You cannot drive into La Castellane. The roads into Marseille’s most notorious estate are blocked off with makeshift barricades, built from car parts, wooden pallets, shopping trolleys and discarded ...

Residents, elected officials and harm reduction groups, united in a collective, are calling for resources that match the ...

Marseille town councillors have begun trying to clean up piles of rubbish from the town's streets after more than 10 days of strike action from refuse collectors. Volunteers faced anger from striking ...

Through the narrow streets of central Marseille, mothers and children tread warily, taking care not to skid on the overflowing bin bags, rotting fish and week-old dirty nappies that block their path.

Marseille Mayor Benoît Payan said an "exceptional reponse" was needed to address the "exceptional situation", with 2,900 tonnes of rubbish still littering city streets. While the garbage strike, led ...

Harriet Alexander 23 October 2010 • 5:17pm People walk past piled up garbage in Marseille, the result of an eleven day strike by rubbish collectors Credit: Photo: AFP The cars abandoned along the ...

The city of Marseille has been forced to scrap a scheme which would see homeless people carrying a photo ID card containing their personal details and medical information. On Wednesday, demonstrators ...