Macron IN CRISIS: Will 'Great National Debate' STOP yellow vests? 'Is this DEMOCRACY?'

FRANCE’S gilets jaunes movement vowed today to continue the struggle as fresh clashes with police on Saturday marked the 14th consecutive week of anti-government protest.

Thousands took to the streets of Paris once more as police fired tear gas at the crowds who fought back by hurling

Demonstrators celebrated three consecutive months of violence in the French capital which had kicked off in November last year in protest of Mr Macron’s crippling austerity that resulted in a 23 percent fuel hike. More than nine deaths and a cluster of wrecked Paris landmarks later,

Police intervened to protect philosopher and writer Alain Finkielkraut after he was targeted by a group of protesters on the fringe of a demonstration. The brutal onslaught of abuse happened in central Paris on Saturday, according to videos posted on social networks. The French President

The shambolic events of recent weeks and months have made it clear that Westminster is incapable of standing up for Scotland’s interests – and always will be.

It is staggering to think that we are now just five weeks away from crashing out of the EU, yet the Tory government and Labour

Ellis Butcher has been the Local Democracy Reporter for South Cumbria since October 2018. He is one of 150 reporters across the UK working in the BBC-funded role to help fill a gap in the coverage of local democracy issues. As the initiative celebrates its first birthday, he gives his