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French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin travelled to the southern city of Nîmes on Friday to address the issue of drug crime that this week claimed the lives of a 10-year-old child and an 18-year-old man.

Jeans are one of the most un-environmentally friendly garments around, but a company in Nimes, the birthplace of denim, has drawn on the town's ancient savoir-faire to develop a more sustainable manufacturing process.

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns to its place of birth in Nimes; and the story of Alice Guy, the world's first woman director, forgotten by history.

In the southern French city of Nîmes, the passion for Ancient Rome is more alive than ever. For the past decade, the city has been holding the Great Roman Games show every spring. Legionaries, centurions and gladiators invade the city and bring its incredible Roman monuments back to life: in…

For a limited time only, Irish customers can jet off to sunny hotspots, including Alicante, Nimes, Menorca and Murcia, with one passenger flying for half price