6 h. ago British woman found beaten to death with 'five deep wounds' in French village

A murder investigation has been launched after the 65-year-old was found by her friend in Tremolat, a village in the French Dordogne region, on Tuesday evening.

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6 h. ago British woman, 65, found 'beaten to death' in French village

A friend found the 65-year-old woman lying near her vehicle with five deep wounds caused by a blunt object at her home in the village of Tremolat.

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7 h. ago British woman found beaten to death in French village with 'five deep wounds'

The woman, aged 65, was found lying near her vehicle with five deep wounds caused by a blunt object at her home in Tremolat a village in the Dordogne region of France

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16 h. ago British woman, 86, who reversed into French villager, 85, crushing him against a camper van avoids jail despite showing 'real contempt for the victim' by fleeing the scene

The woman from Plymouth was sentenced in absentia by the Rennes Criminal Court in France on Tuesday for 'running over' a man in his eighties during a stay in Brittany.

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64 h. ago French Muslims decry religious hatred as mosque stabbing suspect arrested

Man held in Italy over killing of worshipper in French mosque amid growing concerns over IslamophobiaEurope live – latest updatesFrench Muslim leaders have said more must be done to counter anti-Muslim hatred in France after a man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a young worshipper to death inside a mosque in a southern village.Olivier A, 21, a French national born in Lyon, surrendered to police in Italy on Sunday after three days on the run, French prosecutors announced on Monday morning. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Urgent manhunt for 'Islamophobic' knifeman who stabbed migrant worshipper to death in mosque and filmed attack on his phone

The suspect, identified as Oliver H, 21, was still at large today after allegedly attacking his victim (pictured) 'at least 60 times' in La Grand-Combe, a southern French village.

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1 week ago Charlie Rennie Mackintosh painting of French village fetches £150,000 at auction

The watercolour, titled Bouleternere, was painted in 1925 with sparing use of colour and depicts the hillside town.

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2 w. ago Charles Rennie Mackintosh watercolour of French village to be sold at auction

Bouleternere was painted in 1925, just three years before the designer’s death, and is valued at £100,000-£150,000.

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