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Eurostar and airlines hit with disruption as French strikes kick off over half term

EasyJet, Ryanair, British Airways and Air France have been hit by air traffic controller strikes part of a movement against the raising of the pension age, with airports in Paris, Toulouse, Marseille, Lyon, Montpellier and Nantes impacted

Daily Mirror · Feb 16, 2023

Tennis star Ugo Humbert retires from match in tears after nasty-looking fall

Ugo Humbert played on in pain but was eventually forced to retire in tears after a nasty-looking fall in his match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Montpellier

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2023

Ross Barkley, Nicolas Pepe and Aaron Ramsey all roll back the years in huge Nice victory

Ross Barkley, Nicolas Pepe and Aaron Ramsey are all attempting to rebuild their careers in France - and the trio all caught the eye during OGC Nice's 6-1 win over Montpellier on Wednesday

Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023

World Cup: Boy killed in Montpellier amid clashes between France and Morocco fans

Fans of both sides took to the streets to riot after the semi-final

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022

Family of Irish woman missing in France "extremely concerned" for her wellbeing as they share online appeal

Susan Forde is understood to be in the Montpellier region of France

Irish Mirror · Oct 19, 2022

Macron's 'foundation for democracy' launched in Africa

Proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Franco-African summit in Montpellier last year, an independent "foundation for democracy" is intended to help those working for change in the area of democratic governance. The body opened this week at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 7, 2022

Plane ends up in lake after overshooting runway in France

No one was harmed in incident on Saturday

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Plane 'blown off runway' during landing and narrowly escapes plunging into lake

Montpellier Airport announced it was closed “until further notice” following the incident, which happened in the early hours of Saturday

Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022

Plane Overshoots Runway, Closes Airport in Southern France

An airport serving France's southern Mediterranean coast is closed indefinitely after a cargo plane overshot its runway on landing and finished nose-down in the water of an adjacent lake before dawn on Saturday. The three people aboard were rescued unharmed from the Aeropostale Boeing 737 that was laden with air…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 24, 2022

Cargo plane ends up in water at Montpellier airport

Flights including easyJet links to and from London Gatwick have been cancelled

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022