in Paris and Lille, despite some questioning the effectiveness of the scheme.

Two missing 16-year-old girls from Lyon found safe

Two 16-year-old lycée students from near Lyon that had been “worryingly” missing for a week have been found “safe and well”.

France's gluten-free sweet deliveries

Sweet news for anyone who is gluten-intolerant: a pâtisserie in Lyon that sells only gluten-free products now delivers its gateaux nationwide.

Inquiry opened into Lyon airport runway car incident

An inquiry has been opened into the storming of the runway at Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport, which saw a man with “psychiatric fragility” drive a stolen car in front of planes before being stopped by police.

Rowing coach’s electric boat cleans water as it moves

Seen nipping up and down the River Saône in Lyon, the Neptunéo electric catamaran owes its origins to a long-standing problem... but can prevent others for the future.

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Royal visit to France

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will visit France from May 7-9 starting in Nice where they will pay their respects to victims of the 2016 attack and attend a reception on the city’s links with the UK.

Legendary ‘chef of the century’ Paul Bocuse dies at 91

Tributes have been pouring in from across France and the culinary world after legendary chef Paul Bocuse was confirmed to have died at age 91.