Pays de La Loire, France News

In part two of an examination of the wine regions along the River Loire in France, our columnist introduces two areas that make memorable, even legendary, wines.

Next Friday, Leo Durand will have a 17th birthday to remember. The teenager from Nantes, France, who was born on July 10, dreamed of visiting the United States for as long as his parents can remember.

Si ce message ne s'affiche pas correctement, veuillez cliquer ici. Press Release Friday 26th June 2009 A Pole Vault competition to welcome Renaud LAVILLENIE to the STADE DE FRANCE Following the excellent performance by the young French pole vaulter Renaud LAVILLENIE during the World Cup of Athletics the organisers of the Meeting AREVA couldn't ...

The winning run at La Sarthe may have come to an end, but Audi was able to secure another podium finish at Le Mans on the first outing for the R15 TDi in the French classic.

Olivier Zambon, Alain Reynaud, Nathalie Caroff, and Stphane Corvec Author affiliation: Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France To the Editor: The genus Chitinophaga , first described by Sangkhobol and Skerman in 1981, belongs to the phylum Bacteroidetes , which includes filamentous, chitinolytic, gliding bacteria that transform into spherical ...

The French immunologist Jean Dausset, who won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of human leukocyte antigens , key components of the human immune system, died on June 6 in Mallorca, Spain, where he had lived for the past two years.

F1: USF1 Still Looking For European Base ? US F1, formula one's new American team for 2010, is reportedly now looking for an alternative European headquarters.

Peugeot enjoyed a hugely successful run in the Le Mans 24 Hours, with David Brabham, Alex Wurz and Marc Gene leading a 1-2 finish at the wheel of the #9 car.

Stage 2: Javron-les-Chapelles -> Mont des Avaloirs Casper loses jersey as Tombuk takes it and Plouhinec breaks away for stage honours.

A man in Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged with 47 counts of fraud and larceny for impersonating his dead mother to collect benefits and loans in her name .

OAK Racing was able to secure a podium finish in the LMP2 class at Le Mans for a second successive season, after Jacques Nicolet, Richard Hein and Jean-Francois Yvon carried the #24 Pescarolo Mazda to third in the class.

Nantes, the home town of Jules Verne, is situated in western France. Here, near the river Loire a giant deep-sea diver sleeps gently, waiting for his task to begin.

France's longest river valley is home to lush countryside and striking chteaux. Cathy Packe enjoys the culture and cuisine on a journey to the heart of the nation Where? The longest river in France meanders through the centre of the country from the Cevennes mountain range in the south-east, continuing for 1,020km until it merges with the Atlantic ...

Team LNT endured a disappointing end to its run in the Le Mans 24 Hours after an engine fire forced the Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S out of the La Sarthe classic during the early hours of Sunday morning.

An official of the famous sports car endurance race has invited formula one teams to next year's Le Mans.

An unforgettable spectacle unfolds each summer night in the Place Stanislas, an 18th-century public square in Nancy, France.

Royal de Luxe takes puppetry to enormous proportions. The puppetry company based in Nantes, France is renown through Europe for their gigantic, crane operated marionette street theatre.

A teenager who works in Garforth will make history this weekend as the youngest British driver ever to race in the world's most famous motorsport challenge.

France is my favourite European country. There! I can already hear a chorus of denunciations among certain Brits.

Allan McNish said he was delighted with the results of qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours, despite missing out on giving the Audi R15 a debut pole at La Sarthe.