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Carla says 'non' to baby photos

20.10.11
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is instructing lawyers to warn anybody against trying to photograph her new daughter... more

Paris Fashion Week shows upstaged by a broken bench

04.10.11
The collapse of the front row at the Balenciaga show set the tone for a Paris Fashion Week that fell short of London's impact, says Karen Dacre... more

Muslims banned from street prayer

16.09.11
Muslims face police action if they pray on Paris's streets after complaints about hundreds of worshippers lying prostate on roads ... more

Day-trip to Paris on 'Boris bikes'

05.09.11
Two Londoners spent the day cycling around Paris - using two of the Mayor's 'Boris bikes'... more

My suicide bid after secret affair with DSK

28.07.11
Dominique Strauss-Kahn had a secret nine-month affair with a 23-year-old lawyer before dumping her and driving her to attempt suicide, she claims... more

Our man in Paris tops embassies spending table with £350,000 on dinners

18.04.11
A 'Ferrero Rocher league' of hospitality spending by UK embassies abroad shows Paris tops the table after spending almost £350,000 in a single year on dinners and receptions... more

Four killed as they jump from windows to escape Paris blaze

14.04.11
Five people died and almost 60 were injured, including several young children, after a fire ripped through a block of flats in Paris early today... more

Marks & Spencer back in France after a decade

01.04.11
After a decade's absence, Marks & Spencer trucks are set to roll down the Champs-Élysées once again as the British retailer returns to France... more

Damon Brown is one of the world's finest players

23.03.11
Fluent, impassioned and technically superb Damon Brown had the crowded venue in the palm of his hand... more

Living on Love Alone in France

21.01.11
Isabelle Czajka's spiky romantic drama Living on Love Alone has Anaïs Demoustier and Pio Marmaï as two lovers... more

Eurostar pulls in passengers a year after 'fluffy snow' debacle

14.01.11
A year after its services were paralysed by “fluffy snow”, Eurostar says a surge in business travellers helped its sales rise 12% to £760 million last year... more

Boris Johnson ‘should offer electric cars for hire’

05.01.11
London should have a fleet of electric cars for hire just like Boris bikes, an MP tells the Mayor... more

Boris Johnson 'should offer electric cars for hire'

05.01.11
London should have a fleet of electric cars for hire just like Boris bikes, an MP has told the Mayor... more

Oil demand tipped to beat forecasts

10.12.10
The International Energy Agency raises its forecast for global oil demand this year and next... more

London’s better than Paris, admit French

18.11.10
The French have conceded London is a superior city to Paris, an astonishing new tourism survey reveals... more

French brothers are held in Paris terror alert

04.11.10
Two brothers suspected of planning a terror attack are arrested in a Paris suburb... more

Les Deux Salons is as bold as the best brasserie

28.10.10
Seating 150 over two floors, with a magnificent bar and theatrically lush decor, Les Deux Salons off the Strand captures the spirit of Paris and the joy of French cooking ... more

France on brink of fuel shortage as strike bites

15.10.10
Strikes spread to all of France’s refineries, raising the prospect of a nationwide fuel shortage... more

Man is held over Paris bomb alerts

04.10.10
FRENCH police today arrested a man suspected of making several bomb threats in Paris, including one against the Gare Saint-Lazare. The man, in his fifties, was held in Meudon, south-west of the capital. There were nine recorded bomb alerts in Paris last month, two of them at the Eiffel Tower.... more

Terror in Paris: French capital on red alert

01.10.10
A tip-off from North Africa that al Qaeda is planning an imminent atrocity in France has put the capital on red alert... more

Eurostar boosts security as French fear al Qaeda attack

21.09.10
Security on Eurostar trains is stepped up following a warning by the French government of a possible al Qaeda suicide attack in Paris... more

Foiled: woman bomber’s plot to blow herself up in central Paris

20.09.10
Female suicide bomber plotted to blow herself up in Paris last week, French spy agencies reveal... more

Evening Standard man takes on challenge of three races in three countries in a day

17.09.10
As London 2012 hopefuls, former Olympians and Team GB members battle it out in the Eurostar Tri-City-Athlon, Standard man Ben Bailey takes on the best of the best... more

Eiffel Tower hit by bomb scare

15.09.10
The Eiffel Tower reopens after 2,000 people were evacuated from the area following a bomb threat by an anonymous caller... more

Richard Dennen: I’m no saint but I know a man who is

07.09.10
Out in the city: Richard Dennen recounts the summer he lost his virginity in Paris... more

French prefer our ‘stylish and beautiful’ Boris bikes to Velib

09.08.10
Paris gives the thumbs-up to the 'Boris bike' saying it is more stylish, better to ride and sturdier than their own Velib... more

Big rise in number of people splitting their lives between Paris and London

03.08.10
They are the Par-Dons, a new generation of people who split their lives between London and Paris for work, study or simply to get the best of both worlds... more

Eurostar picks up passengers grounded by volcanic ash

22.07.10
Travellers switching from air to rail during the ash cloud crisis helped swell numbers on Eurostar trains in the first half of this year... more

Architect Jean Nouvel has designs on London

02.07.10
Much to the horror of Prince Charles, this year's Serpentine pavilion is the work of controversial French architect Jean Nouvel. Even worse, he's got designs on St Paul's Cathedral. Hermione Eyre meets an unrepentant revolutionary... more

Artillery shell sparks bomb scare on Eurostar train

28.06.10
Bomb disposal experts, firemen and police are scrambled to a Eurostar train after a passenger carried a live artillery shell on board... more


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