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HSBC had said it could move up to 1,000 investment bankers to Paris from London due to Brexit

HSBC sees fewer London jobs move on softer Brexit hopes

HSBC sees the chances of a hard Brexit receding after Britain's shock election result, which could result in fewer jobs moving out of London, its investment bank chief said.

Business • 16 Jun 17

Recent deadly attacks in London and Manchester have underlined the need for changes in insurance cover

Attacks on Western cities prompt insurers to adapt

The changing nature of attacks in Western cities has led insurers to offer new policies, from straightforward cover for business lost due to police cordons to more risky compensation for declines in tourism.

Business • 15 Jun 17

Police install a security parameter outside of Notre Dame cathedral after the attack

Attacker shot and injured outside Notre Dame in Paris

A counter-terrorism investigation has been launched after French police shot and wounded a man who attacked officers with a hammer outside the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Europe • 06 Jun 17

Armed police patrol the Champs Elysees in paris

Police investigating if Paris gunman had accomplices

Investigators are trying to find out whether the man who shot dead a policeman in Paris had accomplices, a prosecutor said, adding that he had shown no previous signs of radicalisation despite a long prison record.

Europe • 21 Apr 17

Around 3,000 passengers were evacuated from the airport, the second busiest in the country

Attacker shot dead at Paris' Orly airport

Troops at Paris' Orly airport shot dead a man who tried to grab a soldier's weapon, triggering a major security alert that shut down the airport, leaving thousands stranded.

World • 18 Mar 17

Paris Deputy Mayor Jean-Francois Martins said vulnerable sites had to be protected

Glass wall to be erected to protect Eiffel Tower

A glass wall is to be erected around the Eiffel Tower in Paris this autumn, part of a multi-million euro plan to prevent attacks on the iconic monument.

News • 09 Feb 17

Police officers stand guard near the Pyramid of Le Louvre Museum, close to the Carrousel du Louvre

Terrorist attacker shot by soldier in Paris

A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a man armed with machetes who attacked him near the entrance to the Paris Louvre museum, in what President Francois Hollande said was a terrorist attack.

News • 03 Feb 17

Some of the urinals have been installed behind Gare de Lyon railway station

Flowering compost urinals stop making Paris stink

Two compost urinals topped with miniature gardens have been installed at a notoriously smelly site in Paris - behind the Gare de Lyon station in the east of the French capital.

News • 01 Feb 17

Salah Abdeslam is accused of having provided logistical support for the Paris attackers

Paris attack suspect 'not ashamed'

The main suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks said he was "not ashamed" in a letter to a woman who has been writing to him in prison, according to extracts published in the French press this morning.

News • 13 Jan 17

The BBA has warned that international lenders with operations in the UK are ready to transfer some of their activities out of the country

Banks in UK step up action on possible Paris move

International banks have stepped up their enquiries and talks about switching operations from London to Paris following Britain's vote for Brexit, according to a senior official at France's markets regulator.

Business • 08 Dec 16

Scores of people were killed in attacks on Paris last November

Suspected planner of Paris, Brussels attacks named

French investigators have identified a Syria-based extremist of dual Belgian and Moroccan nationality as a suspected coordinator of attacks in Paris and Brussels, sources close to the case told AFP this morning.

News • 08 Nov 16

Police cordon migrants before they board a bus to leave the camp

More than 3,800 moved from Paris migrant camp

French police have finished clearing a huge makeshift migrant camp in northeast Paris where more than 3,800 people were staying.

World • 04 Nov 16

The Paris operation led to a brief standoff

Police move to clear illegal migrant camp in Paris

French riot police moved to clear an illegal migrant camp in northeastern Paris, sparking a brief standoff at a site where numbers have soared since the closure of the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais.

News • 31 Oct 16

Two million French people are estimated to practise naturism

Naked ambition as Paris eyes nudist area

Paris could set up an outdoor naturism area as early as next summer, in a possible first for the capital of a country which is the world's top destination for clothes-free leisure lovers.

News • 26 Sep 16

A family from Eritrea is pictured at a makeshift camp in Paris

Paris police dismantle migrant camp

Police in Paris have begun evacuating a tent camp where some 1,500 migrants were living in unsanitary conditions, the latest operation to dismantle such camps sprouting up around the French capital.

News • 16 Sep 16

Police search a car near where one of the women was arrested

Three women charged over foiled Paris terror plots

Three women suspected of plotting to blow up a car packed with gas canisters near the famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have been charged with terror offences, the prosecutor's office said.

News • 12 Sep 16

The woman was arrested in southern France on Tuesday

Woman charged over planned gas cannister attack

French anti-terror judges have charged a woman over a failed attack near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral, where a car containing gas canisters was found last weekend.

News • 12 Sep 16

French police outside a building in Boussy-Saint-Antoine where the three women were arrested

Women arrested in Paris were committed to IS cause

The Paris prosecutor has said the three women arrested after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral were directed by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants in Syria.

World • 09 Sep 16

130 people were killed in attacks in Paris on 13 November

France: Two charged over links to November attacks

French authorities have filed terror charges against two suspected members of the same terrorist cell that killed 130 people in Paris last November.

News • 29 Jul 16

Paris was the hottest European city during the 2003 summer heatwave

Deaths during 2003 heatwave due to global warming

Hundreds of deaths in the searing European heatwave of 2003 can be attributed to man-made climate change, according to scientists.

News • 08 Jul 16

The highest death toll from the November attacks was at the Bataclan where 89 people were killed

Overhaul of French intelligence system recommended

The state of emergency imposed in France after the November terrorist attacks and the deployment of thousands of troops to patrol the streets have had only a "limited impact" on security, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

News • 05 Jul 16

EgyptAir Flight MS804 went down into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on 19 May

Data recorder from crashed EgyptAir plane repaired

Egyptian investigators said tonight that the flight data recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been successfully repaired.

News • 27 Jun 16

One of those arrested is believed to be on France's national security watchlist

Three held over ties to killer of French police

Three men with suspected links to jihadist Larossi Abballa, who killed a police officer and his partner outside Paris last week, have been arrested on suspicion of spying on other police officers.

News • 21 Jun 16

Shares in Paris, London and Frankfurt closed over 3% higher today

Sterling, shares soar higher as Brexit fears wane

Sterling has made significant gains, while European shares continued to rally today on the back of renewed hope that Britain would vote to stay in the European Union.

Business • 20 Jun 16

The Airbus A320 disappeared on 19 May with the loss of all 66 people on board

Voice recorder from EgyptAir flight recovered

The cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 has been retrieved by search teams in a breakthrough for investigators seeking to explain what caused the plane to crash into the sea killing all 66 people on board.

News • 16 Jun 16