Month: August 2017

The driver of a stolen Ferrari who led police on a wild chase through Nice in the early hours of July 2 has been jailed for three years, with just 12 months suspended.

Police stopped the driver by firing at his tires, a court in Nice was told on Monday, July 31. Having one of the tyres blown out did not prevent the multi-recidivist from ramming a pursuing police car head-on.

“Why do you get into a vehicle, drunk, and without a licence?” asked David Hill, president of the court of corrections in Nice.

Youssef Z., 35, had nine previous convictions and had not held a valid driving licence since 2011.

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Schools in the neighbouring French communities have lost little time in taking advantage of a government ruling that allows them to revert to a four-day school week.

Many school districts, parents and teachers strongly opposed the introduction of a four and half-day school week by the French Ministry of Education, causing families to lose out on the weekly “free” Wednesday. Now that opting-out of the four and a half-day has become possible, most schools in the area have chosen to do so.

So far, 84 percent of the schools in the Nice district will go back to the popular four-day week, starting in September. In other parts of the country, particularly in Poitiers, Toulouse and Nantes, fewer than 15 percent of schools will return to the old rhythm.

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