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France Drones proposed to tackle Marseille crime A mayoral candidate has proposed the use of drones over the streets of Marseille to combat the city's notorious network of drug dealers and reputation for violent crime. Eugène Caselli Marseilles mayoral candidate Eugène Caselli Photo: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP By Tom Witherow 4:10PM BST 19 Sep 2013 Comments Comments Eugène Caselli, the Socialist Party president of the Marseille urban community, and mayoral candidate, proposed on Thursday that drone aircraft be used to seek out drug-dealing and violent crime on the backstreets of the city, which has been hit by a spate of murders. "Once police get intelligence on gangs of drug-dealers and how they embed themselves in the city, how they move about, and how they sell drugs, that's when it's time to deploy the drones," Mr Caselli said on French radio station Europe 1. "Everything is filmed, and it's better than a classic police stakeout," he added. A petition called 'Will It Take Batman To Save Marseille?', was launched after a vigilante pensioner was shot dead after he ran over robbers and then confronted them with a baseball bat and pepper spray. Criminal gangs are even known to use assault rifles, such as AK-47s, thought to be smuggled through Mediterranean ports. Mr Caselli's drone plan has the backing of police chief Jean-Paul Bonnetain, according to Europe 1, and local government authorities in the Bouches-du-Rhône department are already willing to spend €1 million (£840,000) on it, with each drone costing €50,000 a piece. Related Articles * Crime, corruption and cover-up in Marseille 12 Oct 2012 * Marseille mayor calls for army to tackle gang warfare 30 Aug 2012 * German railways deploys surveillance drones 27 May 2013 The drones would be remotely operated by pilots who need only be within 1,000 metres (3,280ft). The proposed drones are non-lethal and would be used for surveillance purposes, observing and filming movements and interactions on the street from an altitude of around 150m. "You can deploy them in less than a minute to go and figure out a situation," said Pascal Zunino, director of the drone manufacturer Novadem, which sells the aircraft to the French military. "Instead of a standing camera, which is always in the same place, a drone is never in the same place. That's what allows it to break habits and have various points of view on a situation, by day and night," he added. Despite these benefits, Mr Caselli's plan will have to pass legal hurdles at a national level in France, where drones are at present only used by the military. Among the concerns are fears that drones would risk invading the privacy of law-abiding Marseille residents. Police officer David-Olivier Reverdy said: "Before we send in drones, let's see exactly what the police can achieve when given proper resources to do their jobs." "If we have €1 million to invest in a technological solution like drones, surely we have the means to equip French police officers who are dedicated and trained to gain intelligence on criminal networks, and to break them up." Crime in Marseille has spiralled with the 13 gun murders in 2013 alone prompting the emergency deployment of 130 extra riot police and 24 more detectives. 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Will its flashy new architecture, including a giant mirror by Norman Foster, make it a worthy Capital of Culture? * Share * Tweet this * * [pin_it_button.png] * * Email * Oliver Wainwright * + Oliver Wainwright + + The Guardian, Monday 1 April 2013 17.59 BST * Jump to comments (…) Norman Fosterâs Ombrière Inverted theatre ⦠Norman Fosterâs Ombrière. Photograph: Sam Mertens The smell of cement dust and freshly caught fish wafts through the harbour of Marseille, to a backdrop of pneumatic drills and high-pressure hoses. Everywhere you look, the city is being polished and scrubbed, renovated and repainted. Roads are being resurfaced, trees are being planted, and vast new museums are rising from the ground in preparation for the European Capital of Culture 2013 â which began three months ago. "Marseille is never in a hurry," says my taxi driver, describing how the city has been a building site for the last 10 years. As he speaks, he takes a diversion around three huge holes in the ground that will soon boast a cluster of teetering towers, part of the city's new business district. The first is complete, a brooding 140m-tall edifice by Zaha Hadid for the port's largest shipping company. It stands incongruously on the low-rise skyline, a great stack of offices squeezed into a glassy, sharply curving corset of a building. It is a good metaphor for how this unruly city is trying to adjust to its slick new clothing. A bubbling bouillabaisse of Mediterranean cultures, France's second largest city has long suffered from its seedy reputation as a centre of drug-related violence. Twenty people were shot dead last year in the city's rundown housing estates, where youth unemployment is as high as 40%. But now the gang-plagued city nicknamed Rio-sur-Mer is being rebranded as Euroméditerranée, a dynamic hub of global investment, with a â¬7bn (£5.9bn) makeover â the largest regeneration project in southern Europe. This seedy side is hard to discern from a stroll around the newly remodelled Vieux-Port, where Norman Foster's Ombrière now hangs above the repaved waterfront. A thin sheet of polished steel held 6m aloft on slender columns, Foster's sunshade (or rain shelter) turns port life upside down â from buskers to passing pedestrians, from living statues to gnarled fishermen selling their latest catch. In one single move, this giant mirror transforms the square into a magical piece of inverted theatre, a sharp rectangular slice of everyday bustle suspended in mid-air. "The space of the port is so strong," says project director Spencer de Grey. "We didn't want to make anything too visually intrusive. The structure had to have a big, transformative impact when you approached it, but disappear into the background from a distance." The Villa Meditérranée by Stefano Boeri Embarrassingly shouty ⦠the Villa Meditérranée, by Stefano Boeri. Photograph: Paul Ladouce It's a philosophy of quiet intervention that does not seem to be shared by the architects operating a little way down the waterfront. Here, on the once-abandoned J4 pier, stand the flagship projects of Marseille's bid to be recognised as a cultural centre. The Villa Méditerranée, designed by Italian architect Stefano Boeri, is the first thing you see as you turn the corner of the bay, its sheer white facade butting into the dock like the rump of a cruise liner, complete with tinted oblong windows. From the other side, the building looks like a supersized diving board, with one vast exhibition hall jutting out towards the sea in a 40m-long cantilever, suspended above a pool of water in which the detritus of construction floats in forlorn clumps. So what exactly is this curious building for? It is hard to know. "The Villa Méditerranée symbolises our desire to build a place dedicated to peace and solidarity and for reflecting upon our shared destinies," proclaims Michel Vauzelle, president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, which has pumped â¬70m into this gargantuan project. It promises to be "a place for encounters, ideas and exchanges"; a site for citizens and experts to debate the future of the Mediterranean; an attraction where visitors will be "plunged into a subtle audiovisual experience". It was due to open mid-March; mystery still surrounds its ongoing delays and what exactly will happen within its cavernous halls. The Villa clamours for attention on the waterfront, the embarrassingly shouty younger sibling of its more demure neighbour, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem). An enigmatic dark box at the end of the pier, Mucem is almost eclipsed by the Villa â a strange piece of urban planning, given that this â¬190m national museum is of greater importance, and has been planned for over 10 years. A result of the French government's decade-long decentralisation programme â which brought an undulating outpost of the Pompidou to Metz, north-eastern France, and a series of minimalist metallic sheds to the northern city of Lens for a Louvre satellite â Mucem is the first stand-alone national museum outside Paris. Due to open in June, Mucem is something of a coup for Marseille. Nestling beneath the craggy wall of Fort Saint-Jean, a 17th-century stronghold that once housed the Foreign Legion, the squat glass building is shielded from the harsh Mediterranean sun by a dark filigree veil. Stretched like a taut fishing net across the facade, this concrete shroud echoes the mashrabiya latticework screens used in much of the architecture of north Africa to keep buildings cool â an appropriate touch, given Mucem will explore the culture of this land just across the water. Rudy Riciottiâs Mucem Brilliant, brazen move ⦠Rudy Riciottiâs Mucem. Photograph: Lisa Ricciotti It is the work of Algerian-born French architect Rudy Ricciotti, a tempestuous and provocative iconoclast described by designer Philippe Starck as "a clairvoyant, untamable wild animal". Ricciotti's work has a raw energy to it, wrenching concrete into primal, twisted forms. Beneath Mucem's enveloping skin, a line of crooked, bony columns marches around the perimeter, supporting a ramping walkway. This fires out from the roof in a thin spear of concrete that stretches 115m across the water to pierce Fort Saint-Jean (the museum continues inside) and then leaps further across a gulley to connect the complex to the town. Exploiting the natural drama of Mucem's steep hillside setting, this is a brilliant, brazen move that, no matter what the museum houses, will provide one of Marseille's most thrilling new walks. The idea of creating a spiralling route, off which public spaces extend, recurs in the city's major contemporary arts centre, located on the corner of a tight urban block further into town. Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, maestro of the V&A's troubled Dundee outpost project, the new home for the Regional Contemporary Art Fund is clad in a shimmering cloud of angled glass panels. "I wanted to recreate the effect of Japanese rice-paper screens," Kuma tells me, standing in one of the triple-height gallery spaces, a hard-edged mixture of exposed concrete and metal mesh screens. "The handmade glass filters the light in a more natural way." Unfortunately, his panels do nothing of the sort, being suspended in front of a mostly opaque concrete facade. Instead, they give the building's exterior a flimsy cheapness that belies its â¬22m cost, and undermines the simple power of the sequence of galleries within. It reflects perhaps the most prominent symptom of the Capital of Culture: wherever it descends, it results in a spasm of accelerated projects, favouring exterior image and the power of spectacle over long-term, joined-up thinking. The Euroméditerranée development will continue until 2020 â in total bringing 24,000 new homes, 1m square metres of offices, and 150 acres of public space. This will no doubt give Marseille the economic boost it needs, although how far this will filter out into the impoverished peripheries is questionable. The city's bold embrace of such grands projets is, however, nothing new. When Louis XIV had Fort Saint-Jean built, way back in 1660, he said: "We noticed that the inhabitants of Marseille were extremely fond of nice fortresses." Little did he know that, 350 years on, they would still be building them. Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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"Wherever you are from, you feel at home in Marseilles" ⦠Jean-Claude Izzo on his hometown. Photograph: Alamy 1. Garlic, Mint and Sweet Basil 2. by Jean-Claude Izzo 3. 4. [BUTTON] Buy the book 1. Tell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book Izzo published his first novel at the age of 50 in 1995. Total Chaos â part of the Marseilles trilogy, which is published for the first time in the UK this month â helped define the crime sub-genre now known as Mediterranean noir. Izzo died just five years later. He began writing travel pieces for newspapers in the 1970s and this evocative new collection of essays â which sadly are undated â is a paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean, particularly his home, Marseilles: "Wherever you are from, you feel at home in Marseilles." The world is full of beautiful cities, but Marseilles has an inner beauty: "her humanity". 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Photograph: Gerard Julien/Getty In 1957, when it was first built, the population was soaring so there was no time to lose thinking of new names: it was just known as the Lycée Nord. On the hills to the north of Marseille, tower blocks were popping up like mushrooms, as housing for industrial workers and their immigrant reinforcements. Subsequently renamed after the writer Saint-Exupéry, it is still the only school in the poorest quarter of the city preparing students aged 15 and older for the baccalauréat and a range of technical qualifications. The main building, which is 350 metres long, overlooks Port de l'Estaque. In 2008 a new wing â all glass and concrete â was added. The lycée backs on to grassland, dotted with maritime pines, where the students can stroll. Le Monde visited on a Thursday, almost at the end of the school year, coinciding with a party for the top year. Several young women were inflating balloons. "It's nice here," they exclaim, with the characteristic Marseille twang. The college seems like an oasis of tranquillity, surrounded by "problem" estates. Just up the road the tower blocks of Consolat-Mirabeau are the source of regular incursions into the car park, despite the fence. To the south Campagne-Lévêque is just recovering after a month's occupation by the police to stop various forms of trafficking. Despite the summer weather, the cicadas and the smell of rock roses, what is striking is the imprint of poverty and violence. For the past 20 years the area has been gripped by unemployment and its attendant woes: increasingly casual employment, single-parent families, pensioners living behind bolted doors, single women struggling to make ends meet. The past two years have made things even worse: "There are things we didn't see before, like the dustbins being picked over every day, organised prostitution and youth suicides," says Patricia Bonin, a member of the parent-teacher association. Drug-dealing has taken root and delinquency is worse, with recurrent incidents at the lycée. On 30 May 10 parked cars were vandalised despite the CCTV cameras. The next day a video projector was stolen from a classroom, the 21st theft of this sort since September last. "Over the weekend I spend my time running around with the security man to stop people getting in. It's a pain," says the school's head, Olivier Briard. He adds, though, that the previous year he had to cope with a shootout in front of the college and a student suicide. "The lycée didn't use to have any major problems, but gradually with the deepening crisis and 'ghettoisation' of the neighbourhood, our intake has changed," Briard explains. "It's not the same at all," says maths teacher Farid Messaoudi, who grew up nearby. Mention of the "ghetto lycée" does not go down well in the staffroom. But the facts and figures all endorse that view. Students come from nine neighbouring secondary schools. The worry is that a great many of their fellows go elsewhere, either to private schools or to lycées in other parts of the city. Families that can afford it will go to great lengths to enrol their children elsewhere. "The ones who come here have no other option: with a working-class background there are no strings to pull," says Franck Baillot, a former teacher. But, after losing a lot of pupils in 2004-10 the intake is picking up: with the economic downturn parents can no longer afford private fees. Teaching at Lycée Saint-Exupéry is a bit different from elsewhere, to say the least. However as part of an "educational success network", it has a special class preparing students for the entrance exam to HEC, France's top business school, and another for prospective nurses. The baccalauréat success rate has significantly improved recently, "but it's still very low," Briard says. The standard in classes is fairly even, but at the low end, teachers note. They review teaching methods every year, in a constant drive to consolidate learning. Disciplinary issues are no worse than elsewhere, but students often lack the necessary grounding to cope with the curriculum. With the teaching itself, counselling, meetings and work with vocational advisers, it all adds up to a longer working day than in the average lycée. The number of applications for transfers reflects the strain many endure. "And when you come out of school and find your car's been pelted with stones, it's hard to swallow," says Pascal Faure, a union rep. Teachers are awarded an extra â¬90 ($120) a month, a pittance. "In neighbourhoods like this we really need some recognition of the specific challenges teachers face and greater career rewards," says Marina Turin, tasked with priority sectors at the regional education authority. At the same time, everyone is convinced that if the lycée has so far survived it is because the teaching staff stick together more than elsewhere. "We may be exhausted, but our secret is our collective response," Briard claims. And "when a student slams the door as they storm out of a classroom, there's always the sea to ease the tension." This article appeared in Guardian Weekly, which incorporates material from Le Monde Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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All rights reserved. * Share * Tweet this * * Quantcast # #publisher World news RSS feed France RSS feed Europe RSS feed Drugs trade RSS feed Travel RSS feed Marseille RSS feed Dispatch RSS feed Turn autoplay off Turn autoplay on Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off * Jump to content [s] * Jump to comments [c] * Jump to site navigation [0] * Jump to search [4] * Terms and conditions [8] Edition: UK US AU * Your activity * Email subscriptions * Account details * Linked services Profile Mobile About us * About us, * Contact us * Press office * Guardian Print Centre * Guardian readers' editor * Observer readers' editor * Terms of service * Privacy policy * Advertising guide * Digital archive * Digital edition * Guardian Weekly * Buy Guardian and Observer photos Today's paper * Main section * Comment * Sport * New Review * Magazine * Observer Tech Monthly * Observer Food Monthly Subscribe The Guardian home The Observer home * News * Sport * Comment * Culture * Business * Money * Life & style * Travel * Environment * Tech * TV * Video * Dating * Offers * Jobs * News * World news * France Series: Dispatch Previous | Next | Index Marseille's battle between culture and crime The city is spending millions on its stint as Europe's culture capital in 2013 â but it is also fighting murderous gang crime * Share * Tweet this * * [pin_it_button.png] * * Email * Kim Willsher * * The Observer, Sunday 27 November 2011 Jump to comments (…) Fish market in Marseille The fish market in the Old Port of Marseille Photograph: Alamy In the old port of Massalia, where the Greeks arrived 2,600 years ago, the yachts, fishing boats and pleasure craft bob in the dappled water, as nut-brown fishermen sell the morning catch. A few streets away, the chic restaurants are packed and the luxury goods shops are doing brisk business in monogrammed handbags and gold watches. In the neighbouring quartier, prostitutes and drug dealers duck and dive to avoid the police patrols. These are the two faces of modern Marseille: the cosmopolitan, cultured pearl of the Mediterranean on the one hand; Rio-sur-Mer, as certain papers have nicknamed it, a lawless badland full of gangsters who could hold their own in the most dangerous Brazilian favela, on the other. With the city preparing for its year in the international limelight as European culture capital in 2013, there is a battle for Marseille's soul that will determine its reputation and future. No one in Marseille denies it has a huge problem with crime. Drugs, gambling and prostitution â and, more recently, corruption â have dominated the city's mob scene for four decades. But like many here, Yves Moraine, a lawyer and president of the ruling centre-right UMP group on the council, is sick of hearing the city likened to crime-riddled Rio, the Camorra stronghold of Naples, or even Chicago, America's murder capital. "It is a caricature, and unfair stigmatisation," he says, his voice rising. "If I said everything was rosy in Marseille I would be lying. But insisting everything is black, that is a lie too. Yes, there is poverty and delinquency and corruption, but to say things are black, black, black is utterly false." Moraine believes the culture year is a chance for Marseille to put its troubled past behind it and drag itself into the 21st century. Foreigners and native French always muddled along in a city that was home to writers, poets and artists, including Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Raoul Dufy and, more recently, footballer Zinedine Zidane. The dark underside of this melting pot has always been, as it is now, a higher than average level of violence and crime, often rooted in widespread poverty and the seediness depicted in the 1970s Gene Hackman film The French Connection II. However, the bubbling undercurrent turned into a terrifying tsunami at the beginning of the year with what one police officer described as an outbreak of "ultra violence" leading to 20 drug-related assassinations in nine months. David Oliver Reverdy, of the Marseille branch of the Alliance police union, blames it on territorial disputes between drug barons and a proliferation of weapons, namely Kalashnikovs, the weapon of choice for the city's criminal class. He says the killers and their victims were mostly young dealers, often minors, who "were afraid of nothing" and showed "an astonishing lack of consideration for human life or scruples about their atrocious acts". The violence of the attacks created an atmosphere of fear in a city that, unlike Paris, has not shunted its immigrant underclass out into grim high-rise suburbs, but still boasts run-down estates where youth unemployment is reported to be as high as 40%, more than 20% live under the poverty line, and jobless youngsters have turned to drugs and crime. "Disputes that would once have been settled with a punch are now being resolved with a Kalashnikov," said Reverdy. Since September, when a new police chief arrived â the third in three years â Reverdy says the situation has calmed. The killings have almost stopped and street crime has fallen to a third of its previous rate â thanks, he says, to more police officers patrolling the city. Just down from Marseille's magnificent St Charles station, built in 1848, Sami, as he calls himself, is with a group of youngsters kicking their heels in the shadow of decrepit stone buildings hung with drying washing. He says that his parents are Moroccan and he was born in France. He claims to be 15 but looks younger. Shouldn't he be at school? He shrugs. "Why?" he says before loping off. Said, a youth worker, says young Marseillais find it more lucrative to peddle drugs than go to classes. "A lot of the youngsters we're working with live in poverty and haven't been to school for years. We try to help them, but it's hard to motivate them to work hard at their education when they can earn more money dealing and there's no jobs for them afterwards." The city authorities are investing â¬800m for the capital of culture year, building new museums and extensions to existing museums and galleries, plus an extra â¬90m on imaginative events. Jean-François Chougnet, director of the 2013 culture year organisers, said he hoped it would help Marseille to metamorphose. But Benoît Gilles, a reporter with La Marseillaise, a daily newspaper founded in 1943 by members of the communist resistance, said 2013 risked further excluding the already excluded. "Organising a free street event or a spectacle in a rundown area is not going to make people feel included. The situation in Marseille is complicated. It cannot be denied that delinquency and crime are high here, but building museums and organising cultural events is not going to be a magic wand that is waved and suddenly everything is fine." Back in the Old Port, Fanny Rose Arnay, 72, was enjoying the warm November day. A familiar figure around the local fish market, she can often be found in sequins and a feather boa, singing to passers-by and tourists. She summed up the paradox that is Marseille. "It's a strange place," she said. "On the one hand it's undisciplined and very dangerous, so dangerous that sometimes I am afraid to go out. On the other, it's colourful, interesting and extraordinary. Marseille...it's like nowhere else in the world." ⢠The following correction was published in the Observer on 4 December 2011: "A battle for the ancient port's divided soul" (Dispatch, Marseille) described Chicago as "the murder capital of America". According to FBI statistics from 2010, New Orleans tops the infamous league with a rate of 49.9 per 100,000. St Louis is second at 40.5. Chicago is down the list at 15.2. Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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It's this year's European Capital of Culture and a new Eurostar service makes it easier than ever to get there * Share * Tweet this * * [pin_it_button.png] * * Email * Sam Jordison * + Sam Jordison + + The Guardian, Saturday 25 May 2013 * Jump to comments (…) l'Ombrière, Norman Foster's sleek, mirrored sunshade and events pavilion in Marseille's Vieux Port View larger picture l'Ombrière, Norman Foster's sleek, mirrored sunshade and events pavilion in Marseille's Vieux Port. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP This summer, Eurostar is running a Saturday service right across France to Aix-en-Provence. This is the farthest a direct train has ever travelled from London, covering 750 miles in just over six hours. But it's the psychological distance between stepping on in King's Cross and off in Aix that really counts. It isn't just that the Mediterranean weather is likely to be better. There's something about the play of light and shade on the honey and pastel buildings and on the streets lined with plane trees. You'll start to feel as if you're walking around in a painting by Cézanne, the city's most famous son, even before you visit his remarkably preserved studio and realise quite how much inspiration he took from the local surroundings. So treat yourself to a pastis in a street-side cafe on the Cours Mirabeau. Tune in to the steady murmur of intellectual conversation or, better still, eavesdrop on the posturing and plans for youthful high jinks, the hallmarks of one of France's foremost university towns. Take advantage of the surprisingly vibrant nightlife. Tuck into the local aïoli, olive oil and speciality chocolates. Stroll out through the woods to the craggy slopes of Mont St Victoire, a favourite subject of Picasso as well as of Cézanne. You'll never want to leave â but this summer at least, you must. Aix has a decent share of exhibitions and shows in the Provence-wide celebration of Marseille's status as this year's European Capital of Culture, but the real action is in the port city, 30 minutes away by train. Like Liverpool, Marseille has used its Capital of Culture status to launch a massive push for regeneration; and here, too, it seems to be working. The old port can now hold its own against any world city. Once-crumbling blocks of apartments are suddenly spruce, beloved landmarks have been polished up, seedy waterfronts reclaimed. Tourists are already flocking around â and under â l'Ombrière, Norman Foster's sleek, mirrored sunshade and events pavilion in the Vieux Port. Meanwhile, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, which opens next month, promises to be nothing short of spectacular. Of course, this being Marseille, a few questions have been asked about the â¬550m (£460m) that has been spent so far. The run-up to the festivities has generated some horrific stories of police corruption and gangland killings, while the construction work has thrown the city's already rather too exciting roads into yet more chaos. In other words (again like Liverpool), Marseille has retained its unique character throughout. This has always been one of the most invigorating, exciting and cosmopolitan cities in France. Add to that a packed programme of open-air concerts, exhibitions, artistic happenings and, intriguingly, a guided eyes-closed tour of the city, and even the 200mph Eurostar won't feel as if it's getting you there fast enough. Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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Photograph: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Photograph: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images At the mouth of Marseille's old port, against the blue of the Mediterranean sits a mysterious dark cube draped in a giant concrete net â an audacious new architectural emblem for a port city desperate to shake off its stereotypes as the French capital of Kalashnikovs, gang wars, drug-smuggling, political corruption and football mania. After more than a decade of delays and political wrangling, Tuesday will see the grand opening by François Hollande of Mucem, France's new Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations. The â¬191m project is the first museum in the world dedicated to Mediterranean civilisations and culture, and the first standalone French "national museum" ever to be located outside the centralised cultural grandeur of Paris. Mucem is not just the centrepiece of Marseille's 2013 stint as European capital of culture, which aims to attract 10 million visitors this year, despite the bad press over six gangland gun deaths and one fatal stabbing since January and various sleaze investigations including a popular local Socialist MP recently given a jail sentence for buying votes. Marseille won the capital of culture tag by arguing that the real cultural questions facing Europe today were "migration, racism, gender relations, religion, ecology". Mucem, which aims for 300,000 visitors a year, is a celebration of a cosmopolitan, ethnically mixed city, proud that its housing estates did not erupt in riots like the Paris suburbs in 2005. But although it doesn't have the ghettoes of Paris, it has more unemployment and poverty. For years, as the symbolic Mucem project snaked its way through the highest levels of the French state, from the Socialist government of 2000 that conceived it as a return of national culture to the provinces, via Nicolas Sarkozy, who saw it as a symbol of his ill-fated political "Mediterranean union", the question has been, what would actually be displayed inside. The museum inherited a vast collection from Paris's old Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, an ethnographic and folklore museum once known as the Louvre of the people. But there was a fear that the era of what Le Monde scathingly described as hanging folk objects from nylon string needed to be reinvented. On Monday, curators argued that Mucem, far from delivering platitudes about sun and sea, would use modern museum design to tackle all the uncomfortable truths, violent histories and cultural exchanges of a region stretching from Spain to Israel and back via the southern Balkans, Turkey and north Africa. The permanent exhibition traced a line from rural European farming to religion in Jerusalem and issues of human rights. The key temporary exhibition, Le Noir et le Bleu, traced the Mediterranean dream and nightmare from Napoleon in Egypt to Miró paintings, the Italian mafia and bloodshed in Beirut and Sarajevo. A second exhibition traced the history of gender in the Mediterranean. Bruno Suzzarelli, the museum's director, said: "The Mediterranean for me is a meeting point ⦠but it's also a type of conflict. This museum will allow different ideas of the Mediterranean to meet." Central to the rebelliousness of the project was the building's provocative designer, Rudy Ricciotti, the enfant terrible of French architecture. Born in Algeria, the French architect said he carried the Mediterranean curse of perpetual travel, "a fracture which never heals". The museum is built on Marseille's disused pier, where migrants often had their first glimpse of the city, and a rooftop walkway links it to the 17th-century Fort Saint-Jean, open to the public for the first time. Ricciotti described his building full of dappled, fragmented light as a "vertical kasbah", an "architecture of resistance against imperialist mythology". He said it would restore calm to Marseille after the city had taken such a whipping in the national media in recent years. The architect said: "The whole world directs hatred at Marseille, it's like a kind of Quasimodo, it takes hit after hit and just smiles back, it doesn't understand the hatred so it just replies with an enigmatic stare. Culture is an element of peaceâmaking." Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA The French government will lead crisis talks on Saturday over a spate of gangland murders in Marseille, after the shooting of a football boss's son â the 15th gun death this year â sparked soul-searching over the Mediterranean city's inability to shed its image as the "Chicago of the south". Adrien Anigo, 30, whose father, José Anigo, is sporting director of Olympique de Marseille, was shot dead in broad daylight on Thursday by two men on a motorbike while he was driving a rented Renault Twingo. The father of two, who ran a brasserie, was well known to police. He had been under investigation over jewellery store armed robberies carried out by a local gang and had been due to appear in court in the near future. In the past he had served time in prison on remand before being released over a judicial error, French media reported. Anigo's father grew up on a poor estate before becoming a player at Marseille, one of France's oldest and most popular clubs, and then sporting director. Anigo Sr, an imposing figure, has always denied having any mafia or crime links of his own. Two years ago, asked by the Journal du Dimanche about his son, he said: "The street sucked in my son, but that's got nothing to do with anyone but the justice system." Hours before Anigo was killed, a 24-year-old man was gunned down at La Ciotat just outside Marseille after masked men on motorbikes tracked him arriving at his place of work. The government is under pressure to act on the violent crime that has blighted Marseille as it tries to shed its old image as a city of gangs, drug deals, corruption and political clientelism. The ongoing problems have cast a shadow over Marseille's stint as European capital of culture this year. While tourist numbers have risen sharply in the past six months, with the city aiming to attract 10 million visitors this year and the new Museum of the Mediterranean hailed as an architectural masterpiece, French headlines have been dominated by gang murders. This year's death toll has not yet matched 2012's exceptionally high total of 24 gang killings in the Bouches-du-Rhone area including Marseille, but the methods have alarmed authorities. Increasingly, AK47s â reportedly available for â¬500 each â are being used to settle scores. Execution-style killings, once described by the state prosecutor as Marseille's "regrettable speciality", persist. The interior minister, Manuel Valls, has ordered together all political parties, saying: "I understand the anger of the Marseille people but we need time [to act] against drug-trafficking and daily delinquency." He called a truce on the left-right political slanging matches over who was to blame. The rightwing mayor of Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin, has denounced France's "Marseille-bashing". Last month the state sent 130 extra riot police and 24 investigators to Marseille. but many observers say the problem runs deeper. Although Marseille has recovered from the 1990s horror years of industrial decline, unemployment remains above the national average and more than 20% of residents live below the poverty line. Some estates have more than 40% youth unemployment, and young people have few prospects but the "underground economy" of drug deals. Marie-Arlette Carlotti, a government minister competing in the Socialist primary race to choose a Marseille mayoral candidate next year, said the "real mafia networks" must be neutralised. "We have to find out where the money is, the white collars, because there are bosses in all this, even if the mafia is less well-organised than it was in the past. We have to look at exterior signs of wealth, trace the networks to their bank accounts in protected places." Marseille had hoped to move on from its long history of organised crime and murderous mobsters with names such as The Belgian, The Blond or The Tomcat. After the second world war, Marseille gangs known as the "French Connection" ran vast illegal laboratories processing heroin coming in from Turkey and the east. By the late 60s, about 80% of heroin in the US was trafficked from Marseille. In 1971, the figure of the Marseille drug baron was immortalised in the Hollywood film the French Connection. Marseille is no longer a heroin or drug-processing capital, but it remains at the centre of the trade in cannabis coming into Europe through Spain from Morocco. The city is also a key point in the cocaine smuggling route into Europe from South America through west Africa. But local dealing on poor housing estates is now at the centre of its problems. 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Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP On a narrow street behind Marseille's old port, where hostess bars nudge up against sandwich shops, Christine Imbert was redecorating her beauty salon, Starlet's. Business isn't easy when you're known as Marseille's foremost gangster's moll. "People judge you for your name," sighed the 38-year-old, proud to be the fourth wife of Jacky "Le Mat" Imbert, 79, one of the most notorious godfathers of the French criminal underworld. Mrs Imbert has branched out from her routine waxing and sunbeds with a fashion line of T-shirts, jeans, snakeskin trousers and leather fedoras. Each carries the logo of a cat - the exact scribbled feline drawing her husband used to sign his name on his letters from prison. Known as the Madman or the cat with nine lives, Jacky Imbert was once shot 23 times by hitmen but escaped. Despite the mix of drugs, gambling and prostitution that has dominated the Marseille mob scene for four decades, Imbert has sidestepped any serious convictions, serving only short prison terms. "The cops always came to ask me about the jobs I didn't do. For the ones I did do, I never saw anyone," he once said. He has no bodyguards and drinks in bars with his back to the door. Who would kill a man who came back from the dead? "My husband is a true gentleman," said Mrs Imbert, admiring the framed pictures of Jacky with his friend, the actor Alain Delon. Her designer hooded sweatshirts bearing the prison number of the "Legend of Marseille" is a way of honouring him. She feels that modern-day Marseille criminals are out of control and have lost all sense of respect. In Marseille's long history of organised crime, where murderous mobsters with names such as The Belgian and The Blond became folklore, it's perhaps not surprising that the underworld spawned its own spin-off clothing line. But France's second city is now battling a new wave of murderous, organised crime gangs. The Mediterranean port city, designated European capital of culture for 2013, has for years worked to shed its gangland image as "Chicago of the south" and rebrand itself as a major city break destination. President Nicolas Sarkozy is pouring money into two new museums and wants the city to be the centre of his Mediterranean Union. Cosmopolitan Marseille is fiercely proud that its housing estates did not erupt in the violent rioting of the Paris suburbs in 2005. Many felt it was because youth are fiercely proud of their Marseillais identity in a city that is not split into the ghettoes of racism of the Paris outskirts. But despite Marseille's ongoing transformation, its poor are struggling to stay afloat and gun-toting criminals are back in the headlines. Three young men were shot dead in a car waiting at traffic lights in northern Marseille two weeks ago. It was the biggest single death toll of a series of murders over drug feuds and turf wars. "Marseille has always had organised crime, but in the past month we've seen an acceleration, a much greater density of attacks and murders," said Jacques Dallest, the state prosecutor. He listed 70 gun attacks this year. The number of armed hold-ups of boulangeries, small grocers and tobacconists in Marseille is rising so fast that the government has stepped in with special measures. Across France, from Grenoble to Ajaccio, the number of feud murders by hitmen rose from 58 in 2007 to more than 120 last year. But Dallest said criminal execution-style killings remained Marseille's "regrettable speciality". On Tuesday night , "La Brise de Mer", the Corsican gang that has dominated the Marseille crime scene, saw one of its biggest godfathers murdered by a sniper. He was the second major godfather killed in Corsica in less than a month. On Marseille's northern housing estates, social workers say poverty has worsened the problem. More than 20% of the city's population live below the poverty line. Although Marseille has recovered from the 1990s horror years of industrial decline and acute unemployment, joblessness still exceeds the national average. Local politicians warn that some estates have more than 40% youth unemployment and there is an "underground economy" of drug deals and turf wars. When Fadéla Amara, the minister responsible for overhauling France's estates, visited Marseille's high rises last week, she was assailed by residents complaining about run-down housing and the lack of hope for the young. "Where there is poverty and no prospects for young people, crime seems like an option, a way to climb the social ladder, and Marseille has always been a good university of crime," said the Marseille thriller writer Xavier-Marie Bonnot, who has made several films about the city's underworld. Drugs have long been central to gang crime in a city that boasts the biggest port in the western Mediterranean. After the second world war, Marseille gangs known as the "French Connection" ran vast illegal laboratories processing heroin coming in from Turkey and the east. By the late 60s, about 80% of heroin in the US was trafficked from Marseille. In 1971, the figure of the Marseille drug baron was immortalised in the Hollywood film the French Connection, and for a decade, the city's criminal gangs killed each other in vicious feuding. A drug trafficking trial last month showed that although Marseille is no longer a heroin or drug processing capital, it remains at the centre of the trade in cannabis coming into Europe through Spain from Morocco. The city is also a key point in the cocaine smuggling route into Europe from South America through west Africa. Local police have warned that members of the new generation of criminals are ready to use automatic weapons over the slightest drug trafficking rivalry. In her salon, Mrs Imbert sighed: "Back then, in the 1970s, there was respect. Now people here seem to kill for nothing." Old underworld Jacques Imbert, 79, alias Jacky Le Mat, the Tomcat or Madman Former champion trotting driver, aviator and nightclub supremo suspected by police of being a contract killer in the 1960s before becoming a key figure in Marseille's underworld in the 1970s. He was jailed in 2004 for a contraband cigarette scam involving the Russian mafia, but was later cleared on appeal. Describes himself as "retired". Francis Vanverberghe, alias the Belgian Notorious in the bloody battle for control of Marseille's "French connection" drug imports. Gunned down outside a betting shop on the Champs Elysée in Paris in 2000, near a bar where he was suspected of pimping, leaving behind a network bent on revenge. Farid Berrhama, alias the Gremlin, Grey or the Roaster A Marseille drugs kingpin suspected of at least a dozen gangland murders. He was shot down alongside a suspected henchman when a dozen armed men opened fire in a Marseille restaurant in 2006. Christian Oraison, alias the Big Blond Shot dead in August last year by hitmen in the village of Manosque, Provence. Suspected of numerous hold-ups of armed security vans transporting cash. A former associate of the Belgian. Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images The French government is under growing pressure to contain Marseille's deadly drug wars after the 19th gun-related death in the region this year. The latest casualty prompted a Socialist senator to call for the army to be sent in to control estates in the city. As Marseille prepares to become European capital of culture next year, the growing problem of drug dealers setting scores with AK-47s has blighted its public relations drive. On Wednesday, a 25-year-old known to police over drug-trafficking, was hit with Kalashnikov-fire as he travelled in the passenger seat of a Renault Twingo in the north of the city. It was the 14th gun-related death connected to drug gangs in Marseille since the start of this year, the 19th in the region. A few weeks earlier another 25-year-old who had recently been released from prison died in hospital after he was shot in the south of the city. 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An armed French policeman on duty in Marseille. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP To the Greek sailors who landed at MassalÃa 600 years before Christ, it was a haven of trading and culture, known for the wisdom of its lawmakers and ability to successfully repel looting and pillaging barbarians. Today a similar struggle is being waged for the soul of France's second-largest city. While enjoying its status as the European capital of culture, Marseille is waging a war against modern barbarians: drug gangs. The city still has a way to go to rival neighbouring Corsica, and even the French overseas department of Guiana, as crime capital of France, but the 15 gangland killings in Marseille since the beginning of 2013 have created an atmosphere of rampant lawlessness in the Mediterranean port. And since la bonne mère atop the church of Notre Dame de la Garde, the huge golden figure that dominates the city skyline, is clearly not doing her job as guardian and protector, frustrated local people are calling for "a Batman to save Marseille". The group of young Marseillais evoking the caped crusader has collected hundreds of signatures for a petition mocking the apparent impotence of both local and national authorities to tackle crime in the city. Jean-Baptiste Jaussaud, a founder member, says calling on Batman is no more ridiculous than recent calls for the army to occupy housing estates or for military drones to be used to keep tabs on drug dealers. "It's as if the politicians are trying to outdo each other with bigger and better proposals, none of them any more credible than expecting Batman to swoop down and solve the city's problems in a day," Jaussaud said. "We have to stop the stigmatisation of Marseille. Of course the murders are worrying and the city has a crime problem, but it's not going to be solved by more and more outrageous press statements." Part of the Batman campaign is to combat what the collective sees as the bad press Marseille is getting. "Crime in Marseille is not significantly worse than anywhere else in France," Jaussaud said. "Nor are we all gangsters walking around with Kalashnikovs, which is the impression being given." However, the group's aims are vague: urging local residents to "take crime in hand", make people "more responsible" and "act against incivility". In the 1960s and early 70s, Marseille was the hub of the wa well-organised drug network controlled by Corsicans, through which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and on to the US. Today most of the dealing is in hashish and cocaine, and done by smaller, more disparate groups of youngsters in the rundown northern city suburbs, home to the large community of immigrants of north African origin, where unemployment is high. The Collectif des Quartiers Populaires de Marseille et Environs (association for the working-class areas of Marseille and around) says inequality and discrimination have created a climate of violence in the housing estates. "We are opposed to all forms of violence ⦠but we cannot ignore the causes of this violence. We have to take into account the numerous frustrations, discriminations, relegations and exclusions that the citizens of these working-class areas endure as part of their daily existence," it said. David-Olivier Reverdy, of the Marseille police union Alliance, told the Observer that, if François Hollande's government had money to spend on sending in the military or buying expensive drones, it would be better spent on more local police. "We've had enough of Marseille being compared to Kabul or Damascus. This kind of talk is exaggerated. Rather than employ military methods, we would be better off having permanent police on the ground," Reverdy said. "Our officers are becoming demotivated because while talking tough and firm, the government is not acting tough and firm. We need firm acts, not just firm words. We were told that crime and security in Marseille was a priority and we would be given the means to combat them, but this hasn't happened." Marseille has undergone a renaissance as part of its designation as Europe's culture capital, with a £552m programme that has seen refurbished docks, new and renovated museums and public buildings, and a busy arts programme. It is the city's crime woes, however, that have grabbed the national headlines and added grist to the far-right Front National mill. The FN has profited from squabbling between the nationally ruling Socialists and the opposition UMP party, which controls Marseille city hall, and their failure to end the violence, gaining support in the runup to next year's municipal elections. The FN leader, Marine Le Pen, told supporters in the city this month: "Marseille is not the exception â it's the shape of things to come. The gangrene of crime is spreading through France." The deleterious atmosphere was exacerbated on Friday when the regional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur authority's accounts department released a scathing report on the running of Marseille. It criticised the city's mounting debt, currently at £1.5bn and expected to rise by £86m in 2014, and the working hours of public employees, found to be below the national average. Jaussaud said that, apart from trying to address the crime problem and the unfair stigmatisation of Marseille, the Batman campaign aimed to wrest back a sense of local pride. "We have this wonderful culture, we have dynamic businesses, we have magnificent public buildings, but all anyone wants to talk about is crime," he said. "This is the paradox of Marseille." Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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Photograph: Mamo "Welcome to my place," says Ito Morabito, perched on the balustrade of the most famous rooftop of any 20th-century building. Behind the young French designer, concrete forms gleam in the midday Marseille sun: a great ventilation stack flares out like a sculptural vase; a paddling pool nestles beneath a classroom on stilts; children clamber on a mock-mountain of rugged rocks. The roof terrace of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse apartment building, completed in 1953, has long been the symbol of the sun-drenched ideal of Mediterranean modernism â a park in the sky for the residents of this brave new vertical city. It stretches out like the deck of an ocean liner, with rocky mountain peaks to one side, the open sea to the other, a landscape of collective leisure suspended 18 storeys up in the air. And now it has a new owner, with big ambitions. "This will be the reason people come to Marseille," says Morabito, who has never been one to shy away from big claims. Now 35, he was catapulted to fame 10 years ago when he designed a series of fake products for luxury brands, complete with fake advertising campaigns, under the pseudonym Ora-Ãto. These fraudulent objects, and the audacity with which he promoted them, created so much hype the very brands he was pirating began to beat a path to his door with real commissions. His design skills have since proved a little less successful than his capacity as a PR stuntman, but that has not hindered his plan to transform this little piece of Corbusian heritage into an international art centre. It is a story as unlikely as his own rise to fame. So how did it come about? Beneath the roof terrace, the cliff-like stack of apartments of the Cité Radieuse is peppered with shops and offices, a hotel and restaurant, doctor's surgery and nursery school. In Corb's vision, the building's 1,600 residents would shop, eat and learn together â while up on the roof they would exercise as one in a purpose-built gym, paid for by the residents' association. Only, like a lot of gyms, most people that paid for it didn't actually use it. As residents grew tired of contributing to its upkeep, the gym was privatised, and when the owner retired three years ago, he put it up for sale. Ora-Ito on the roof Ora-Ãto surveys his new kingdom. Photograph: Mamo "As soon as I heard it was on the market, I jumped on a train," says Morabito, who was born in Marseille, the son of jeweller Pascal Morabito, but now runs his studio from Paris. "I grew up knowing this building, so I couldn't resist that chance to own such an important piece of it." While many others had the same idea, he says his bid was favoured by the building's co-owners because he was one of the few who proposed restoring the rooftop back to its original state. It had become rundown and poorly maintained, its abandoned spaces a site of illicit trysts. "It was the fucking place," he grins. "I had a book of original photographs, and it looked really different," he says. "I realised there was this great big wart that had been added in the 1950s as an extension to the gym â and it was listed with the rest of the structure when the building became a protected monument in the 1980s." Lengthy negotiations, with the help of the Fondation Le Corbusier, have allowed him to slice off the wart. This revealed an expansive sun deck complete with a shower room studded with coloured tiles, and the Fondation supplied original drawings to enable restoration of the structure â including a set of beautiful timber sliding doors, designed by Corb's collaborator Charlotte Perriand. At a cost of â¬7m â jointly funded by Ora-Ãto, the building's co-owners and the French state â the entire rooftop has been immaculately restored, while work is underway to transform the former gym into an arts space, cafe and artists' residences, which will host a site-specific installation for four months over the summer each year. The project is christened Mamo â the "Marseille Modulor" â in a riff on Le Corbusier's system of measurement, and a cheeky inversion of New York's MoMA, which seems appropriate given how Ora-Ãto made his name. "I want it to be like a boxing match between Le Corbusier and the artist," says Morabito, who has lined up French sculptor Xavier Veilhan to be first in the ring with one of his Architectones installations â a series of works developed for specific architectural sites around the world. During the winter months, the space will host lectures and workshops with architecture schools. Set to open in June as part of Marseille's 2013 Capital of Culture extravaganza, only time will tell whether the residents of the Cité Radieuse will find a contemporary arts space more useful than a gym, or whether it is another step in the promotion of the Ora-Ãto brand. Either way, it has spurred on an overdue restoration, and it is a valuable addition to the city's emerging network of arts venues. As Morabito smiles, taking in the view of his new domain: "We will make a big noise when it opens. We are a very big â how do you say â show-off." Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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Stephen Bayley: The impossible dream of French perfection [67-France-AFP-Getty.jpg] [67-France-AFP-Getty.jpg] Something to Declare Stephen Bayley Saturday 24 August 2013 Print Your friend's email address ____________________ Your email address ____________________ Send Reset Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email A recent cartoon in The New Yorker showed a couple glumly facing each other across a kitchen table and the caption read: âExactly when did all the things you love about me become all the things you hate about me?â I am beginning to think that way about France. The idea of France was always a dream. And in dreams begin responsibilities and, it turns out, disappointments too. A few days in Provence, in what the French so didactically declare âone of the prettiest villages in Franceâ, has finally taught me that trying to recapture my Gallic dreamworld is like trying to embrace fog. In this hilltop village, there is a fine collection of medieval buildings and each one has been pitilessly molested by either the tourist authorities or middle-brow junk art galleries. I turned into a dark chapel for respite only to find it booming with sub-adult HD video about an âexperienceâ on offer. Oiky gap-year French youths, escaping the imminent reality of real-world unemployment, walked around officially dressed as troubadours (with trainers). Nearby was something impressive, the La Coste wine estate where Irish entrepreneur Paddy âClaridgeâsâ McKillen has created a hugely ambitious sculpture park. By the time it is finished, with the golf course and hotel, it will be a World of Adventures with vines. So we went on to Marseille, the 2013 European Capital of Culture, to see the new MuCEM (the politically correct and wearyingly inclusive Museum of the Civilisation of Europe and the Mediterranean), perhaps Franceâs very last grand projet. Local architect Rudy Ricciotti says he wants to âdemuseumify museumsâ. Not, if you ask me, a felicitous expression that promises calm and clarity. Still, if you want to find an architectural demonstration of what France has become, visit the Fort Saint-Jean complex on the Vieux-Port. I kept on trying to translate âmink coat and no knickersâ as we sweated and jostled through vapid exhibits at MuCEM, trivialised by big swinging architectural rhetoric. And if âcultureâ means vast queues of listless tourists gazing at plasma screens, personally I want none of it. At least there were no troubadours. We stayed in Le Corbusierâs Cité Radieuse which has a number of apartments available for brief stays. I am no doctrinaire opponent of strict-observance Modernism, far from it, but here was another test of French dream vs French reality. The cheerful âvertical garden cityâ of the propaganda has a haunted and sinister quality. Not sinister in the sense that a demandeur dâemploi troubadour might knife you in a dark corridor, but more that it is solid with a sense of failure. It strikes me as significant that the Toulouse riots of 2005 began in a banlieue designed by pupils of Le Corbusier. Fact: they donât have riots in Le Panier, the crumbly dense old quarter of Marseille. I reflected on this as we left the city to meet friends for lunch in Peter Mayle country near Ménerbes. Marseille is a difficult place not, I think, at ease with itself. Sweaty and desolate in turns, sullen and grumbly, despite the City of Culture wash ânâ brush-up. Then we hit the D99 between Saint-Rémy and Cavaillon with its lovely arbres and the dream came rushing back. 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Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email After a sluggish start and innumerable delays, Marseille's year as European Capital of Culture is steaming ahead. The year was nearly halfway over before some of the flagship projects finally opened. Two of the biggest happen to be neighbours on the revamped Joliette docks near the city's neo-Byzantine Cathédrale de la Major. These two enormous blocks of glass and concrete â one black, one white â have turned their backs on the city to focus on the sea. Smoky glass covered with charcoal concrete latticework make up the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM), the first national museum outside Paris. Permanent exhibitions showcase the history of the peoples of the Mediterranean â fittingly so, as most of these races have been absorbed into Marseille's multi-ethnic population over the centuries since the city was founded 2,500 years ago. Even its architect, Rudy Ricciotti, personifies the mish-mash that is Marseille: he's French, of Italian origin and born in Algeria. The latticework covering parts of the building screens a walkway around the perimeter that is open to the public. A stroke of genius was to connect this walkway to a bridge linking the ultramodern MuCEM to the 17th-century Fort St-Jean on the hilltop behind it. In MuCEM's more audacious neighbour, Villa Méditerranée, Italian architect Stefano Boeri has created a giant chunky letter C, with the lower curve submerged under a newly created moat and the upper curve a 40m-long cantilever jutting towards the sea. Glass-bottomed patches of floor-space in the overhanging level give glimpses of the pool of water beneath. The panoramic viewpoint and permanent exhibitions are free, but the very French nature of the cultural events scheduled (debates, documentaries, concerts) could make it less inclusive for those without a decent grasp of the language. Even with delays and ubiquitous construction cranes, Marseille could end up doing a London Olympics and surpassing everyone's expectations. That's already evident in the Vieux Port, where traffic has been tamed and the waterfront teems with people rediscovering their own city. Norman Foster's Ombrière, a giant, flat, mirrored sunshade (pictured) 6m above the ground at the water's edge, instantly captivates as people can't help but stare up and marvel at a world turned upside down. 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Submit The hilarity and horror of two months inside: Greenpeace Arctic 30 activist Frank Hewetson reveals how he coped in a Russian prison The hilarity and horror of two months inside Greenpeace Arctic 30 activist Frank Hewetson reveals how he coped in a Russian prison Cyclists vs motorists: A phoney war between two tribes who should be on the same side Cyclists vs motorists A phoney war between two tribes who should be on the same side Jeremy Scahill: From pursuing Washington over its secret war on terror to becoming a rebel fighter in the global war against journalism âHomelandâ â the prequel The reporter who has pursued Washington over its secret war on terror has become a rebel fighter in a new conflict â the global war against journalism Gareth Bale: Cristiano Ronaldo is not a rival at Real Madrid â he is the best Gareth Bale: Cristiano Ronaldo is not a rival at Real Madrid â he is the best 10 action women of the year... But who will be No 1? 10 action women of the year... 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Cardboard Boxes That Look Like David Cameron: BuzzFeed - the website changing the way the world consumes news The Buzzfeedification of news You can laugh all you like at its lists but BuzzFeed is deadly serious Story of mythical marine creature takes top prize at Cumbria's World's Biggest Liar competition Mike Naylor is worldâs best liar â thatâs the truth Jonathan Brown goes along to a talent show where honesty is the worst policy Tory MP Mark Pritchard, the al-Qaâida hunter, and a £154-an-hour contract that could become a security issue The MP, the al-Qaâida hunter, and a contract that could become a security issue Tory Mark Pritchard receives fees from US intelligence firm while holding security positions in Parliament Revealed: Arnon Milchan - the Hollywood producer behind hits Pretty Woman, Fight Club and LA Confidential who became a real-life James Bond The Hollywood producer who became a real-life James Bond The man behind such hits as âPretty Womanâ was working secretly for Israeli intelligence on arms deals Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy speaks to a generation of teenage readers like no other literary creation - but whatâs the big message? 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During the disruption French President Nicolas Sarkozy's opinion poll ratings have collapsed and he is now the least popular leader in the history of the Fifth Republic. Rubbish: Piles of garbage have appeared on the streets in Marseilles, southern France, as industrial action continues Rubbish: Piles of garbage have appeared on the streets in Marseilles, southern France, as industrial action continues Tip: A woman walks past piles of rubbish in Marseilles as action over pension reforms continues Tip: A woman walks past a mountain of rubbish in Marseilles Demonstrators restored their blockade at France's biggest refinery of Fos-sur-Mer, Marseilles, following last week's clearing of their demonstration by CRS riot police. 'The refinery is back in our hands - the police are standing off,' said a local trade union spokesman. More... * France introduces petrol rationing as MPs vote on pension age reform * Sarkozy sets the heavy squad on the riots as demonstrations over French pension reforms continue for ninth day * French couple on trial for forcing domestic slave they called 'Fatty' to toil for 20 years Around 70 ships including oil tankers are currently waiting at anchor off the coast of Marseille because militants will not let them dock and unload. Up to a quarter of 12,500 fuel stations have run dry, with rationing introduced in area which are particularly popular with visitors from the UK, including Brittany and Normandy. Strike: A man walks past accumulating garbage on the streets of Marseilles, southern France as action continues Nearly 10,000 tons of rubbish has piled up in Marseille and its suburbs, and an incinerator outside Paris was shut by strikers A Transport ministry spokeswoman said: `In the west of the country and in Paris more than a third of filling stations have been shut down - the situation is extremely serious.' Nicolas Sarkozy scored a victory on Friday by getting his bill to make people work two more years for their pensions through the Senate, but striking refinery workers are putting a strain on businesses and daily life and show no sign of backing down. Desired effect: A quarter of some 12,500 petrol stations have run dry Desired effect: A quarter of some 12,500 petrol stations have run dry Sarkozy sent in police last week to break up blockades at fuel depots and the government battled to get diesel and petrol out to motorway service stations before a flood of families hit the road this weekend. Two-thirds of French people oppose the pension law and have put up some of the fiercest resistance in Europe to austerity measures aimed at reining in huge deficits. "We aren't going to work on the docks until 65. It's just not possible," said Frederic Chabert, 47, at Fos-sur-Mer, a Marseille area port. Strikers unblocked the town's fuel depot Monday after negotiations with regional officials. Workers at a large Paris waste incineration plant, in their fifth day of a strike, were catching up with colleagues who have let trash pile up in Marseille, the nation's second-largest city. "If we manage to get to a point where unfortunately Paris becomes like Marseille, covered in garbage, I think then the situation could change because Paris is France's showcase," said Olivier Nave, a 39-year-old garbage collector. "No one wants Paris to look bad with tourists," he told AP Television News. An Ifop opinion poll published in the weekly Journal du Dimanche on Sunday showed Sarkozy's popularity slid three points from last month to 29 percent. When the refinery strikes started nearly two weeks ago France had more than three months' worth of strategic reserves held in industry and government depots, but industry supplies have already been tapped into. Fuel depots were already depleted because of a separate strike by dockers at France's biggest oil port, at Marseille. Workers at two refineries have voted to stay on strike next week, and workers at the other plants will meet in the days ahead to decide their course of action, CGT union official Charles Foulard at energy company Total said on Sunday. The legislation to raise the minimum and full retirement ages by two years to 62 and 67 respectively is expected to be adopted by the middle of next week, but unions vow to fight on with nationwide strikes and marches on October 28 and November 6. garbage France's massive strikes are costing the national economy up to 400 million euros each day, the French finance minister said today rubbish Ports, oil refineries and trash incineration plants continue to be blockaded as the french protest a plan to raise the retirement age to 62 Rail strikes are also set to continue next week, although at least half of all services will likely run. Christine Lagarde, France's economics minister, appeared on national radio today to estimate the cost of the strike at between `200 and 400 million euros a day'. Mrs Lagarde said the `deplorable' strikes and violent demonstrations were causing untold damage to France's reputation abroad. Students are preparing a mass demonstration on Tuesday against a new bill which will raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. There will be a general strike against the measure on Thursday too, with the police bracing themselves for another week of violence which has already seen tear gas and truncheons used against demonstrators. Industrial action: Militant trade unionists have reclaimed the biggest oil refinery in the south of France as part of the on-going battle against plans to raise the country's retirement age Industrial action: Militant trade unionists have reclaimed the biggest oil refinery in the south of France as part of the on-going battle against plans to raise the country's retirement age Backlog: Tanker trucks are blocked by strikers protesting at Fos-sur-Mer Backlog: Tanker trucks are blocked by strikers protesting at Fos-sur-Mer President Sarkozy meanwhile hopes to see the bill ratified by Wednesday after it was rubber stamped by the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, on Friday night. Mr Sarkozy's popularity with voters is dropping through the floor according to opinion polls published at the weekend, with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper putting his approval rating at just 29 percent - the lowest since his May 2007 election. Jean-Francois Cope, leader of Mr Sarkozy's ruling UMP in parliament, said: `In France we have a sort of ritual from another century. Strikes, protests, yes, but taking the economy hostage is intolerable.' 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In fact even after it is cleaned up I'm not sure I would want to visit this country after reading about the protests and seeing the nastiness in the streets. Get back to work and protest in a way that doesn't hurt others. 0 1 Click to rate [4144019_p.jpg?cb=20131124] toledofan, toledo ohio, 3 years ago I guess when you put everything into perspective, there are a lot of problems because of what the government failed to do and what they fail to do moving forward. One thing for sure, the system in France, doesn't work and it's going to require some very solid leadership to get them out of trouble. I fear we will see some of the same disruptions in the U.S. if we continue down the road to socialism and being ruled by an elite bunch liberals who can't tie their own shoe laces. The unions only will take what management gives them and if management is willing to always give more to retain their votes or keep the people quiet, well, you get what you pay for. I think that when you look at the whole of Europe, we're starting to see the unraveling of socialism and once that happens, the liberals will be doomed forever. I just hope you keep them there, we have enough of our own here in America. 7 11 Click to rate [2802564_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Kristina Howells, Calais France, 3 years ago Living in France I can tell you that the legal age of retirement full time is at 65-67. Women cannot retire if they have had career breaks and will certainly pay for it in their 60's. So anyone who thinks the French are lazy well at least they get off their backsides and bring the country to a standstill at their disgust of the way the government handles things, unlike most nations in the world that just sit there and do nothing n'est pas!!!!! 6 18 Click to rate [4358499_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Benedicte, Lyon, France, 3 years ago But isn't the minimum retirement age in the UK 55? And it was 50 until Brown put it up. The age when the French can receive the full retirement pension is going up from 65 to 67, just like ours. This has been widely misreported, - Kevin, Nottingham, 26/10/2010 8:38 Very right, the minimum retirement age is going from 60 to 62, but the full retirement pension is going from 65 to 67 exactly the same as Britain. The French have identified themselves as the laziest group of human beings in the civilized world. Michael L, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 25/10/2010 22:56 Where do you get that from? My parents in law retired at 75 and 79, my father is still working at 74 and my uncle at 73. My step-daughters grandmother has just retired aged 71. They are certainly not lazy! They were and are hard working people just as the majority of the French and Europeans are. Don't put everyone in the same boat please. 5 19 Click to rate [5163643_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Barry, Melle, France, 3 years ago There have been many updates since the list featured above. The strike over rubbish collection in Marseilles has now ended. Three of the twelve refineries have resumed work after voting to end the action, with a further one producing supplies by order of the return to work by Government. Four out five filling stations are now operating normally. In reply to Stephen Robb, it is total nonsense to suggest that Britain's E.U. contibutions are subsidising French pensions. The French worker has been paying a relatively high proportion of their income for many years to fund their retirement, hence the uproar now. When talking about empty pots, he should first think of the U.K. funding a welfare state for a vastly increased population through mass immigration that must be taking out more than they are contributing. 1 14 Click to rate [4094651_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Toni, Epson, 3 years ago VIVE LA FRANCE at least they can demonstrate what they don't like here in England we eat and keep quite. the Government got a way out of this and they call it a DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY where we need Court Authorisation to demonstrate. 18 46 Click to rate [5229355_p.jpg?cb=20131124] spiderbone, Belle Haven, VA, 3 years ago Wow, talk about a spoiled lot of people.....they are ruining their own country because they don't want to work 2 MORE YEARS! They probably have the lowest retirement age in the modern world and the shortest workweek of industrialized nations and they are complaining? Hey I have and idea, move to India or China and work in squalor until you fall over and die and see how bad you really have it. Awfully damn selfish if you ask me. Frankly they deserve everything that they are doing to themselves. 36 93 Click to rate [5032464_p.jpg?cb=20131124] wddb, Bethlehem, PA, USA, 3 years ago Let Sarkozy and the wealthy, who don't ever have to worry about benefits, pick it up. They should be grateful there is no longer the guillotine. 64 32 Click to rate [3267953_p.jpg?cb=20131124] jon, derby, 3 years ago I find it amazing that some of these comments appear to lampoon the French for striking for their rights. By apparently condoning the increasing of ones pension able age surely you are shooting yourselves in the feet and groin area and robbing yourselves of valuable quality time in your twilight years. Not everyone is employed in the type of job, or enjoys the health that is conducive to working beyond current retirement levels. Our politicians must be rubbing their hands with glee when they read what a bunch of pushovers that they preside over. Now please wake up to what is going on and back the French cause if not follow their example. 48 53 Click to rate [2768525_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Stephen E. W. Robb, Reading, Berkshire UK, 3 years ago Here's a little thought for the English comments saying Vive La France and sock to the French Government. Just who do you think is subsidising the French to retire at 60 on very generous pensions in the first place? You are, with the UK's contribution to the EU of which France takes the biggest whack out of it. My, my, are you really that naive if you didn't realise that? And here you are cheering them on while you will have to eventually go on working till your 70 so they can retire at 62. Aren't you the same people who will contribute till your 67+ to the Public Sector gold plated pensions so they can still retire at 60? Don't you remember the fiasco in Greece over pensions not so long ago? My, my, what short memories you all have! 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The 25-year-old pair share virtually identical DNA, meaning it could take weeks for experts to identify which one was at the scene of the crimes. One of the brothers - named only as Elwin and Yohan - is suspected of raping six women over three months in the hallway of a block of flats in Marseille last year. Two twin brothers have been arrested for a series of rapes in Marseilles (pictured) in France Two twin brothers have been arrested for a series of rapes in Marseilles (pictured) in France The victims have identified photos of the twins, without being able to tell which one was their attacker. One of the pair was also caught on a CCTV camera, but again both police and the victims can not tell which brother it is. More... * * Transgender man bursts out of courtroom in tears of joy after being cleared of raping and sexually assaulting a woman Both men, who are both unemployed delivery drivers, deny the offences committed between September and December 2012. Marseille police chief Emmanual Kiehl said: `It is a highly unusual affair. `This pair have almost identical genetic codes. It is possible to tell them apart but it could take weeks and we do not have the facilities here in Marseille. One of the brothers is suspected of raping six women over three months in Marseille, France last year (file picture) One of the brothers is suspected of raping six women over three months in Marseille, France last year (file picture) `There are very slight differences in their DNA formed as they were developing in the womb. It could take thousands of separate tests before we know which one of them may be guilty. `Meanwhile, both are being held in custody on a special warrant due to the rare nature of the situation.' Police in Marseille are also holding two 21-year-old Corsican twins named Marc and Dominique Pantalacci, after discovering a cache of arms and drugs in a lock-up garage that contained their DNA. 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Get onto Youtube pronto. 3 11 Click to rate [1348140332732012_p.jpg?cb=20131124] oh no not again, dark side of the moon, United Kingdom, 9 months ago As a mum of Id twins i need the dna kit for my home , they never admit to anything !!! its always the other one !!!....joking aside , I hope they do find out, i was always told ID twins had the exact same DNA , even the same finger prints, be interesting to see how they resolve this . 5 15 Click to rate [6462676_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Milly, Petersfield, 9 months ago I'm an I identical twin and we have always hypothized whether we could commit any crime and defeat DNA, witness sightings & other evidence. You could then either both deny or both even claim to have done the crime but, given our laws, you couldn't convict just one. I always fancied about robbing a ficitious bank! How sick it's actually be done through a vile crime. It's worth any price tag to get the DNA done, to protect future future women and to allow the abused women some justice. My heart goes to them. 2 15 Click to rate [1350806052240903_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Steve Wells, Bradford, United Kingdom, 9 months ago Fingerprints are generated from movements in the womb and are not identical. Have the police not managed to collect any ? 4 16 Click to rate [6506346_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Very Very Grumpy, Edinburgh, 9 months ago If they are identical split cell twins their DNA will be identical. 5 6 Click to rate [1351092297794952_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Sarah Sibelius, Nantes, France, 9 months ago Of course there's another possibility: they could BOTH be guilty - each having committed different rapes in the series..... 2 38 Click to rate [4113702_p.jpg?cb=20131124] eb, europe, 9 months ago Forget the details and costly tests, ask them who did what. If they don't fess up, chuck them both in jail for all the crimes in question (I mean honestly, they'd've continued had they not been caught). Job done. 7 10 Click to rate [1357042694178683_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Slinky, Leeds, United Kingdom, 9 months ago "Both men, who are both unemployed delivery drivers" If they're unemployed they're not delivery drivers are they? 1 44 Click to rate [1347155904682283_p.jpg?cb=20131124] blueheart, Torquay, 9 months ago Unemployed delivery drivers? I am an unemployed Astronaut! 1 52 Click to rate The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [topcommenter.png] Who is this week's top commenter? 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Star celebrates her 34th by posing in sparkly blue playsuit She used occasion to end Katie Price feud * With her glossy hair, year around tan and classic attire it didn't take much effort for Michelle Keegan to upstage her fiance Mark Wright in the style stakes Michelle Keegan outshines fiance Mark Wright in black outfit and glossy hair at exclusive launch party At new nightclub Anaya in London * Chantelle Houghton seeks comfort in daughter Dolly after facing cruel backlash over unflattering workout pictures Chantelle Houghton seeks comfort in daughter Dolly after facing cruel backlash over unflattering workout pictures Not too flattering * They've been together for 13 years and have two sons together. But Emma Bunton and her fella Jade Jones still find time for romance going on a rare date night A pinch of baby spice! Emma Bunton enjoys a rare date night with long-time love Jade Jones looking happier than ever Still time for romance * Who needs make-up? Kourtney Kardashian still looks flawless as she goes au naturel for flight home with Scott Disick Who needs make-up? Kourtney Kardashian still looks flawless as she goes au naturel for flight home with Scott Disick Flight to LA * 'She's the perfect mother!' Nick Candy reveals wife Holly has given birth to daughter Luka Violet Toni 'She's the perfect mother!' Nick Candy reveals wife Holly has given birth to daughter Luka Violet Toni Their first baby is a few days old * TOWIE babe Sam Faiers reveals how her I'm a Celebrity ex Joey Essex was a jungle tiger in bed and warns Amy Willterton, 21 to stay away from Essex 'She needs to stop acting up... she isn't the girl for him': Sam Faiers warns Amy Willerton to 'back off' Joey Essex She believes they'll reunite despite split * * The Beckhams sell Beckingham Palace for £12 million to bid for £45 million mansion in London Posh move: The Beckhams 'splash out on a £40 million London mansion' after selling their beloved Beckingham Palace * It's over: Natalie Cassidy and her fiancé Adam Cottrell, seen here in August, have ended their relationship after four years together Natalie Cassidy 'splits from fiancé Adam Cottrell after four years together' She's been seen without engagement ring in last few weeks * Breaking out the Blue Steel! Harry Styles and Liam Payne show off their catwalk skills as they're joined by Cindy Crawford for star-studded 1D Day Breaking out the Blue Steel! Harry Styles and Liam Payne show off their catwalk skills as they're joined by Cindy Crawford for star-studded 1D Day * Tamera and Sam Not AGAIN! Tamera Foster forgets her words for a third time on X Factor... as Sam Bailey steals the show She had vowed it wouldn't happen again * Step aside, Xena! Kim Kardashian shows off priceless figure in VERY tiny warrior princess dress... while Kanye West recycles last month's birthday outfit Looking fierce! Kim Kardashian resembles a warrior princess in TINY dress and gladiator heels... while Kanye West recycles last month's birthday outfit * Wild hair: Singer Dannii Minogue shows off her huge hair as she gets off a flight in Melbourne Forget your brush? Dannii Minogue sports wild, voluminous hair as she drags her own luggage through the airport Case of bed-head * Susan Boyle ordered by doctors to give up chocolate and sweets after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Susan Boyle battles to give up chocolate and sweets after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Singer, 52, has very sweet tooth * Becoming a great-grandfather for the first time 'is not particularly fascinating' to rocker Mick Jagger... according to bemused daughter Jade 'Not particularly fascinating': Mick Jagger's verdict on becoming a great-grandfather for first time Jade Jagger's daughter expecting first child * Clear skin: Glee actress Lea Michele showed off beautifully clear skin as she left the Montage Spa in Beverly Hills on Saturday Make-up free Lea Michele looks radiant as she heads home after a relaxing spa session Tough few months but her skin isn't showing signs of stress * Special episode: The 50th anniversary who featured multiple Doctors, including David Tennant (left), John Hurt as the War Doctor (middle) and Matt Smith Delusional, zany and a timely reminder of why Matt Smith and David Tennant are so irritating JIM SHELLEY'S verdict on 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who * Ordeal: Vinnie Jones and his wife Tanya are both battling cancer, it has been revealed today 'I'll fight it with everything I've got': Vinnie Jones and wife reveal they are BOTH battling skin cancer Both have had a number of growths removed * Candice Swanepoel shows off impeccable body in skimpy swimwear as she poses in St Bart's for Victoria's Secret photo shoot Candice Swanepoel shows off impeccable body in skimpy swimwear as she poses in St Bart's for Victoria's Secret photoshoot In sensational shape * One Direction have amassed an estimated £60 million fortune so far, making them the wealthiest British celebrities under 30 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: On the road with One Direction... the girls, the madness... fame-wise, this is bigger than The Beatles Five days in Australia * Sherlock's alive! Season three trailer reveals detective LIVES after terrifying roof fall Sherlock's alive! Season three trailer reveals detective LIVES after terrifying roof fall Viewers wondered how he could have survived the fall * Hilaria Baldwin gazes adoringly at baby Carmen as she marks her daughter's three-month birthday Hilaria Baldwin gazes adoringly at baby Carmen as she marks her daughter's three-month birthday Proud mum posted sweet snap * One Direction releases preview of their new video Through the Dark One Direction releases preview of their new video Through the Dark Debuted clip during seven-hour livestream event 1D Day * Are they meant for walking? Miranda Kerr turns the streets of New York into a catwalk in some sexy thigh-high boots Are they meant for walking? Miranda Kerr turns the streets of New York into a catwalk in daring thigh-high boots Some serious heels * Heidi Klum and Seal reunite for son's birthday bash at go-kart racing track... as her boyfriend Martin Kristen also joins in the festivities Heidi Klum and Seal reunite for son's birthday bash at go-kart racing track... as her boyfriend Martin Kristen also joins in the festivities * Angelina Jolie showers twins Vivienne and Knox with kisses and cuddles as she takes a break from directing new film in Sydney Angelina Jolie showers twins Vivienne and Knox with kisses and cuddles as she takes a break from directing new film in Sydney Quality time off set * Just pick one already! Kylie Jenner spotted meeting up with rapper Lil Twist... just days after jewellery shopping with Jaden Smith Just pick one! Kylie Jenner spotted with rapper Lil Twist... just days after jewellery shopping with Jaden Smith Is she seeing both? * Joey Essex Joey Essex is jubilant after completing I'm A Celebrity's scary submarine challenge... despite his fear of crocodiles Joey faced his fear * Amy Willerton Is that their new love nest? Joey Essex and Amy Willerton look round the Tree House Of Love as they decide it will be their new sleeping place * Natalie Gumede Natalie Gumede once again tops the leaderboard with tricky Tango....as Strictly judges get tough on contestants as they edge closer to the final * Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'I don't want to do a filthy dirty Rumba:' Brendan Cole hits back at Strictly judges who want to see a 'sexier' dance with Sophie Ellis-Bextor * Rochelle Humes Taking a new step: Rochelle Humes is set to become a contestant in the 2013 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special * Naughty vs. Nice: Nicole Scherzinger is devilish in black cutaway gown while Sharon is angelic in white on The X Factor Naughty vs. Nice: Nicole Scherzinger is devilish in black cutaway gown while Sharon is angelic in white * Alessandra Ambrosio flashes her toned midriff, besotted with her cute toddler Noah as he tries on dad Jamie Mazur's sunglasses during family excursion Look Mom, I'm a star too! Alessandra Ambrosio's son Noah dons black shades like his mother during family day out Grabbd dad's glasses * Is plastic surgery fan Sharon Osbourne fishing for compliments with ¿newly plumped¿ trout pout? Is plastic surgery fan Sharon Osbourne fishing for compliments with 'newly plumped' trout pout? Her lips appear to have been newly plumped * Caroline 'I don't have any regrets': The X Factor presenter CAROLINE FLACK on defeating her demons and dating younger men * It's all in the jeans: Molly Sims, 40, shows off her still-enviable figure after baby on outing with her two leading men It's all in the (skinny) jeans: Molly Sims, 40, shows off her still-enviable figure after baby on outing with her leading men Effortlessly cool * Shayne Ward He DID get an invite: Shayne Ward gets involved with X Factor's 10th anniversary episode after previously being snubbed It was nice to see him * Wedding bells: Pippa Middleton and boyfriend Nico Jackson, pictured on Wednesday, are said to be planning a spring wedding MOS Diary: 'A perfect wedding for Pippa, the spring bride': Duchess of Cambridge's sister and boyfriend Nico 'to marry next year' * Kate Upton shows off her cleavage as she nuzzles a horse on the beach in Western-themed shoot Kate Upton shows off her cleavage as she nuzzles a horse on the beach in Western-themed shoot Western-themed fashion shoot in Malibu * 'I found love of the purest kind': Beyoncé reveals touching tribute to daughter Blue Ivy in leaked single God Made You Beautiful 'I found love of the purest kind': Beyoncé reveals touching tribute to daughter Blue Ivy in leaked single God Made You Beautiful * Harry Styles on Kendall Jenner Is Kenry over already? Harry Styles is coy about dating Kendall Jenner on 1D Live while she gets all shy at the gym He isn't too keen about defining relationship * One Direction have amassed an estimated £60 million fortune so far, making them the wealthiest British celebrities under 30 'The girls, the madness... fame-wise, this is bigger than The Beatles': On the road with One Direction Why One Direction aren't just a pop band.. * Stick-thin Taylor Swift hits the trails to hike in Los Angeles... looking like she should be consuming calories, not burning them! Taylor Swift puts her long legs on display in tiny shorts as she enjoys a hike with buddy Ed Sheeran Pop star, 23, showed off her small frame * Simon Cowell brings pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman along for a 'great time' at the One Direction 1D event in LA Simon Cowell brings pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman along for a 'great time' at the One Direction 1D event in LA * Lauren Silverman at airport Flight of fancy! Lauren Silverman can't hide her increasing bump as she catches a plane back to New York to see her son Pregnant hasn't slowed the socialite down * 'Relieved' Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness link arms as they walk in New York following his skin cancer revelation: 'I'm glad we caught it,' he said Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness enjoy a romantic city stroll following his skin cancer revelation * Yasmin Le Bon Lights, camera, Yasmin... Mrs Le Bon takes the selfie to a jaw-dropping new level Added an extra-large helping of glamour to the 'selfie' fad * Miley Cyrus' milestone 21st birthday celebrations are sullied after her house is burglarised and 'personal items' are stolen Miley Cyrus' milestone 21st birthday celebrations are marred after her house is burglarised and 'personal items' are stolen * Ireland Baldwin shows off athletic figure in tight leggings and a sports bra as she practices gymnastics in her living room Ireland Baldwin shows off athletic figure in tight leggings and a sports bra as she practices gymnastics in her living room * Kelly, who was celebrating her 34th birthday on Saturday night, arrived at her birthday celebrations wearing an eye-catching glitzy blue sequin jumpsuit, with a plunging neckline Talk of the town! Kelly Brook celebrates birthday in sparkly blue playsuit as she puts Katie Price feud behind her Katie who? * reality television star Lucy Mecklenburgh is seen arriving at Bennihana Japanese Steakhouse The Only Way Is ONESIE: Brunette TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh stuns in paisley jumpsuit as she partied and turns heads on Chelsea's King's Road * Helena Christensen, 44, holds her own against 20 years younger Hayden Panettiere in daring and sexy sheer ensemble at star-studded charity auction Helena Christensen, 44, holds her own against 20 years younger Hayden Panettiere in daring and sexy sheer ensemble at star-studded auction * Katie Holmes looks a bit worse for the wear on set of The Giver The magic of make-up! Katie Holmes beats the jet lag on set of The Giver after gruelling week of travel and filming Remarkably rested * amy I'm A Celebrity's Amy Willerton denies fling with Russell Brand... and gets increasingly close with co-star Joey Essex She spends her days flirting outrageously * Little Mix leave The Riverside Studios Perrie Edwards turns heads in a plaid skirt suit as Little Mix turn on the style outside BBC studio Little Mix had clearly enjoyed themselves * Happy Birthday: Heavily pregnant Kerry Katona celebrates fiancé George Kay's 40th on Saturday Ready to pop: Kerry Katona swathes her baby bump in black and white collared dress to celebrate fiancé's 40th birthday * Something smells off here! Shirtless Justin Bieber poses with a wedding cake¿ but it¿s only in video for new fragrance Something smells off here! Shirtless Justin Bieber poses with a wedding cake but it's only in video for new fragrance Shows his romantic side * 'Flexed up!' Vain Justin Bieber posts topless picture of himself performing on stage 'Flexed up!' Vain Justin Bieber posts topless picture of himself performing on stage He desperately wants to be known for his ripped body * Robbie Williams Robbie Williams is mobbed by fans ahead of performing on an Italian TV show...after admitting he does not want wife Ayda Field to go back to work * Trouble in paradise? Millie has banned her man from INK in Leicester Square after his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving Furious Millie bans husband Professor Green from his own London nightclub MoS Diary: After his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving * Meet my fiance! Whitney Port steps out with her husband-to-be Tim Rosenman for the first time since they announced their engagement Meet my fiance! Whitney Port steps out with husband-to-be Tim Rosenman for the first time since announcing their engagement Ccelebrated over lunch * Watching her go? Doug Hutchison struggles not to stare at his soon-to-be ex wife Courtney Stodden the day after she stepped out with Anna Nicole Smith's former love Edward Lozzi Doug Hutchison can't keep his eyes off soon-to-be ex wife Courtney Stodden... the day after she stepped out with Anna Nicole Smith's former love * Girls day out! Maria Shriver and her daughters hit the mall on a bonding shopping trip Girls day out! Bare-faced Maria Shriver hits the mall with her daughters for a bonding shopping trip The 58-year-old looked as youthful as ever * Make-up free Selma Blair goes bra-less but keeps her figure covered up in baggy grunge attire Make-up free Selma Blair goes bra-less but keeps her figure covered up in baggy grunge attire Running errands in Los Angeles * She picked the right career! Designer Ashley Olsen drowns her tiny figure in a brown sack but still manages to look epic She picked the right career! Designer Ashley Olsen drowns tiny frame in a sack of a coat but still manages to look stylish * Are you taking pictures? Cara Delevingne was not best pleased about being in front of a camera with no make-up on Winter Wonderland snaps leave Cara Delevingne cold MoS Diary: She didn't want to appear in photos because she wasn't wearing any make-up * Sorry for party rocking: Rita Ora, pictured earlier this month, may face eviction if she does not turn the noise down in her West London flat Rita Ora faces music over her late-night party antics as she is threatened with eviction from London flat MoS Diary :Ignoring warnings from landlord * Gina Gershon uses body heat to stay warm during a cosy outdoor lunch with a new mystery man in New York City Gina Gershon uses body heat to stay warm during a cosy outdoor lunch with a new mystery man in New York City Showgirls star * In her stride! Fergie sweats off those post-baby pounds with a cardio run through the hills of LA Fergie sweats off those post-baby pounds with a run through the hills of LA Fergie admitted it's 'step by step' following birth * Kelly Brook PREVIEW.jpg Kelly Brook celebrates her birthday with a VERY flattering selfie...before stepping out for some retail therapy She spent last night with her girlfriends * Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer has a ball with future stepson Isaac in the park Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer has a ball with future stepson Isaac in the park The Australian actress is currently expecting her first child with fiancé Mark Webber * Best parents ever? Pregnant Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale take sons to play with real life Thomas the Tank Engines at Railroad Museum Best parents ever? Pregnant Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale take sons to play with real life Thomas the Tank Engines at Railroad Museum New Autograph M&S Optez pour un look chic et assuré cette saison avec notre nouvelle collection. more DON'T MISS * RTS AWARDS Still looking fresh-faced: Lucy-Jo Hudson glowed as she and husband Alan Halsall attend RTS Awards * Josh Hutcherson spoofs The Hunger Games on SNL after appearing shirtless and mud-covered in gritty Tyler Shields shoot Josh Hutcherson spoofs The Hunger Games on SNL after appearing shirtless and covered in mud in gritty Tyler Shields shoot Fight to the death * That's hilarious! Kimberly Williams-Paisley laughs off suggestions that her country superstar husband Brad is cheating on her with Carrie Underwood 'I hope it helps our careers!' Kimberly Williams-Paisley laughs off rumours that country superstar husband Brad is cheating on her with Carrie Underwood * Lauren Pope steps out in London She's been tangoed! Lauren Pope upstages TOWIE pal Chloe Sims in an orange PVC skirt at exclusive club launch The two friends stepped out on a chilly Friday * Eloise Mumford cast as Anastasia Steele's best friend Kate in Fifty Shades of Grey Eloise Mumford cast as Anastasia Steele's best friend Kate in Fifty Shades of Grey A relative unknown who made her TV debut in the Fox series Lone Star * Making a bold statement: Idris Elba wears striped scarf with purple T-shirt and red trousers at Mandela event with Naomie Harris Making a bold statement: Idris Elba wears striped scarf with purple T-shirt and red trousers at Mandela event with Naomie Harris * Kym Lomas Kym Lomas dazzles in a 1920s inspired gown as she attends the Gatsby Experience charity event with her Coronation Street co-stars * Catherine Tyldesley Catherine Tyldesley smoulders in busty purple gown whilst Brooke Vincent wears elegant red trousers for Corrie star 's leaving do * Sugar rush! Brandi Glanville treats her sons Jake and Mason to donuts and popsicles at soccer match Sugar rush! Brandi Glanville treats her sons Jake and Mason to donuts and popsicles at soccer match At Mason's Gunners in LA * It's easy going green! Olivia Munn shows off her womanly figure as she brings some colour to a grey day in the city It's easy going green! Olivia Munn shows off her womanly figure as she brings some colour to a grey day in the city Clearly Olivia Munn has a favourite colour * Breaking out the Blue Steel! Harry Styles and Liam Payne show off their catwalk skills as they're joined by Cindy Crawford for star-studded 1D Day The One Direction boys are plagued by technical difficulties during star-studded 1D Day seven-hour livestream event... but can do no wrong in fans' eyes * The main man: Sir Bruce Forsyth is his usual sprightly self with co-host Tess Daly, but he admits he can't carry on forever 'How I'm still here, I don't know': Brucie admits he's living on borrowed time.... but insists he'll NEVER retire Strictly Come Dancing veteran * He's a natural! Orlando Bloom teaches his son Flynn the proper way to walk their dog during outing in New York He's a natural! Orlando Bloom teaches his son Flynn the proper way to walk their dog during outing in Big Apple What a family guy! * I TOLD you it was him! Nick Nolte gets stopped by fans, despite bizarre poncho and straw hat disguise I TOLD you it was him! Nick Nolte gets stopped by fans despite bizarre poncho and straw hat disguise Left Ralph's in Malibu on Saturday * Doggy day out! Denise Richards and two of her daughters take their four-legged furry friend shopping Dog day afternoon! Bare-faced Denise Richards and two of her daughters take their pooch along on shopping trip Out in California * Jude Law Hey Jude, don't be afraid: Mr Law is mobbed by fans outside the theatre doors as he completes his preview performance in Henry V * Wayne and Coleen Rooney leave Australasia Bar & Restaurant in Manchester on Friday night afetr an early dinner with her brother and his girlfriend. Dressing down: Coleen and Wayne Rooney go for the effortless look as they celebrate a relative's birthday in Manchester Dined out in Manchester * Freeze! Mena Suvari perfects her arrest pose as she is transformed into a police woman Freeze! Mena Suvari perfects her arrest pose as she is transformed into policewoman on set of new film On the set of film Badge Of Honor * Girls' night out! Heather Locklear steps out in black lace top and leggings as she lets her hair down for evening with friends Girls' night out! Heather Locklear steps out in black lace top and leggings as she lets her hair down on evening with friends * Classy: The singer looked anything but refined as she exposed some serious camel toe on stage That's NOT a good look: Lil' Kim makes a BIG fashion faux pas as she performs comeback gig in London Nearly 40, but no signs of dressing her age * Michelle Williams wrangles the elements and an enormous bouquet of flowers on her windy morning walk Michelle Williams braves the elements while hauling an enormous bouquet of flowers on her windy morning walk * Christina Milian is casual but classy in cosy cardigan as she prepares for ballroom return in Dancing With The Stars finale Earning her stripes! Christina Milian is casual but classy in cosy cardigan as she prepares for ballroom return in Dancing With The Stars finale . * He needs extra padding now! Kevin Federline wears bulky layers at sons' soccer game after recent weight loss He needs extra padding now! Kevin Federline wears bulky layers at sons' soccer game alongside wife and daughter after losing 30lbs * Behind the scenes: Carmen Electra provocatively poses in lace and leather knee-high boots and plunging gold dress for 2014 calender Behind the scenes: Carmen Electra provocatively poses in lace and leather knee-high boots and plunging gold dress for 2014 calendar * Real Housewives' Carlton Gebbia ensure all eyes are on her in plunging sheer gown at breast cancer event honouring her mother Real Housewives' Carlton Gebbia ensure all eyes are on her in plunging sheer gown at breast cancer event honouring her mother * Rihanna bonds with a young fan at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Friday He's not a rude boy: Rihanna bonds with a young fan as they cheer on their team at NBA clash Front row seats to watch LA Lakers * Florence Welch chats on her cellphone Going with the flo(rals): Florence Welch steps out in a flowery jacket for a walk in New York's High Line Park Out enjoying an afternoon stroll * American Horror Story's resident witch Emma Roberts has legs like broomsticks in skinny jeans American Horror Story's resident witch Emma Roberts has legs like broomsticks in skinny jeans Taking a break from filming FX show * During Tuesday night¿s game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks, an absolutely incredible dance-off took place between a young fan and an usher. Crowd goes wild as usher takes on young fan in dance battle at Detroit Pistons game During game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks * Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and North West go out for dinner in New York City Kanye West takes break from sold-out Yeezus tour to play hands-on dad to baby North on date night with fiancee Kim Kardashian Paternal side on show * And there he is! Jessica Simpson's fiance Eric Johnson finally gives the world a proper glimpse of their sweet baby boy Ace Knute And there he is! Jessica Simpson's fiancé Eric Johnson gives the world a proper glimpse of their sweet baby boy Ace Knute Almost five months old * Candice Swanepoel puts her incredible figure on display in skimpy coral two-piece for beachside Victoria's Secret shoot Candice Swanepoel puts her incredible figure on display in skimpy coral two-piece for beachside Victoria's Secret shoot Posed at St Bart's * Jasmin Walia What are you wearing? TOWIE's Jasmin Walia flashes the flesh in crazy cut-out dress at 2013 Urban Music Awards * Look away now, Bruce! Rumer Willis strips down to lacy underwear as she digs mud with giant machete for sexy Tyler Shields photoshoot Look away now, Bruce! Rumer Willis strips down to underwear as she gets dirty in the mud in racy Tyler Shields photoshoot * Ollie Locke Beauty is pain: Ollie Locke enjoys an 'essential' oxygen facial as he enjoys he free time after leaving Made In Chelsea Has them regularly * Rebecca Adlington I'm A Celebrity's Rebecca Adlington covers up in swimsuit as body confident Amy Willerton showers in bikini First week in the jungle * Vincent Simone and Annabel Giles 'I want to be the jungle's sex symbol': Newcomers Vincent Simone and Annabel Giles make their mark on I'm A Celebrity... * Burke She's got some front: X Factor's Alexandra Burke wows fans as she heads out in buxom bodice dress She recently posed nude for a PETA campaign * Harry Harry SMILES: One Direction star Harry Styles beams as he joins bandmates for album launch party in LA He is the embodiment of boy power * Wanted woman! Max George's model girlfriend Nina Agdal shows how she caught the eye of one of England's most eligible bachelors in a variety of barely-there bikinis Wanted woman! Max George's girlfriend Nina Agdal shows how she caught the singer's eye in series of barely-there bikinis On photoshoot * Harry Styles Table for one, please: Harry Styles leaves LA restaurant on his lonesome...a day after dining at the SAME place with Kendall Jenner At Craig's on Thursday * Myleene Klass I'm A Celebrity's Wright slips into a white bikini as he takes a shower in jungle pool 48-year-old slipped into bikini to impersonate Myleene Klass * Forty and fabulous! Brooke Shields, 48, and Padma Lakshmi, 43, dazzle in figure-hugging frocks at Power Lunch For Women event Forty and fabulous! Brooke Shields, 48, and Padma Lakshmi, 43, dazzle in figure-hugging frocks at Power Lunch For Women event * Revealed: Kanye West and Lamar Odom won't appear in Kardashian Christmas card... but Bruce Jenner stays in the frame Revealed: Kanye West and Lamar Odom won't appear in Kardashian Christmas card... but Bruce Jenner stays in the frame * diaz Cameron Diaz flashes her toned leg in racy frock while filming scene as Miss Hannigan for Annie remake One of the meanest characters in theatre * denise Denise Richards emerges laden with bags after treating herself to a high-end shopping spree It took two trips to the store to load the car! * Shopping for baby! Hilary Duff hits the mall with adorable son Luca to buy him some new shoes Shopping for baby! Hilary Duff hits the mall with adorable son Luca to buy him some new shoes Had lots of fun trying them on * That's a different look for her! Carmen Electra covers up in stylish coat and leggings as she arrives at LAX That's a different look for her! Carmen Electra covers up in stylish coat and leggings as she arrives at LAX She was looking very voluptuous * 'We need to smile more': Khloe Kardashian fails to follow her own advice as she looks sullen before jetting out of Australia 'We need to smile more': Khloe Kardashian fails to follow her own advice as she looks sullen before jetting out of Australia * 'The thought of someone else pleasing my wife sexually fills me with dread and leaves me feeling so inadequate it's almost intolerable' I'm having nightmares about my wife's sex life with old boyfriends This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man who keeps having irrational thoughts * Achy breaking it in! Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Noah take Miley's birthday trike for a spin Achy breaking it in! Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Noah take Miley's $30K birthday trike for a spin Went for a ride in Los Angeles * Naughty Joan Rivers! Fashion Police host sneaks her pooch out of airplane crate, urging the internet to 'say nothing' Naughty Joan Rivers! Fashion Police host sneaks her pooch out of airplane crate while urging her internet fans to 'say nothing' One mischievous lady ! * 'I stink... but that was awesome': I'm A Celebrity... star Amy Willerton wins seven stars for camp after completing The Hang Glider From Hell Bushtucker Trial 'I stink... but that was awesome': I'm A Celebrity... star Amy Willerton wins seven stars for camp after completing The Hang Glider From Hell trial * Not so long ago she said caring for her daughter Dolly came above exercising. But Chantelle Houghton has changed her mind on exercising with a personal trainer Hang loose: Chantelle Houghton hires personal trainer to beat the bulge with park work session wearing unflattering gym wear Been living off junk food * Around 1 in 20 Britons are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome which causes pain and numbness in the hands Kneading dough has ruined my hands, says Paul Hollywood Nerve damage would lead to a complete loss of sensation in his hands if untreated * Guess Who's Back (together): Eminem and ex-wife Kim Scott rekindle their romance... seven years after SECOND divorce Guess Who's Back (together): Eminem and ex-wife Kim Scott 'rekindle their romance...' seven years after SECOND divorce Third time's a charm * John Stamos tries to smooch a pooch while Beth Stern literally cannot handle how many cute puppies there are at animal rescue event Howard Stern's wife Beth snuggles a tiny pup while John Stamos tries to smooch a pooch at animal rescue event Adorable hounds stole the show New Autograph M&S Optez pour un look chic et assuré cette saison avec notre nouvelle collection. more * Today's headlines * Most Read * Happier times: Dave and Angela Dawes celebrate their 2011 EuroMillions win. 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But the rugged, vibrant city of Marseille makes a great holiday destination - off the average tourist's radar but still an easy place to get to. For years, Marseille has been the poor neighbour of the south, far less glamorous than St Tropez to the east, and less picturesque than some of the coastal villages that inspired Cézanne. The fountains outside the Palais de Justice Inviting: The fountains outside the Palais de Justice Maybe that's why it feels as though residents are genuinely pleased to welcome the visitors who are gradually discovering the city's charms for themselves. We arrived to temperatures of 26C, a pleasant change from Britain's autumnal chill. There's a quick and cheap (EUR8.50) shuttle bus from the airport to Saint Charles Railway Station, and as we descended the grand stairs leading from the train to the city centre it felt as if we had stepped right into the heart of the bustling port. Marseille is compact and built on a hill, so it is easy to orientate yourself, as any roads heading downwards lead to the Vieux Port (Old Port). Hundreds of yachts are tightly packed on three sides of the harbour, and at times it seems as if you could walk from deck to deck, right across the bay. The Vieux Port can hold an incredible 3,000 boats of every size and shape imaginable. Giant tourist catamarans are moored alongside grubby motor boats, while millionaires' yachts sit across the boardwalk from traditional Marseille fishing vessels. The quaysides are filled with pavement cafes. You find other visitors here, often freshly arrived in big groups on a cruise ship doing a whistle-stop tour of the Mediterranean. We paused in amazement - along with the locals - when a steady stream of German visitors trundled past us on Segway scooters. Marseille's limestone coastline Rugged: Marseille's limestone coastline enhances the beautiful blue of the sea North of Vieux Port is Le Panier, the oldest part of Marseille. Up until the Second World War it was a rabbit warren of steep steps, tiny winding streets and crooked little houses. But in occupied France it became an unofficial ghetto and the Nazis gave the 20,000 residents just one day's notice before they blew it all up in 1943. Since then, the houses have been rebuilt and Le Panier has returned to its roots, a higgledy-piggledy maze of back alleys once more. We found a lovely little square with six or more restaurants jostling for space, outdoor tables thrown together and diners at a wood-fired pizza place happily eating next to customers enjoying desserts from a newly-opened, neon-lit ice cream `laboratory.' We sampled them - they were delicious. The Marseillaise are experts at the very French tradition of `apero' - heading out in the early evening for an aperitif or two before dinner. There are many street cafes and bars to choose from. We were staying with friends in the Fifth District, and enjoyed glasses of the south's famous aniseed-flavoured Pastis at Le Petit Nice in Place Jean Jaures. Diners watch the yachts sail by when they eat at a city centre marina Sea view: Diners watch the yachts sail by when they eat at a city centre marina Despite the busy traffic and graffiti-covered streets, the city's squares are very family-friendly and a great place to people-watch. Marseille is very much a working port, and the beautiful basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde is filled with incredible mosaics, paintings and models of boats. The ornate church known as La Bonne Mere - for its gold statue of the Madonna and Child - is perched atop the city's highpoint. The views are well worth the brisk climb to the top. Further up the coast, the rocky limestone terrain of the Calanques National Park provides more breathtaking views. We got an express Jet-bus from the city centre and in just 20 minutes we were striding towards the sea inlets with their rocky coves and sheltered bays. More... * Review: Hotel Ville d'Hiver, Arcachon, proves to be a winning winter warmer * Golfing holidays, France: Pichet and putt in the Pays de la Loire * For more inspiration on French breaks click here The deep Mediterranean fjords mean the water can be colder than you might expect, but on a hot day it made for a refreshing dip. The little fishing town of Cassis is well worth a visit if you fancy exploring the Calanques a bit more, and there are plenty of cafes where you can stop and order a coffee or an ice cream. Many tour operators run boat trips from Marseille and Cassis, and they are the best way to see the impressive rock cliffs that dominate the coastline here. You can also take a boat to the tiny island of If - to vist the Chateau d'If - two miles out of Vieux Port. Notre Dame de la Garde The church on the hill: Notre Dame de la Garde, known as 'the good mother', keeps a watchful eye over the city The Chateau was built in the 16th century to protect the port and was France's first line of defence on the south coast. It was also the infamous home of Alexander Dumas' fictional prisoner, the Count of Monte Cristo. There are great views of the chateau and the rocky islands from the Corniche, the coastal strip running southwest out of Marseille. We sampled some of the amazing seafood on offer at Chez Jeannot. The super-fresh mussels, octopus and fish dishes tasted extra special as we gazed through the arches at the yachts sailing by. You are never far from the sea in Marseille. Travel facts One-way flights to Marseille start from under £50 and carriers including British Airways and easyJet fly there daily. If you prefer you can let the train take the strain and take the Eurostar right to Marseille, stopping once en route. One-way prices star at around £100 and in the summer there are direct trains. Liz stayed with friends but there are plenty of cheap hotels available. If you fancy something a bit different you can stay in the Hotel Le Corbusier (www.hotellecorbusier.com), named after (and designed by) the famous French architect in the 1950s. Rooms start from EUR63 (£58). 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Adrien Anigo - whose father, Jose Anigo, is the sporting director of Olympique Marseille - was the second person in a day to be killed in the region of the southern port city - and the 15th murder since the start of the year. The 30-year-old was shot dead in the middle of the day by two men on a motorbike while he was getting out of a rented Renault Twingo. Shooting: Police and forensic experts investigate the scene where Adrien Anigo was murdered Shooting: Police and forensic experts investigate the scene where Adrien Anigo was murdered The killing is being seen as part of a worrying and increasing gangland culture in a city rife with drugs and political corruption - even in the year it holds the title of European Capital of Culture. Last month, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault ordered 130 extra riot police and 24 investigators to Marseille, which has France's second-biggest population and a large immigrant community. Authorities say AK47s are available in the region for EUR500 each, and that execution-style killings - described by the state prosecutor as Marseille's 'regrettable speciality' - are becoming increasingly common. Anigo, a restaurant owner, had been under investigation by police over armed robberies of jewellery stores and involvement in a local gang. Gunned down: The 30-year-old son of Olympique Marseille's sporting director was shot dead by men on a motorbike as he was getting out of his car Gunned down: The 30-year-old son of Olympique Marseille's sporting director was shot dead by men on a motorbike as he was getting out of his car Investigation: Anigo was already under investigation by police and was due to appear in court over armed robberies of jewellery stores Investigation: Anigo was already under investigation by police and was due to appear in court over armed robberies of jewellery stores Bloodbath: The men who shot Adrien Anigo fled the crime scene on a motorbike Bloodbath: The men who shot Adrien Anigo fled the crime scene on a motorbike He was due to appear in court, having been jailed in the past before being released because of a judicial error, according to French media. The father-of-two suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head, as he was targeted by the men who fled the scene. His killing came hours after gunmen shot a 24-year-old as he arrived for work in the town of La Ciotat, some 20 miles from Marseille. Jose Anigo, the director of one of France's oldest and most popular clubs, grew up on a poor estate before becoming a player at Marseille. He has denied having any mafia or crime links of his own, telling the Journal du Dimanche two years ago: 'The street sucked in my son, but that's got nothing to do with anyone but the justice system.' Popular: Olympique Marseille, with players such as Andre Pierre Gignac, pictured left (with Eric Abidal of AS Monaco, right) is one of the best-loved clubs in France Popular: Olympique Marseille, with players such as Andre Pierre Gignac, pictured left (with Eric Abidal of AS Monaco, right) is one of the best-loved clubs in France Crisis: The incident, which took place in broad daylight in front of passers-by, was the second in a day - the first involving a 24-year-old man gunned down by masked motorbike men at La Ciotat just outside Marseille Crisis: The incident, which took place in broad daylight in front of passers-by, was the second in a day - the first involving a 24-year-old man gunned down by masked motorbike men at La Ciotat just outside Marseille Tourist numbers have risen sharply in Marseille in the past six months, with the city aiming to attract 10 million visitors this year as it holds the Capital of Culture title. Officials have had some success at cracking down on drug-smuggling, particularly the heroin trade, but it is still a hub on the cocaine route through Europe from Africa. The death toll has not reached last year's total of 24 gang killings in the Bouches-du-Rhone area including Marseille. More... * I'll help Syria if the U.S. attacks, says Putin in chilling threat to Obama as G20 summit breaks up in acrimony * Poetic justice as Gordon Lord Byron goes one better in the Haydock Sprint Cup * I'm going to copy Cameron! Drama as Obama vows to bomb Syria - but only after U.S. vote (and suddenly Britain is his 'closest ally' again) However, unemployment remains above the national average, with more than 20 per cent of Marseille residents below the poverty line and more than 40 per cent youth unemployment in some parts of the region. Marseille's right-wing major Jean-Claude Gaudin has accused politicians in France of 'Marseille-bashing'. Crackdown: A suspect is led away by police as part of an anti-drugs operation in the city, which has seen the deployment of around 150 extra officers Crackdown: A suspect is led away by police as part of an anti-drugs operation in the city, which has seen the deployment of around 150 extra officers, including riot police 'Chicago of the South': High unemployment is blamed for the persistent drug trade in the city 'Chicago of the South': High unemployment, particularly among young people, is blamed for the persistent drug trade in the city Dead end: Poor housing estates are said to be focal points for an underground economy of drug deals between youths with few prospects Dead end: Poor housing estates are said to be focal points for an underground economy of drug deals between youths with few prospects French interior minister Manuel Valls called on political parties to unite to solve this crime issue in the city. He said: 'I understand the anger of the Marseille people but we need time [to act] against drug-trafficking and daily delinquency.' Marie-Arlette Carlotti, a government minister competing in the Socialist primary race to choose a Marseille mayoral candidate next year, said 'real mafia networks' must be neutralised. 'We have to find out where the money is, the white collars, because there are bosses in all this, even if the mafia is less well-organised than it was in the past,' she said. 'We have to look at exterior signs of wealth, trace the networks to their bank accounts in protected places.' Marseille's drug trade became famous in the 1971 Hollywood film The French Connection, named after the postwar heroin gangs in the city. By the late Sixties, about 80 per cent of heroin in the US was trafficked from Marseille. 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Experts removed the explosive in a delicate operation to transfer it to a military base, where it was to be safely detonated. About 1,000 people were asked to leave an area around the port today as officials began the task of moving the device. Easy does it: An expert examines the bomb, which dates back to the Second Word War. The explosive was discovered by construction workers Easy does it: An expert examines the bomb, which dates back to the Second Word War. The explosive was discovered by construction workers Delicate operation: The explosive was taken to a military base and safely detonated Delicate operation: The explosive was taken to a military base and safely detonated Boat traffic was also halted and access to several coastal roads was blocked to ensure safe and clear passage for the bomb disposal experts as they moved it to a military base to be detonated. The explosive was discovered in the city about a week ago, when construction workers accidentally pierced the bomb with their equipment. More... * Heil Hollywood: The Los Angeles bunker from which Hitler planned to run Nazi empire after the war * Overjoyed with life: War photographer Giles Duley lost three limbs after stepping on a landmine, now he is the only civilian being treated at Headley Court The bomb's ignition system no longer works but the sheer amount of explosives - 1,400 pounds - made it dangerous, according to the regional government. It had apparently been buried by German soldiers, who had planned to destroy the city's port, as they retreated near the end of the war. Evacuated: About 1,000 people around the port area of the city of Marseille (pictured) were told to leave while the bomb was removed Evacuated: About 1,000 people around the port area of the city of Marseille (pictured) were told to leave while the bomb was removed Share or comment on this article * * * * * MOST WATCHED NEWS VIDEOS * Previous * 1 * 2 * 3 * Next * [video-undefined-1999445400000578-235_154x115.jpg] Moment heavily pregnant woman hits belly with HAMMER * [video-undefined-198E487900000578-345_154x115.jpg] Prank goes sour when girlfriend admits she's cheated too * [video-undefined-1997F71300000578-787_154x115.jpg] Take a glimpse inside the world of competitive TWERKING * [video-undefined-19962A1300000578-940_154x115.jpg] VIDEO: Wedding Gangnam Style dance ends with three dead * [video-undefined-19965DBE00000578-782_154x115.jpg] Timelapse illustrates the history or religion in under two... * [video-undefined-19738EC700000578-572_154x115.jpg] Former Co-op bank chief caught on camera in 'crystal meth... * [video-undefined-1995F16300000578-673_154x115.jpg] Terrifying moment subway passenger is shot in the face * [video-undefined-1998ACB900000578-191_154x115.jpg] 'There's a BOMB on this plane.' 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[5380909_p.jpg?cb=20131124] LES M, ROMFORD UK, 1 year ago Send it back to Berlin!! 3 2 Click to rate [3515928_p.jpg?cb=20131124] DB1, Nottingham ENGLAND, 1 year ago I take my hat off to the people on here who can even identify this bomb as being of British origin, to the uneducated (in this case me lol) it just looks like any other bomb, the comments about the guy wearing his hard hat also gave me a smile even though it is Monday! 1 11 Click to rate [4201172_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Chris, Lichfield, 1 year ago mmmmmm that is some tail lift to pick that up! Looks mostly empty....I am an Ordinance. - Professor Tickle, Hove Actually the Malvinas., 19/3/2012 7:13 mmmmmm, obviously not in tail lifts - the headline says it weighs a ton, the story says it weighs 1400lbs (0.62 tons), and a quick look at the Palfinger website reveals that they make tail lifts which will lift 1500kgs (1.5 tons). It's therefore some completely-unremarkable, easily-available, ex-stock tail lift. Incidentally, I doubt whether you're in Ordinance either - my Dad was in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, I don't believe there was ever an Ordinance Corps. 1 6 Click to rate [4201172_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Chris, Lichfield, 1 year ago Send it back to where it came from - Tom, Surrey, 18/3/2012 19:58 As another commenter has suggested that it's actually one of ours I don't think that's a good idea! 0 22 Click to rate [4116018_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Chris, Staffordshire, 1 year ago ''mmmmmm that is some tail lift to pick that up! Looks mostly empty....I am an Ordinance'' ...... Stop right there. If you are in Ordinance then you should know it is spelt 'Ordnance' unless of course you are going on to say you make the laws which are Ordinances. 1 19 Click to rate [5019675_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Patrick, Belfast, 1 year ago Headline says....'One ton bomb'....text says 1400 pounds. For the further education of DM reporters - one ton is 2240 lbs. No, I don't think the weight of the casing was the additional 640 lbs. - Steve , England, 19/3/2012 08:34******and if you look closely, the bomb actually appears to be an RAF 1000 pounder. Could have been buried on purpose, but more likely failed to detonate and just got buried in rubble. 0 18 Click to rate [4466089_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Rosbif, Paris, France, 1 year ago The bomb disposal guy is in the bottom of a ditch, surrounded by rocks and crumbling masonry.......hence de hard hat. 2 25 Click to rate [6231585_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Paul, Leeds, 1 year ago Sneaky blighters. 2 13 Click to rate [4094445_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Steve , England, 1 year ago Headline says....'One ton bomb'....text says 1400 pounds. For the further education of DM reporters - one ton is 2240 lbs. No, I don't think the weight of the casing was the additional 640 lbs. 7 25 Click to rate [4042117_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Alistair Hillier Manser, Sandbanks UK, 1 year ago If I was a construction worker and had uncovered this bomb I think I would have very damp smelly underpants now. 4 50 Click to rate The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [topcommenter.png] Who is this week's top commenter? 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Dannii Minogue sports wild, voluminous hair as she drags her own luggage through the airport Case of bed-head * Susan Boyle ordered by doctors to give up chocolate and sweets after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Susan Boyle battles to give up chocolate and sweets after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Singer, 52, has very sweet tooth * Becoming a great-grandfather for the first time 'is not particularly fascinating' to rocker Mick Jagger... according to bemused daughter Jade 'Not particularly fascinating': Mick Jagger's verdict on becoming a great-grandfather for first time Jade Jagger's daughter expecting first child * Clear skin: Glee actress Lea Michele showed off beautifully clear skin as she left the Montage Spa in Beverly Hills on Saturday Make-up free Lea Michele looks radiant as she heads home after a relaxing spa session Tough few months but her skin isn't showing signs of stress * Special episode: The 50th anniversary who featured multiple Doctors, including David Tennant (left), John Hurt as the War Doctor (middle) and Matt Smith Delusional, zany and a timely reminder of why Matt Smith and David Tennant are so irritating JIM SHELLEY'S verdict on 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who * Ordeal: Vinnie Jones and his wife Tanya are both battling cancer, it has been revealed today 'I'll fight it with everything I've got': Vinnie Jones and wife reveal they are BOTH battling skin cancer Both have had a number of growths removed * Candice Swanepoel shows off impeccable body in skimpy swimwear as she poses in St Bart's for Victoria's Secret photo shoot Candice Swanepoel shows off impeccable body in skimpy swimwear as she poses in St Bart's for Victoria's Secret photoshoot In sensational shape * One Direction have amassed an estimated £60 million fortune so far, making them the wealthiest British celebrities under 30 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: On the road with One Direction... the girls, the madness... fame-wise, this is bigger than The Beatles Five days in Australia * Sherlock's alive! Season three trailer reveals detective LIVES after terrifying roof fall Sherlock's alive! Season three trailer reveals detective LIVES after terrifying roof fall Viewers wondered how he could have survived the fall * Hilaria Baldwin gazes adoringly at baby Carmen as she marks her daughter's three-month birthday Hilaria Baldwin gazes adoringly at baby Carmen as she marks her daughter's three-month birthday Proud mum posted sweet snap * One Direction releases preview of their new video Through the Dark One Direction releases preview of their new video Through the Dark Debuted clip during seven-hour livestream event 1D Day * Are they meant for walking? Miranda Kerr turns the streets of New York into a catwalk in some sexy thigh-high boots Are they meant for walking? Miranda Kerr turns the streets of New York into a catwalk in daring thigh-high boots Some serious heels * Heidi Klum and Seal reunite for son's birthday bash at go-kart racing track... as her boyfriend Martin Kristen also joins in the festivities Heidi Klum and Seal reunite for son's birthday bash at go-kart racing track... as her boyfriend Martin Kristen also joins in the festivities * Angelina Jolie showers twins Vivienne and Knox with kisses and cuddles as she takes a break from directing new film in Sydney Angelina Jolie showers twins Vivienne and Knox with kisses and cuddles as she takes a break from directing new film in Sydney Quality time off set * Just pick one already! Kylie Jenner spotted meeting up with rapper Lil Twist... just days after jewellery shopping with Jaden Smith Just pick one! Kylie Jenner spotted with rapper Lil Twist... just days after jewellery shopping with Jaden Smith Is she seeing both? * Joey Essex Joey Essex is jubilant after completing I'm A Celebrity's scary submarine challenge... despite his fear of crocodiles Joey faced his fear * Amy Willerton Is that their new love nest? Joey Essex and Amy Willerton look round the Tree House Of Love as they decide it will be their new sleeping place * Natalie Gumede Natalie Gumede once again tops the leaderboard with tricky Tango....as Strictly judges get tough on contestants as they edge closer to the final * Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'I don't want to do a filthy dirty Rumba:' Brendan Cole hits back at Strictly judges who want to see a 'sexier' dance with Sophie Ellis-Bextor * Rochelle Humes Taking a new step: Rochelle Humes is set to become a contestant in the 2013 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special * Naughty vs. Nice: Nicole Scherzinger is devilish in black cutaway gown while Sharon is angelic in white on The X Factor Naughty vs. Nice: Nicole Scherzinger is devilish in black cutaway gown while Sharon is angelic in white * Alessandra Ambrosio flashes her toned midriff, besotted with her cute toddler Noah as he tries on dad Jamie Mazur's sunglasses during family excursion Look Mom, I'm a star too! Alessandra Ambrosio's son Noah dons black shades like his mother during family day out Grabbd dad's glasses * Is plastic surgery fan Sharon Osbourne fishing for compliments with ¿newly plumped¿ trout pout? Is plastic surgery fan Sharon Osbourne fishing for compliments with 'newly plumped' trout pout? Her lips appear to have been newly plumped * Caroline 'I don't have any regrets': The X Factor presenter CAROLINE FLACK on defeating her demons and dating younger men * It's all in the jeans: Molly Sims, 40, shows off her still-enviable figure after baby on outing with her two leading men It's all in the (skinny) jeans: Molly Sims, 40, shows off her still-enviable figure after baby on outing with her leading men Effortlessly cool * Shayne Ward He DID get an invite: Shayne Ward gets involved with X Factor's 10th anniversary episode after previously being snubbed It was nice to see him * Wedding bells: Pippa Middleton and boyfriend Nico Jackson, pictured on Wednesday, are said to be planning a spring wedding MOS Diary: 'A perfect wedding for Pippa, the spring bride': Duchess of Cambridge's sister and boyfriend Nico 'to marry next year' * Kate Upton shows off her cleavage as she nuzzles a horse on the beach in Western-themed shoot Kate Upton shows off her cleavage as she nuzzles a horse on the beach in Western-themed shoot Western-themed fashion shoot in Malibu * 'I found love of the purest kind': Beyoncé reveals touching tribute to daughter Blue Ivy in leaked single God Made You Beautiful 'I found love of the purest kind': Beyoncé reveals touching tribute to daughter Blue Ivy in leaked single God Made You Beautiful * Harry Styles on Kendall Jenner Is Kenry over already? Harry Styles is coy about dating Kendall Jenner on 1D Live while she gets all shy at the gym He isn't too keen about defining relationship * One Direction have amassed an estimated £60 million fortune so far, making them the wealthiest British celebrities under 30 'The girls, the madness... fame-wise, this is bigger than The Beatles': On the road with One Direction Why One Direction aren't just a pop band.. * Stick-thin Taylor Swift hits the trails to hike in Los Angeles... looking like she should be consuming calories, not burning them! Taylor Swift puts her long legs on display in tiny shorts as she enjoys a hike with buddy Ed Sheeran Pop star, 23, showed off her small frame * Simon Cowell brings pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman along for a 'great time' at the One Direction 1D event in LA Simon Cowell brings pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman along for a 'great time' at the One Direction 1D event in LA * Lauren Silverman at airport Flight of fancy! Lauren Silverman can't hide her increasing bump as she catches a plane back to New York to see her son Pregnant hasn't slowed the socialite down * 'Relieved' Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness link arms as they walk in New York following his skin cancer revelation: 'I'm glad we caught it,' he said Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness enjoy a romantic city stroll following his skin cancer revelation * Yasmin Le Bon Lights, camera, Yasmin... Mrs Le Bon takes the selfie to a jaw-dropping new level Added an extra-large helping of glamour to the 'selfie' fad * Miley Cyrus' milestone 21st birthday celebrations are sullied after her house is burglarised and 'personal items' are stolen Miley Cyrus' milestone 21st birthday celebrations are marred after her house is burglarised and 'personal items' are stolen * Ireland Baldwin shows off athletic figure in tight leggings and a sports bra as she practices gymnastics in her living room Ireland Baldwin shows off athletic figure in tight leggings and a sports bra as she practices gymnastics in her living room * Kelly, who was celebrating her 34th birthday on Saturday night, arrived at her birthday celebrations wearing an eye-catching glitzy blue sequin jumpsuit, with a plunging neckline Talk of the town! Kelly Brook celebrates birthday in sparkly blue playsuit as she puts Katie Price feud behind her Katie who? * reality television star Lucy Mecklenburgh is seen arriving at Bennihana Japanese Steakhouse The Only Way Is ONESIE: Brunette TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh stuns in paisley jumpsuit as she partied and turns heads on Chelsea's King's Road * Helena Christensen, 44, holds her own against 20 years younger Hayden Panettiere in daring and sexy sheer ensemble at star-studded charity auction Helena Christensen, 44, holds her own against 20 years younger Hayden Panettiere in daring and sexy sheer ensemble at star-studded auction * Katie Holmes looks a bit worse for the wear on set of The Giver The magic of make-up! Katie Holmes beats the jet lag on set of The Giver after gruelling week of travel and filming Remarkably rested * amy I'm A Celebrity's Amy Willerton denies fling with Russell Brand... and gets increasingly close with co-star Joey Essex She spends her days flirting outrageously * Little Mix leave The Riverside Studios Perrie Edwards turns heads in a plaid skirt suit as Little Mix turn on the style outside BBC studio Little Mix had clearly enjoyed themselves * Happy Birthday: Heavily pregnant Kerry Katona celebrates fiancé George Kay's 40th on Saturday Ready to pop: Kerry Katona swathes her baby bump in black and white collared dress to celebrate fiancé's 40th birthday * Something smells off here! Shirtless Justin Bieber poses with a wedding cake¿ but it¿s only in video for new fragrance Something smells off here! Shirtless Justin Bieber poses with a wedding cake but it's only in video for new fragrance Shows his romantic side * 'Flexed up!' Vain Justin Bieber posts topless picture of himself performing on stage 'Flexed up!' Vain Justin Bieber posts topless picture of himself performing on stage He desperately wants to be known for his ripped body * Robbie Williams Robbie Williams is mobbed by fans ahead of performing on an Italian TV show...after admitting he does not want wife Ayda Field to go back to work * Trouble in paradise? Millie has banned her man from INK in Leicester Square after his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving Furious Millie bans husband Professor Green from his own London nightclub MoS Diary: After his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving * Meet my fiance! Whitney Port steps out with her husband-to-be Tim Rosenman for the first time since they announced their engagement Meet my fiance! Whitney Port steps out with husband-to-be Tim Rosenman for the first time since announcing their engagement Ccelebrated over lunch * Watching her go? Doug Hutchison struggles not to stare at his soon-to-be ex wife Courtney Stodden the day after she stepped out with Anna Nicole Smith's former love Edward Lozzi Doug Hutchison can't keep his eyes off soon-to-be ex wife Courtney Stodden... the day after she stepped out with Anna Nicole Smith's former love * Girls day out! Maria Shriver and her daughters hit the mall on a bonding shopping trip Girls day out! Bare-faced Maria Shriver hits the mall with her daughters for a bonding shopping trip The 58-year-old looked as youthful as ever * Make-up free Selma Blair goes bra-less but keeps her figure covered up in baggy grunge attire Make-up free Selma Blair goes bra-less but keeps her figure covered up in baggy grunge attire Running errands in Los Angeles * She picked the right career! Designer Ashley Olsen drowns her tiny figure in a brown sack but still manages to look epic She picked the right career! Designer Ashley Olsen drowns tiny frame in a sack of a coat but still manages to look stylish * Are you taking pictures? Cara Delevingne was not best pleased about being in front of a camera with no make-up on Winter Wonderland snaps leave Cara Delevingne cold MoS Diary: She didn't want to appear in photos because she wasn't wearing any make-up * Sorry for party rocking: Rita Ora, pictured earlier this month, may face eviction if she does not turn the noise down in her West London flat Rita Ora faces music over her late-night party antics as she is threatened with eviction from London flat MoS Diary :Ignoring warnings from landlord * Gina Gershon uses body heat to stay warm during a cosy outdoor lunch with a new mystery man in New York City Gina Gershon uses body heat to stay warm during a cosy outdoor lunch with a new mystery man in New York City Showgirls star * In her stride! Fergie sweats off those post-baby pounds with a cardio run through the hills of LA Fergie sweats off those post-baby pounds with a run through the hills of LA Fergie admitted it's 'step by step' following birth * Kelly Brook PREVIEW.jpg Kelly Brook celebrates her birthday with a VERY flattering selfie...before stepping out for some retail therapy She spent last night with her girlfriends * Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer has a ball with future stepson Isaac in the park Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer has a ball with future stepson Isaac in the park The Australian actress is currently expecting her first child with fiancé Mark Webber * Best parents ever? Pregnant Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale take sons to play with real life Thomas the Tank Engines at Railroad Museum Best parents ever? Pregnant Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale take sons to play with real life Thomas the Tank Engines at Railroad Museum New Autograph M&S Optez pour un look chic et assuré cette saison avec notre nouvelle collection. more DON'T MISS * RTS AWARDS Still looking fresh-faced: Lucy-Jo Hudson glowed as she and husband Alan Halsall attend RTS Awards * Josh Hutcherson spoofs The Hunger Games on SNL after appearing shirtless and mud-covered in gritty Tyler Shields shoot Josh Hutcherson spoofs The Hunger Games on SNL after appearing shirtless and covered in mud in gritty Tyler Shields shoot Fight to the death * That's hilarious! Kimberly Williams-Paisley laughs off suggestions that her country superstar husband Brad is cheating on her with Carrie Underwood 'I hope it helps our careers!' Kimberly Williams-Paisley laughs off rumours that country superstar husband Brad is cheating on her with Carrie Underwood * Lauren Pope steps out in London She's been tangoed! Lauren Pope upstages TOWIE pal Chloe Sims in an orange PVC skirt at exclusive club launch The two friends stepped out on a chilly Friday * Eloise Mumford cast as Anastasia Steele's best friend Kate in Fifty Shades of Grey Eloise Mumford cast as Anastasia Steele's best friend Kate in Fifty Shades of Grey A relative unknown who made her TV debut in the Fox series Lone Star * Making a bold statement: Idris Elba wears striped scarf with purple T-shirt and red trousers at Mandela event with Naomie Harris Making a bold statement: Idris Elba wears striped scarf with purple T-shirt and red trousers at Mandela event with Naomie Harris * Kym Lomas Kym Lomas dazzles in a 1920s inspired gown as she attends the Gatsby Experience charity event with her Coronation Street co-stars * Catherine Tyldesley Catherine Tyldesley smoulders in busty purple gown whilst Brooke Vincent wears elegant red trousers for Corrie star 's leaving do * Sugar rush! Brandi Glanville treats her sons Jake and Mason to donuts and popsicles at soccer match Sugar rush! Brandi Glanville treats her sons Jake and Mason to donuts and popsicles at soccer match At Mason's Gunners in LA * It's easy going green! Olivia Munn shows off her womanly figure as she brings some colour to a grey day in the city It's easy going green! Olivia Munn shows off her womanly figure as she brings some colour to a grey day in the city Clearly Olivia Munn has a favourite colour * Breaking out the Blue Steel! Harry Styles and Liam Payne show off their catwalk skills as they're joined by Cindy Crawford for star-studded 1D Day The One Direction boys are plagued by technical difficulties during star-studded 1D Day seven-hour livestream event... but can do no wrong in fans' eyes * The main man: Sir Bruce Forsyth is his usual sprightly self with co-host Tess Daly, but he admits he can't carry on forever 'How I'm still here, I don't know': Brucie admits he's living on borrowed time.... but insists he'll NEVER retire Strictly Come Dancing veteran * He's a natural! Orlando Bloom teaches his son Flynn the proper way to walk their dog during outing in New York He's a natural! Orlando Bloom teaches his son Flynn the proper way to walk their dog during outing in Big Apple What a family guy! * I TOLD you it was him! Nick Nolte gets stopped by fans, despite bizarre poncho and straw hat disguise I TOLD you it was him! Nick Nolte gets stopped by fans despite bizarre poncho and straw hat disguise Left Ralph's in Malibu on Saturday * Doggy day out! Denise Richards and two of her daughters take their four-legged furry friend shopping Dog day afternoon! Bare-faced Denise Richards and two of her daughters take their pooch along on shopping trip Out in California * Jude Law Hey Jude, don't be afraid: Mr Law is mobbed by fans outside the theatre doors as he completes his preview performance in Henry V * Wayne and Coleen Rooney leave Australasia Bar & Restaurant in Manchester on Friday night afetr an early dinner with her brother and his girlfriend. Dressing down: Coleen and Wayne Rooney go for the effortless look as they celebrate a relative's birthday in Manchester Dined out in Manchester * Freeze! Mena Suvari perfects her arrest pose as she is transformed into a police woman Freeze! Mena Suvari perfects her arrest pose as she is transformed into policewoman on set of new film On the set of film Badge Of Honor * Girls' night out! Heather Locklear steps out in black lace top and leggings as she lets her hair down for evening with friends Girls' night out! Heather Locklear steps out in black lace top and leggings as she lets her hair down on evening with friends * Classy: The singer looked anything but refined as she exposed some serious camel toe on stage That's NOT a good look: Lil' Kim makes a BIG fashion faux pas as she performs comeback gig in London Nearly 40, but no signs of dressing her age * Michelle Williams wrangles the elements and an enormous bouquet of flowers on her windy morning walk Michelle Williams braves the elements while hauling an enormous bouquet of flowers on her windy morning walk * Christina Milian is casual but classy in cosy cardigan as she prepares for ballroom return in Dancing With The Stars finale Earning her stripes! Christina Milian is casual but classy in cosy cardigan as she prepares for ballroom return in Dancing With The Stars finale . * He needs extra padding now! Kevin Federline wears bulky layers at sons' soccer game after recent weight loss He needs extra padding now! Kevin Federline wears bulky layers at sons' soccer game alongside wife and daughter after losing 30lbs * Behind the scenes: Carmen Electra provocatively poses in lace and leather knee-high boots and plunging gold dress for 2014 calender Behind the scenes: Carmen Electra provocatively poses in lace and leather knee-high boots and plunging gold dress for 2014 calendar * Real Housewives' Carlton Gebbia ensure all eyes are on her in plunging sheer gown at breast cancer event honouring her mother Real Housewives' Carlton Gebbia ensure all eyes are on her in plunging sheer gown at breast cancer event honouring her mother * Rihanna bonds with a young fan at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Friday He's not a rude boy: Rihanna bonds with a young fan as they cheer on their team at NBA clash Front row seats to watch LA Lakers * Florence Welch chats on her cellphone Going with the flo(rals): Florence Welch steps out in a flowery jacket for a walk in New York's High Line Park Out enjoying an afternoon stroll * American Horror Story's resident witch Emma Roberts has legs like broomsticks in skinny jeans American Horror Story's resident witch Emma Roberts has legs like broomsticks in skinny jeans Taking a break from filming FX show * During Tuesday night¿s game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks, an absolutely incredible dance-off took place between a young fan and an usher. Crowd goes wild as usher takes on young fan in dance battle at Detroit Pistons game During game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks * Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and North West go out for dinner in New York City Kanye West takes break from sold-out Yeezus tour to play hands-on dad to baby North on date night with fiancee Kim Kardashian Paternal side on show * And there he is! Jessica Simpson's fiance Eric Johnson finally gives the world a proper glimpse of their sweet baby boy Ace Knute And there he is! Jessica Simpson's fiancé Eric Johnson gives the world a proper glimpse of their sweet baby boy Ace Knute Almost five months old * Candice Swanepoel puts her incredible figure on display in skimpy coral two-piece for beachside Victoria's Secret shoot Candice Swanepoel puts her incredible figure on display in skimpy coral two-piece for beachside Victoria's Secret shoot Posed at St Bart's * Jasmin Walia What are you wearing? TOWIE's Jasmin Walia flashes the flesh in crazy cut-out dress at 2013 Urban Music Awards * Look away now, Bruce! Rumer Willis strips down to lacy underwear as she digs mud with giant machete for sexy Tyler Shields photoshoot Look away now, Bruce! Rumer Willis strips down to underwear as she gets dirty in the mud in racy Tyler Shields photoshoot * Ollie Locke Beauty is pain: Ollie Locke enjoys an 'essential' oxygen facial as he enjoys he free time after leaving Made In Chelsea Has them regularly * Rebecca Adlington I'm A Celebrity's Rebecca Adlington covers up in swimsuit as body confident Amy Willerton showers in bikini First week in the jungle * Vincent Simone and Annabel Giles 'I want to be the jungle's sex symbol': Newcomers Vincent Simone and Annabel Giles make their mark on I'm A Celebrity... * Burke She's got some front: X Factor's Alexandra Burke wows fans as she heads out in buxom bodice dress She recently posed nude for a PETA campaign * Harry Harry SMILES: One Direction star Harry Styles beams as he joins bandmates for album launch party in LA He is the embodiment of boy power * Wanted woman! Max George's model girlfriend Nina Agdal shows how she caught the eye of one of England's most eligible bachelors in a variety of barely-there bikinis Wanted woman! Max George's girlfriend Nina Agdal shows how she caught the singer's eye in series of barely-there bikinis On photoshoot * Harry Styles Table for one, please: Harry Styles leaves LA restaurant on his lonesome...a day after dining at the SAME place with Kendall Jenner At Craig's on Thursday * Myleene Klass I'm A Celebrity's Wright slips into a white bikini as he takes a shower in jungle pool 48-year-old slipped into bikini to impersonate Myleene Klass * Forty and fabulous! Brooke Shields, 48, and Padma Lakshmi, 43, dazzle in figure-hugging frocks at Power Lunch For Women event Forty and fabulous! Brooke Shields, 48, and Padma Lakshmi, 43, dazzle in figure-hugging frocks at Power Lunch For Women event * Revealed: Kanye West and Lamar Odom won't appear in Kardashian Christmas card... but Bruce Jenner stays in the frame Revealed: Kanye West and Lamar Odom won't appear in Kardashian Christmas card... but Bruce Jenner stays in the frame * diaz Cameron Diaz flashes her toned leg in racy frock while filming scene as Miss Hannigan for Annie remake One of the meanest characters in theatre * denise Denise Richards emerges laden with bags after treating herself to a high-end shopping spree It took two trips to the store to load the car! * Shopping for baby! Hilary Duff hits the mall with adorable son Luca to buy him some new shoes Shopping for baby! Hilary Duff hits the mall with adorable son Luca to buy him some new shoes Had lots of fun trying them on * That's a different look for her! Carmen Electra covers up in stylish coat and leggings as she arrives at LAX That's a different look for her! Carmen Electra covers up in stylish coat and leggings as she arrives at LAX She was looking very voluptuous * 'We need to smile more': Khloe Kardashian fails to follow her own advice as she looks sullen before jetting out of Australia 'We need to smile more': Khloe Kardashian fails to follow her own advice as she looks sullen before jetting out of Australia * 'The thought of someone else pleasing my wife sexually fills me with dread and leaves me feeling so inadequate it's almost intolerable' I'm having nightmares about my wife's sex life with old boyfriends This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man who keeps having irrational thoughts * Achy breaking it in! Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Noah take Miley's birthday trike for a spin Achy breaking it in! Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Noah take Miley's $30K birthday trike for a spin Went for a ride in Los Angeles * Naughty Joan Rivers! Fashion Police host sneaks her pooch out of airplane crate, urging the internet to 'say nothing' Naughty Joan Rivers! Fashion Police host sneaks her pooch out of airplane crate while urging her internet fans to 'say nothing' One mischievous lady ! * 'I stink... but that was awesome': I'm A Celebrity... star Amy Willerton wins seven stars for camp after completing The Hang Glider From Hell Bushtucker Trial 'I stink... but that was awesome': I'm A Celebrity... star Amy Willerton wins seven stars for camp after completing The Hang Glider From Hell trial * Not so long ago she said caring for her daughter Dolly came above exercising. But Chantelle Houghton has changed her mind on exercising with a personal trainer Hang loose: Chantelle Houghton hires personal trainer to beat the bulge with park work session wearing unflattering gym wear Been living off junk food * Around 1 in 20 Britons are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome which causes pain and numbness in the hands Kneading dough has ruined my hands, says Paul Hollywood Nerve damage would lead to a complete loss of sensation in his hands if untreated * Guess Who's Back (together): Eminem and ex-wife Kim Scott rekindle their romance... seven years after SECOND divorce Guess Who's Back (together): Eminem and ex-wife Kim Scott 'rekindle their romance...' seven years after SECOND divorce Third time's a charm * John Stamos tries to smooch a pooch while Beth Stern literally cannot handle how many cute puppies there are at animal rescue event Howard Stern's wife Beth snuggles a tiny pup while John Stamos tries to smooch a pooch at animal rescue event Adorable hounds stole the show New Autograph M&S Optez pour un look chic et assuré cette saison avec notre nouvelle collection. more * Today's headlines * Most Read * Happier times: Dave and Angela Dawes celebrate their 2011 EuroMillions win. Now there are reports the pressures of the fortune has caused them to split Couple who won £101m on the EuroMillions become second pair to split up as strain of handling their fortune... * The youngest of the three British 'slaves' is seen in one of several pictures sent to a neighbour who she was said to be obsessed with Pictured: British slave woman, 30, who sent 'scented love letters and photographs to the neighbour she was... * Trainees on the spy apprenticeship scheme will be based for their first year at GCHQ's premises in Cheltenham The school leaver spies: Secret services offer apprenticeships to 18-year-olds to train them in cyber... * High-level talks: US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and his French counterpart, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius History is made as Iran agrees with world powers to freeze nuclear program for six months * President and Mrs. Kennedy Will 'long-hidden footage of second shooter' to be aired this week prove Lee Harvey Oswald did NOT act... * Former apprentice players claim they were abused by senior footballers at Stoke City FC Stoke City rocked by historic abuse claims: Former apprentice players allege they suffered 'humiliating'... * Monday magic: People are most productive at 10.01am on Monday mornings according to a new study We DO like Mondays! People feel most alert and are at their most efficient at 10am on the first day of the... * Ordeal: Vinnie Jones and his wife Tanya are both battling cancer, it has been revealed 'I'll fight it with everything I've got': Vinnie Jones and wife reveal they are BOTH battling skin cancer * Cheesy and proud: The Labour leader happily picked sing-a-long anthems to soundtrack his desert island At least he's not trying to be cool: Ed Miliband names A-ha and Robbie Williams as his Desert Island Discs * The Labour leader opened up about his troubled relationship with brother David Miliband (right) pictured here in 2010 Ed Miliband says rift with brother David 'hasn't fully healed' as he reveals he fell for Justine at a Robbie... * beautiful singles Meet the world's most stunning singletons! Dating site for beautiful people launches glossy calendar... * Melinda Reid with her mother Debra 2010 'She knows what she's put us through, but it's so hard leaving her': The agony of Melissa Reid's anguished... * Scientists have found that a family of Neanderthals were killed and eaten by their fellow ancient humans (file picture) Group of cannibal Neanderthals 'butchered 12 of their neighbours including children and ate them for... * Murderer: Peter Sutcliffe, pictured, is in prison having been convicted of 13 murders, but retired officer Chris Clark says he could have committed more Did the Yorkshire Ripper kill SEVENTEEN more women? Retired policeman 'strongly believes' catalogue of... * Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough will bring to life a dozen iconic skeletal and fossilised exhibits in London's Natural History Museum Attenborough's Night at the Museum: Sir David brings dinosaur fossils back to life for stunning 3D movie set... * conrad murray 'No, I didn't kill Michael. He did it himself... with a massive overdose using his own stash': What really... * The Step Up To Serve launch at Buckingham Palace with HRH Prince Charles and Party leaders David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband Normally we tear strips off each other! 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Marseille skyline lit up by fiery displays as it celebrates status as European Capital of Culture * Artistic collective Carabosse Company lit 6,000 buckets of fire for display * Giant flame sculptures illuminated city's Old Harbour By Rosie Taylor PUBLISHED: 17:26 GMT, 4 May 2013 | UPDATED: 20:13 GMT, 4 May 2013 * * * * 15 View comments The skyline above the ancient city of Marseille burst into flame yesterday. But far from being some terrible disaster, the dramatic scene was actually a carefully orchestrated stunt by artistic collective Carabosse Company. The French group, which specialises in creating 'fire gardens', lit more than 6,000 small fires contained in buckets which were fixed to giant sculptures around the city's Old Harbour. The display was part of Marseille's cultural celebrations as it is the 2013 European Capital of Culture. The French city of Marseille is lit up by fire displays as it celebrates being the European Capital of Culture The French city of Marseille is lit up by fire displays as it celebrates being the European Capital of Culture The city's Old Harbour is illuminated by more than 6,000 pots of fire beneath the imposing figure of the Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica The city's Old Harbour is illuminated by more than 6,000 pots of fire beneath the imposing figure of the Notre-Dame de la Garde Basilica The event was put on as part of the Marseille-Provence 2013 cultural celebrations The event was put on as part of the Marseille-Provence 2013 cultural celebrations The two-day display started last night and will take place again tonight, but with a different arrangement of sculptures. Carabosse named the event Le Vieux Port: entre flammes et flots - meaning The Old Harbour: between flames and waves. More... * Congratulations, Keira! Star skips for joy as she marries rock star boyfriend in front of just 11 guests in low-key French ceremony * Britney Spears among 4,000 wealthy Malibu residents who risk losing their homes as wild fire spreads over 43 square miles Marseille is France's second-largest city after Paris and is thought to be the country's oldest, with remains showing humans settled in the region around 30,000 years ago. The Old Harbour area has been recently redeveloped, but architectural remains show it may date back to Ancient Greek times. Fires were lit in pots fixed to specially-built sculptures around the city's Old Harbour Fires were lit in pots fixed to specially-built sculptures around the city's Old Harbour Crowds flocked to the see display, which was organised by artistic collective Carabosse Company Crowds flocked to the see display, which was organised by artistic collective Carabosse Company Carabosse Company ignited several dramatic sculptures for the display, named 'The Old Harbour, between flames and waves' Carabosse Company ignited several dramatic sculptures for the display, named 'The Old Harbour, between flames and waves' The free event was open to families and there appeared to be little restrictions stopping members of the public from getting up close to the flames. Thousands of buckets containing small fires were fixed to metal sculptures, set floating in the quays and hung from bridges. One sculpture was a series of arches of flame, which created a 300m-long tunnel visitors could walk through. The largest sculpture reached 35m into the air. Pedestrians were able to walk freely through the installation in Marseille's streets Pedestrians were able to walk freely through the installation in Marseille's streets A walkway of rings of fire stretched for 300m along the city's streets A walkway of rings of fire stretched for 300m along the city's streets Visitors were excited about being able to get up close to the fiery art installation Visitors were excited about being able to get up close to the fiery art installation Marseille, in the south of France, came alive with light during the evening Marseille, in the south of France, came alive with light during the evening Local media estimated between 180,000 and 200,000 people came to view the display last night. Jean-Francois Chougnet, director general of Marseille Provence 2013, said crowds enjoyed a 'friendly atmosphere' and that there were no incidents like injuries or arrests. The flames were lit at 8.30pm by 60 members of the company dubbed 'flame lighters'. Carabosse Company are known for their dramatic 'fire gardens' Carabosse Company are known for their dramatic 'fire gardens' The artistic collective has previously put on displays in the UK, including at Brighton, Milton Keynes and Stonehenge The artistic collective has previously put on displays in the UK, including at Brighton, Milton Keynes and Stonehenge Marseille is twinned with the Slovakian city of Kosice as European Capital of Culture 2013. The two cities replace Guimarães, in Portugal, and Maribor, in Slovenia, which were the culture capitals in 2012. The accolade was initiated in 1985 with the aim of bringing Europeans closer together by celebrating culture. It provides cities with the opportunity to spend a year focusing on a high-profile arts and culture programme, which brings knock-on economic boosts to the region. Athens was the first capital of culture. Since 2000, more than one city has been able to hold the title at once. Marseille and Kosice in Slovakia are the 2013 European Capitals of Culture, replacing 2012 cities Guimarães in Portugal and Maribor, Slovenia Marseille and Kosice in Slovakia are the 2013 European Capitals of Culture, replacing 2012 cities Guimarães in Portugal and Maribor, Slovenia Share or comment on this article * * * * * MOST WATCHED NEWS VIDEOS * Previous * 1 * 2 * 3 * Next * [video-undefined-1999445400000578-235_154x115.jpg] Moment heavily pregnant woman hits belly with HAMMER * [video-undefined-198E487900000578-345_154x115.jpg] Prank goes sour when girlfriend admits she's cheated too * [video-undefined-1997F71300000578-787_154x115.jpg] Take a glimpse inside the world of competitive TWERKING * [video-undefined-19962A1300000578-940_154x115.jpg] VIDEO: Wedding Gangnam Style dance ends with three dead * [video-undefined-19965DBE00000578-782_154x115.jpg] Timelapse illustrates the history or religion in under two... * [video-undefined-19738EC700000578-572_154x115.jpg] Former Co-op bank chief caught on camera in 'crystal meth... * [video-undefined-1995F16300000578-673_154x115.jpg] Terrifying moment subway passenger is shot in the face * [video-undefined-1998ACB900000578-191_154x115.jpg] 'There's a BOMB on this plane.' 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Also there is no point going to Turkey to see culture unless you want to see Greek, Roman or Byzantine culture...nothing Turkish though!!!! 4 15 Click to rate [5079179_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Resnam, Sandbanks, 6 months ago European capital of culture? Well don't go to arrondissement 13 then. Been there. Never again. If you don't believe me look at Trip Advisor. 11 23 Click to rate [4466076_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Riff, London, 6 months ago The trouble with the EU is that it sucks the individuality out of countries and makes them all look and feel the same. Just makes me want to go to places like Turkey instead. 19 6 Click to rate [3313187_p.jpg?cb=20131124] JOANNE, LEICESTER, United Kingdom, 6 months ago Like all cities rough parts - bit I noticed groups of young louts target women tourists effectively pestering them - young rapper types who think tey are gods gift should be locked up. 5 36 Click to rate [6282818_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Franky mac, Canning town, 6 months ago Violent and anti English 116 19 Click to rate [4746774_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Ashford, Marseille, 6 months ago Have lived in and around Marseille for 29 years. It has good & bad points like any other big city. I've never had any problems concerning the town. 7 45 Click to rate [5312948_p.jpg?cb=20131124] Katex, Expat, 6 months ago I am originally from Marseilles though I lived in the UK for a while and now in the Netherlands. I am very shocked by the comments made on this site. Yes Marseilles has its problems - the same I witnessed in Liverpool and Glasgow - but it is also a beautiful city with beautiful people and a lot of things to see. We are very proud of our city being capital city of culture and we hope it will bring more tourists and more frequentation in the area. Don't judge before you try. As of being mugged, it is indeed a bad experience, but it never happened to me in 21 years so let's not make generalities. 19 72 Click to rate [4717102_p.jpg?cb=20131124] expat, Gaborone, 6 months ago Thanks for the Sunday morning laugh. I agree with the article - EU culture of thuggery and theft. 127 28 Click to rate [4308143_p.jpg?cb=20131124] The Red Arrow King, London, 6 months ago I got mugged in marseille. 24 37 Click to rate The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [topcommenter.png] Who is this week's top commenter? 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Lauren Silverman can't hide her increasing bump as she catches a plane back to New York to see her son Pregnant hasn't slowed the socialite down * 'Relieved' Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness link arms as they walk in New York following his skin cancer revelation: 'I'm glad we caught it,' he said Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness enjoy a romantic city stroll following his skin cancer revelation * Yasmin Le Bon Lights, camera, Yasmin... Mrs Le Bon takes the selfie to a jaw-dropping new level Added an extra-large helping of glamour to the 'selfie' fad * Miley Cyrus' milestone 21st birthday celebrations are sullied after her house is burglarised and 'personal items' are stolen Miley Cyrus' milestone 21st birthday celebrations are marred after her house is burglarised and 'personal items' are stolen * Ireland Baldwin shows off athletic figure in tight leggings and a sports bra as she practices gymnastics in her living room Ireland Baldwin shows off athletic figure in tight leggings and a sports bra as she practices gymnastics in her living room * Kelly, who was celebrating her 34th birthday on Saturday night, arrived at her birthday celebrations wearing an eye-catching glitzy blue sequin jumpsuit, with a plunging neckline Talk of the town! Kelly Brook celebrates birthday in sparkly blue playsuit as she puts Katie Price feud behind her Katie who? * reality television star Lucy Mecklenburgh is seen arriving at Bennihana Japanese Steakhouse The Only Way Is ONESIE: Brunette TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh stuns in paisley jumpsuit as she partied and turns heads on Chelsea's King's Road * Helena Christensen, 44, holds her own against 20 years younger Hayden Panettiere in daring and sexy sheer ensemble at star-studded charity auction Helena Christensen, 44, holds her own against 20 years younger Hayden Panettiere in daring and sexy sheer ensemble at star-studded auction * Katie Holmes looks a bit worse for the wear on set of The Giver The magic of make-up! Katie Holmes beats the jet lag on set of The Giver after gruelling week of travel and filming Remarkably rested * amy I'm A Celebrity's Amy Willerton denies fling with Russell Brand... and gets increasingly close with co-star Joey Essex She spends her days flirting outrageously * Little Mix leave The Riverside Studios Perrie Edwards turns heads in a plaid skirt suit as Little Mix turn on the style outside BBC studio Little Mix had clearly enjoyed themselves * Happy Birthday: Heavily pregnant Kerry Katona celebrates fiancé George Kay's 40th on Saturday Ready to pop: Kerry Katona swathes her baby bump in black and white collared dress to celebrate fiancé's 40th birthday * Something smells off here! Shirtless Justin Bieber poses with a wedding cake¿ but it¿s only in video for new fragrance Something smells off here! Shirtless Justin Bieber poses with a wedding cake but it's only in video for new fragrance Shows his romantic side * 'Flexed up!' Vain Justin Bieber posts topless picture of himself performing on stage 'Flexed up!' Vain Justin Bieber posts topless picture of himself performing on stage He desperately wants to be known for his ripped body * Robbie Williams Robbie Williams is mobbed by fans ahead of performing on an Italian TV show...after admitting he does not want wife Ayda Field to go back to work * Trouble in paradise? Millie has banned her man from INK in Leicester Square after his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving Furious Millie bans husband Professor Green from his own London nightclub MoS Diary: After his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving * Meet my fiance! Whitney Port steps out with her husband-to-be Tim Rosenman for the first time since they announced their engagement Meet my fiance! Whitney Port steps out with husband-to-be Tim Rosenman for the first time since announcing their engagement Ccelebrated over lunch * Watching her go? Doug Hutchison struggles not to stare at his soon-to-be ex wife Courtney Stodden the day after she stepped out with Anna Nicole Smith's former love Edward Lozzi Doug Hutchison can't keep his eyes off soon-to-be ex wife Courtney Stodden... the day after she stepped out with Anna Nicole Smith's former love * Girls day out! Maria Shriver and her daughters hit the mall on a bonding shopping trip Girls day out! Bare-faced Maria Shriver hits the mall with her daughters for a bonding shopping trip The 58-year-old looked as youthful as ever * Make-up free Selma Blair goes bra-less but keeps her figure covered up in baggy grunge attire Make-up free Selma Blair goes bra-less but keeps her figure covered up in baggy grunge attire Running errands in Los Angeles * She picked the right career! Designer Ashley Olsen drowns her tiny figure in a brown sack but still manages to look epic She picked the right career! Designer Ashley Olsen drowns tiny frame in a sack of a coat but still manages to look stylish * Are you taking pictures? Cara Delevingne was not best pleased about being in front of a camera with no make-up on Winter Wonderland snaps leave Cara Delevingne cold MoS Diary: She didn't want to appear in photos because she wasn't wearing any make-up * Sorry for party rocking: Rita Ora, pictured earlier this month, may face eviction if she does not turn the noise down in her West London flat Rita Ora faces music over her late-night party antics as she is threatened with eviction from London flat MoS Diary :Ignoring warnings from landlord * Gina Gershon uses body heat to stay warm during a cosy outdoor lunch with a new mystery man in New York City Gina Gershon uses body heat to stay warm during a cosy outdoor lunch with a new mystery man in New York City Showgirls star * In her stride! Fergie sweats off those post-baby pounds with a cardio run through the hills of LA Fergie sweats off those post-baby pounds with a run through the hills of LA Fergie admitted it's 'step by step' following birth * Kelly Brook PREVIEW.jpg Kelly Brook celebrates her birthday with a VERY flattering selfie...before stepping out for some retail therapy She spent last night with her girlfriends * Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer has a ball with future stepson Isaac in the park Heavily pregnant Teresa Palmer has a ball with future stepson Isaac in the park The Australian actress is currently expecting her first child with fiancé Mark Webber * Best parents ever? Pregnant Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale take sons to play with real life Thomas the Tank Engines at Railroad Museum Best parents ever? Pregnant Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale take sons to play with real life Thomas the Tank Engines at Railroad Museum New Autograph M&S Optez pour un look chic et assuré cette saison avec notre nouvelle collection. more DON'T MISS * RTS AWARDS Still looking fresh-faced: Lucy-Jo Hudson glowed as she and husband Alan Halsall attend RTS Awards * Josh Hutcherson spoofs The Hunger Games on SNL after appearing shirtless and mud-covered in gritty Tyler Shields shoot Josh Hutcherson spoofs The Hunger Games on SNL after appearing shirtless and covered in mud in gritty Tyler Shields shoot Fight to the death * That's hilarious! Kimberly Williams-Paisley laughs off suggestions that her country superstar husband Brad is cheating on her with Carrie Underwood 'I hope it helps our careers!' Kimberly Williams-Paisley laughs off rumours that country superstar husband Brad is cheating on her with Carrie Underwood * Lauren Pope steps out in London She's been tangoed! Lauren Pope upstages TOWIE pal Chloe Sims in an orange PVC skirt at exclusive club launch The two friends stepped out on a chilly Friday * Eloise Mumford cast as Anastasia Steele's best friend Kate in Fifty Shades of Grey Eloise Mumford cast as Anastasia Steele's best friend Kate in Fifty Shades of Grey A relative unknown who made her TV debut in the Fox series Lone Star * Making a bold statement: Idris Elba wears striped scarf with purple T-shirt and red trousers at Mandela event with Naomie Harris Making a bold statement: Idris Elba wears striped scarf with purple T-shirt and red trousers at Mandela event with Naomie Harris * Kym Lomas Kym Lomas dazzles in a 1920s inspired gown as she attends the Gatsby Experience charity event with her Coronation Street co-stars * Catherine Tyldesley Catherine Tyldesley smoulders in busty purple gown whilst Brooke Vincent wears elegant red trousers for Corrie star 's leaving do * Sugar rush! Brandi Glanville treats her sons Jake and Mason to donuts and popsicles at soccer match Sugar rush! Brandi Glanville treats her sons Jake and Mason to donuts and popsicles at soccer match At Mason's Gunners in LA * It's easy going green! Olivia Munn shows off her womanly figure as she brings some colour to a grey day in the city It's easy going green! Olivia Munn shows off her womanly figure as she brings some colour to a grey day in the city Clearly Olivia Munn has a favourite colour * Breaking out the Blue Steel! Harry Styles and Liam Payne show off their catwalk skills as they're joined by Cindy Crawford for star-studded 1D Day The One Direction boys are plagued by technical difficulties during star-studded 1D Day seven-hour livestream event... but can do no wrong in fans' eyes * The main man: Sir Bruce Forsyth is his usual sprightly self with co-host Tess Daly, but he admits he can't carry on forever 'How I'm still here, I don't know': Brucie admits he's living on borrowed time.... but insists he'll NEVER retire Strictly Come Dancing veteran * He's a natural! Orlando Bloom teaches his son Flynn the proper way to walk their dog during outing in New York He's a natural! Orlando Bloom teaches his son Flynn the proper way to walk their dog during outing in Big Apple What a family guy! * I TOLD you it was him! Nick Nolte gets stopped by fans, despite bizarre poncho and straw hat disguise I TOLD you it was him! Nick Nolte gets stopped by fans despite bizarre poncho and straw hat disguise Left Ralph's in Malibu on Saturday * Doggy day out! Denise Richards and two of her daughters take their four-legged furry friend shopping Dog day afternoon! Bare-faced Denise Richards and two of her daughters take their pooch along on shopping trip Out in California * Jude Law Hey Jude, don't be afraid: Mr Law is mobbed by fans outside the theatre doors as he completes his preview performance in Henry V * Wayne and Coleen Rooney leave Australasia Bar & Restaurant in Manchester on Friday night afetr an early dinner with her brother and his girlfriend. Dressing down: Coleen and Wayne Rooney go for the effortless look as they celebrate a relative's birthday in Manchester Dined out in Manchester * Freeze! Mena Suvari perfects her arrest pose as she is transformed into a police woman Freeze! Mena Suvari perfects her arrest pose as she is transformed into policewoman on set of new film On the set of film Badge Of Honor * Girls' night out! Heather Locklear steps out in black lace top and leggings as she lets her hair down for evening with friends Girls' night out! Heather Locklear steps out in black lace top and leggings as she lets her hair down on evening with friends * Classy: The singer looked anything but refined as she exposed some serious camel toe on stage That's NOT a good look: Lil' Kim makes a BIG fashion faux pas as she performs comeback gig in London Nearly 40, but no signs of dressing her age * Michelle Williams wrangles the elements and an enormous bouquet of flowers on her windy morning walk Michelle Williams braves the elements while hauling an enormous bouquet of flowers on her windy morning walk * Christina Milian is casual but classy in cosy cardigan as she prepares for ballroom return in Dancing With The Stars finale Earning her stripes! Christina Milian is casual but classy in cosy cardigan as she prepares for ballroom return in Dancing With The Stars finale . * He needs extra padding now! Kevin Federline wears bulky layers at sons' soccer game after recent weight loss He needs extra padding now! Kevin Federline wears bulky layers at sons' soccer game alongside wife and daughter after losing 30lbs * Behind the scenes: Carmen Electra provocatively poses in lace and leather knee-high boots and plunging gold dress for 2014 calender Behind the scenes: Carmen Electra provocatively poses in lace and leather knee-high boots and plunging gold dress for 2014 calendar * Real Housewives' Carlton Gebbia ensure all eyes are on her in plunging sheer gown at breast cancer event honouring her mother Real Housewives' Carlton Gebbia ensure all eyes are on her in plunging sheer gown at breast cancer event honouring her mother * Rihanna bonds with a young fan at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Friday He's not a rude boy: Rihanna bonds with a young fan as they cheer on their team at NBA clash Front row seats to watch LA Lakers * Florence Welch chats on her cellphone Going with the flo(rals): Florence Welch steps out in a flowery jacket for a walk in New York's High Line Park Out enjoying an afternoon stroll * American Horror Story's resident witch Emma Roberts has legs like broomsticks in skinny jeans American Horror Story's resident witch Emma Roberts has legs like broomsticks in skinny jeans Taking a break from filming FX show * During Tuesday night¿s game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks, an absolutely incredible dance-off took place between a young fan and an usher. Crowd goes wild as usher takes on young fan in dance battle at Detroit Pistons game During game between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks * Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and North West go out for dinner in New York City Kanye West takes break from sold-out Yeezus tour to play hands-on dad to baby North on date night with fiancee Kim Kardashian Paternal side on show * And there he is! Jessica Simpson's fiance Eric Johnson finally gives the world a proper glimpse of their sweet baby boy Ace Knute And there he is! Jessica Simpson's fiancé Eric Johnson gives the world a proper glimpse of their sweet baby boy Ace Knute Almost five months old * Candice Swanepoel puts her incredible figure on display in skimpy coral two-piece for beachside Victoria's Secret shoot Candice Swanepoel puts her incredible figure on display in skimpy coral two-piece for beachside Victoria's Secret shoot Posed at St Bart's * Jasmin Walia What are you wearing? TOWIE's Jasmin Walia flashes the flesh in crazy cut-out dress at 2013 Urban Music Awards * Look away now, Bruce! Rumer Willis strips down to lacy underwear as she digs mud with giant machete for sexy Tyler Shields photoshoot Look away now, Bruce! Rumer Willis strips down to underwear as she gets dirty in the mud in racy Tyler Shields photoshoot * Ollie Locke Beauty is pain: Ollie Locke enjoys an 'essential' oxygen facial as he enjoys he free time after leaving Made In Chelsea Has them regularly * Rebecca Adlington I'm A Celebrity's Rebecca Adlington covers up in swimsuit as body confident Amy Willerton showers in bikini First week in the jungle * Vincent Simone and Annabel Giles 'I want to be the jungle's sex symbol': Newcomers Vincent Simone and Annabel Giles make their mark on I'm A Celebrity... * Burke She's got some front: X Factor's Alexandra Burke wows fans as she heads out in buxom bodice dress She recently posed nude for a PETA campaign * Harry Harry SMILES: One Direction star Harry Styles beams as he joins bandmates for album launch party in LA He is the embodiment of boy power * Wanted woman! Max George's model girlfriend Nina Agdal shows how she caught the eye of one of England's most eligible bachelors in a variety of barely-there bikinis Wanted woman! Max George's girlfriend Nina Agdal shows how she caught the singer's eye in series of barely-there bikinis On photoshoot * Harry Styles Table for one, please: Harry Styles leaves LA restaurant on his lonesome...a day after dining at the SAME place with Kendall Jenner At Craig's on Thursday * Myleene Klass I'm A Celebrity's Wright slips into a white bikini as he takes a shower in jungle pool 48-year-old slipped into bikini to impersonate Myleene Klass * Forty and fabulous! Brooke Shields, 48, and Padma Lakshmi, 43, dazzle in figure-hugging frocks at Power Lunch For Women event Forty and fabulous! Brooke Shields, 48, and Padma Lakshmi, 43, dazzle in figure-hugging frocks at Power Lunch For Women event * Revealed: Kanye West and Lamar Odom won't appear in Kardashian Christmas card... but Bruce Jenner stays in the frame Revealed: Kanye West and Lamar Odom won't appear in Kardashian Christmas card... but Bruce Jenner stays in the frame * diaz Cameron Diaz flashes her toned leg in racy frock while filming scene as Miss Hannigan for Annie remake One of the meanest characters in theatre * denise Denise Richards emerges laden with bags after treating herself to a high-end shopping spree It took two trips to the store to load the car! * Shopping for baby! Hilary Duff hits the mall with adorable son Luca to buy him some new shoes Shopping for baby! Hilary Duff hits the mall with adorable son Luca to buy him some new shoes Had lots of fun trying them on * That's a different look for her! Carmen Electra covers up in stylish coat and leggings as she arrives at LAX That's a different look for her! Carmen Electra covers up in stylish coat and leggings as she arrives at LAX She was looking very voluptuous * 'We need to smile more': Khloe Kardashian fails to follow her own advice as she looks sullen before jetting out of Australia 'We need to smile more': Khloe Kardashian fails to follow her own advice as she looks sullen before jetting out of Australia * 'The thought of someone else pleasing my wife sexually fills me with dread and leaves me feeling so inadequate it's almost intolerable' I'm having nightmares about my wife's sex life with old boyfriends This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man who keeps having irrational thoughts * Achy breaking it in! Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Noah take Miley's birthday trike for a spin Achy breaking it in! Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Noah take Miley's $30K birthday trike for a spin Went for a ride in Los Angeles * Naughty Joan Rivers! Fashion Police host sneaks her pooch out of airplane crate, urging the internet to 'say nothing' Naughty Joan Rivers! Fashion Police host sneaks her pooch out of airplane crate while urging her internet fans to 'say nothing' One mischievous lady ! * 'I stink... but that was awesome': I'm A Celebrity... star Amy Willerton wins seven stars for camp after completing The Hang Glider From Hell Bushtucker Trial 'I stink... but that was awesome': I'm A Celebrity... star Amy Willerton wins seven stars for camp after completing The Hang Glider From Hell trial * Not so long ago she said caring for her daughter Dolly came above exercising. But Chantelle Houghton has changed her mind on exercising with a personal trainer Hang loose: Chantelle Houghton hires personal trainer to beat the bulge with park work session wearing unflattering gym wear Been living off junk food * Around 1 in 20 Britons are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome which causes pain and numbness in the hands Kneading dough has ruined my hands, says Paul Hollywood Nerve damage would lead to a complete loss of sensation in his hands if untreated * Guess Who's Back (together): Eminem and ex-wife Kim Scott rekindle their romance... seven years after SECOND divorce Guess Who's Back (together): Eminem and ex-wife Kim Scott 'rekindle their romance...' seven years after SECOND divorce Third time's a charm * John Stamos tries to smooch a pooch while Beth Stern literally cannot handle how many cute puppies there are at animal rescue event Howard Stern's wife Beth snuggles a tiny pup while John Stamos tries to smooch a pooch at animal rescue event Adorable hounds stole the show New Autograph M&S Optez pour un look chic et assuré cette saison avec notre nouvelle collection. more * Today's headlines * Most Read * Happier times: Dave and Angela Dawes celebrate their 2011 EuroMillions win. Now there are reports the pressures of the fortune has caused them to split Couple who won £101m on the EuroMillions become second pair to split up as strain of handling their fortune... * The youngest of the three British 'slaves' is seen in one of several pictures sent to a neighbour who she was said to be obsessed with Pictured: British slave woman, 30, who sent 'scented love letters and photographs to the neighbour she was... * Trainees on the spy apprenticeship scheme will be based for their first year at GCHQ's premises in Cheltenham The school leaver spies: Secret services offer apprenticeships to 18-year-olds to train them in cyber... * High-level talks: US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and his French counterpart, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius History is made as Iran agrees with world powers to freeze nuclear program for six months * President and Mrs. Kennedy Will 'long-hidden footage of second shooter' to be aired this week prove Lee Harvey Oswald did NOT act... * Former apprentice players claim they were abused by senior footballers at Stoke City FC Stoke City rocked by historic abuse claims: Former apprentice players allege they suffered 'humiliating'... * Monday magic: People are most productive at 10.01am on Monday mornings according to a new study We DO like Mondays! People feel most alert and are at their most efficient at 10am on the first day of the... * Ordeal: Vinnie Jones and his wife Tanya are both battling cancer, it has been revealed 'I'll fight it with everything I've got': Vinnie Jones and wife reveal they are BOTH battling skin cancer * Cheesy and proud: The Labour leader happily picked sing-a-long anthems to soundtrack his desert island At least he's not trying to be cool: Ed Miliband names A-ha and Robbie Williams as his Desert Island Discs * The Labour leader opened up about his troubled relationship with brother David Miliband (right) pictured here in 2010 Ed Miliband says rift with brother David 'hasn't fully healed' as he reveals he fell for Justine at a Robbie... * beautiful singles Meet the world's most stunning singletons! Dating site for beautiful people launches glossy calendar... * Melinda Reid with her mother Debra 2010 'She knows what she's put us through, but it's so hard leaving her': The agony of Melissa Reid's anguished... * Scientists have found that a family of Neanderthals were killed and eaten by their fellow ancient humans (file picture) Group of cannibal Neanderthals 'butchered 12 of their neighbours including children and ate them for... * Murderer: Peter Sutcliffe, pictured, is in prison having been convicted of 13 murders, but retired officer Chris Clark says he could have committed more Did the Yorkshire Ripper kill SEVENTEEN more women? Retired policeman 'strongly believes' catalogue of... * Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough will bring to life a dozen iconic skeletal and fossilised exhibits in London's Natural History Museum Attenborough's Night at the Museum: Sir David brings dinosaur fossils back to life for stunning 3D movie set... * conrad murray 'No, I didn't kill Michael. He did it himself... with a massive overdose using his own stash': What really... * The Step Up To Serve launch at Buckingham Palace with HRH Prince Charles and Party leaders David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband Normally we tear strips off each other! Nick Clegg pays tribute to Prince Charles' powers of persuasion... * Aneurin Bevan (second left) talking to the NHS' first patient Sylvia Diggory, 13, at Trafford General The ultimate indignity of the A&E closures: The hospital where the NHS was born is losing its casualty ward... * Research by the Oxford Research Group found that more than 11,000 children have been killed in Syria's civil war. Here, a woman stands next to the bodies of people allegedly found in the Quweiq river, in Aleppo More than 11,000 children killed in Syrian conflict - and a quarter of them were SHOT, report reveals * Preparation: The Prince makes notes of how much each individual and their kit weighs before they set off Prince Harry crams in last-minute preparation for Walking With The Wounded South Pole trek after landing in... * Rupert Murdock And Wendi Deng Murdock reached an undisclosed divorce settlement in a New York City courtroom Murdoch's feud with Blair over wife Wendi: 'Terminal' end of friendship over claims of 'multiple encounters'... * Decision: Cameron is today deciding whether or not to defy Brussels to bring in harsh new migrant rules Cameron prepares for showdown with Europe over benefits for Romanian and Bulgarian migrants * Anger: Phones are now 21st century letterbox for junk mail. Cut off nuisance calls! Cold-calls are still getting through despite regulations designed to stop them * The lights are going out in the departure lounge of Heathrow's Terminal 5 and incredibly there is no safe way to replace the bulbs Wirewalkers to the rescue at Heathrow after T5 goes dark because staff haven't been able to change a... * Nick Clegg secret briefing Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg secretly briefed wealthy investors at his glamourous French neighbour's... * 'Fat tax': A London beauty salon has slapped an additional charge on women above a size 12 who have their legs waxed Beauty salon angers women by adding 'fat tax' of up to £10 extra for larger ladies getting their legs waxed... * Winter sets sail: A boathouse on the shores of Ullswater Autumn's last hurrah: Glorious scenes captured on camera as Britain moves towards winter - and colder... * Compensation Female RAF recruits get £100,000 compensation each... because they were made to march like men * To swaddle or not to swaddle: Sadie Nicholas wonders if wrapping seven-week-old son Albie may help him sleep at night After those pictures of Prince George, an anxious mother asks: When is it safe to swaddle like Will and... * MOS collect via Nick Craven\na pic that Paul Flowers sent of himself to his dealer Paul Wilson Sex, drugs, blasphemy, depravity, arrogance: The Crystal Methodist 'who didn't believe in God'... in his own... * Reverend Paul Flower's was spotted last Thursday going to a cinema in Liverpool just three hours before being arrested Picture exclusive: Three hours before police swoop, Flowers on late-night cinema outing with ex-drug addict... * Despite telling the Mail on Sunday he was seeking help for his addiction, Reverend Paul Flowers contacted his dealer two days later allegedly asking for more drugs Shamed Co-op bank chief asked friend to 'bring Charlie'... two days after telling Mail on Sunday: 'I did... * Steven Bayes Anger of current deputy chairman of the Co-op after his arrest for gross indecency with his male lover, 17, ... * Disgraced Co-op bank chief Reverend Paul Flowers texted a teenage rent boy to invite him to a Labour peer's London party Disgraced Co-op banker, Rev Paul Flowers, texted teenage rent boy to invite him to Labour peer's party... as... * Jamie Lee-Church has been arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the US Glamour model arrested over £3million scam 'masterminded by father of footballer Gareth Bale's fiancee' * Alexander McQueen The lonely suicide of Alexander McQueen and family's anger at mystery of £16million legacy: Siblings of the... * Missing chief inspector captured on CCTV Police find body they believe to be of missing chief inspector on the same day they release CCTV of him... * Bunga Bunga The sexism of 'Bunga Bunga' bank boys drove me to despair. And it's also costing you your pension: Shocking... * Leighanna Needham, 19, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Leighanna is the sister of Ben Needham 'I am terrified my baby will be stolen': Sister of missing toddler Ben Needham who vanished 22 years ago is... * Maxima supermarket in Riga, Latvia Latvia president calls supermarket collapse 'murder' as it emerges the death of at least 54 people has left... * Secret boudoir Boudoir photography: Not one for the family album... * A market research survey has found supermarkets have been giving as little as six per cent of Christmas charity card profits to good causes Charity Christmas card scandal: Shops giving as little as SIX per cent of profits to good causes * The Reverend Tim Lomax from Christ Church in Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury, uses a projection screen for his services rather than giving parishioners old fashioned hymn books End is nigh for hymn books as churches go hands-free with new iTunes ap * Designed by AECOM in association with Zaha Hadid Architects, the new 40,000-seat Al Wakrah Stadium is a proposed venue for matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Architect behind designs of 'Vagina Stadium' for 2022 World Cup is a WOMAN... and she isn't very happy about... * silver fox scam Brian Paddick and the 'Silver Fox' dating con: Identity of former police chief stolen by fraudsters so they... * Diabolical: When the portrait of Henry VIII (left) is turned upside-down, it is transformed into the head of the devil The devil really IS in the detail! Fascinating 16th century mural of Henry VIII which turns into an image of... * Shocking revelation: Award-winning neuroscientist James Fallon, 58, accidentally discovered that his brain bears striking similarities to those of serial killers while looking at PET scans for a study Meet the neuroscientist and married father of three who discovered he was a PSYCHOPATH after accidentally... * Cruel fate: Sally Ann Okuly, 59, survived cancer and a motorcycle crash, but was struck and killed by a car on her way to a convenience store Mother of two who survived cancer and recent motorcycle crash is KILLED by a car after leaving her house for... * Optimism: The former Manchester United player, pictured in 2000 receiving his OBE, has been told he can make a full recovery 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles, 71, diagnosed with prostate cancer * Hammer: Heather Thorpe, pictured last year with weeks-old Jonathan, was filmed hitting her pregnant belly Pregnant woman caught on camera 'hitting her belly with a hammer after boasting her baby is hard' just three... * MORE HEADLINES * Sex, drugs, blasphemy, depravity, arrogance: The Crystal Methodist 'who didn't believe in God'... in his own brazen texts to his dealer * Murdoch's feud with Blair over wife Wendi: 'Terminal' end of friendship over claims of 'multiple encounters' between ex-PM and tycoon's wife * Female RAF recruits get £100,000 compensation each... because they were made to march like men * Couple who won £101m on the EuroMillions become second pair to split up as strain of handling their fortune takes its toll * 'No, I didn't kill Michael. 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John Lichfield reports John Lichfield Author Biography [Lichfield.jpg] John Lichfield John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and Washington. More articles from this journalist IFRAME: http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fopinion%2Fcommentators%2Fjohn-lichfield%2F&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=410&action=like&font=arial&colorscheme=light&height=35 Follow John Lichfield Monday 24 September 2012 Print Your friend's email address ____________________ Your email address ____________________ Send Reset Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email To understand Marseille catch a bus â bus number 30 from the Bougainville metro station. The route starts at the northern terminus of the metro system, five kilometres from the city centre. It winds past motorways, factories, unofficial rubbish tips and a 10th-century monastery. France's second city sprawls for another 10 kilometres over ridge after ridge of limestone hills. Each is crowned by a white citadel gleaming in the Mediterranean sunshine which, as the bus approaches, turns into a group of shabby tower blocks. Up to the 1960s, these were the scrubland and the hard-scrabble villages of the Marcel Pagnol novels set in the early part of the century. Fragments of the Provençal villages can still be seen. The "garrigue", or scrub, survives on the jagged mountains which crowd in from the east. But Marius, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources and their descendants have long gone. My fellow passengers on the 45-minute ride to La Savine, one of the northernmost estates, are a blend of North Africans, Africans, Asians and Roma. The bus passes through the poorest districts of the poorest city in France. Almost 40 per cent of people who live here are below the poverty line, compared to 26 per cent in Marseille as a whole and 15 per cent nationally. In the richer, mostly white, areas south of the city centre, the risk of dying before the age of 65 is 23 per cent below the national average. In north Marseille, it is 30 per cent higher than the French average. If you are a teenage boy or young man from northern Marseille, you risk dying long before the age of 65. Fifteen young men, mostly from the city's northern districts, have been shot dead this year as part of a war for the lucrative franchise to sell drugs â mostly cannabis and cocaine â to the people from the wealthier parts of the city and the suburbs. In fact, there have been almost as many killings of young men in the first nine months of 2012 as in the whole of last year. Proportionally, Marseille (population 800,000), now has almost as many drug-related murders as New York (population 8,000,000). Eyeing the issues, the French government has announced emergency action this month to stop the city, which will be the "European capital of culture" from January, from claiming title of the European capital of youth murder. At the end of the bus ride to La Savine, I met Rachida Tir, leader of the estate's resident's association. "For seven years now we have been losing our young men," she said. "This is not just about drug trafficking. That alone cannot explain the killing." "There is a suicidal instinct, a desperation in some of these boys. It starts with failure and rejection at school and the lack of jobs. They see no future. They live for the present, in a world of easy money and, now, violence." Earlier this month, Samia Ghali, the mayor of the 15th and 16th arrondissements of Marseille, which embrace most of the poor northern districts, detonated a verbal bombshell. She said that the drug-related violence in northern Marseille had become so extreme that only the army could defeat it. She called on the government to deploy troops to confiscate the cheap automatic weapons flowing in from the Balkans and North Africa and to interrupt a drug trade which is, she says, conducted with impunity. Ms Ghali, a child of northern Marseilles like Zinedine Zidane and Eric Cantona, admits that her proposal was mostly a "cry of alarm". "I was born and grew up here. I know what I'm talking about," she said. "I can no longer stomach seeing children that I have known since they were born drilled with holes. I cannot forget the distress of the girlfriend of [a recent victim] who found him shot 30 times. It is time to stop the massacre." Ms Ghali, a Socialist, berates the attitude of some politicians and commentators â including the centre-right mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin - who dismiss the murders as "règlements de compte" ("tit-for-tat killings" or "a turf war"). "By using that kind of language, you're saying that these murders â and murder is the right word â are separate from polite society or the law," she said. "You are saying, 'let them kill each other'." Back in the busy, friendly centre of Marseille â a different planet from Bougainville and La Savine â I met Laurent Gaudon, a lawyer who has represented families of the victims. He also disputes the phrase "turf war". "Often it is not clear why these kids are dying," he said. "In one case I had last year a boy of 17 was shot because he had been disrespectful to another young man. The killer wanted to prove that he was tough enough to be in a drug gang." Marseille has always had gangland killings, Mr Gaudon said. "This is the city of the French Connection. All the organised crime of the Mediterranean basin passes through here â Corsicans, Sicilians." In the late 1990's the police dismantled the biggest of the old crime gangs. Since then the kids in the poorer estates have gradually taken over the local drugs trade. "The old gangsters had a code of honour but not the new ones," Mr Gaudon said. "The kids can buy guns for next to nothing and they use them for next to nothing." Ms Ghali's call for military intervention was dismissed as absurd by local and national politicians of Left and Right. It was, all the same, hugely successful. Within days, the government had drawn up an action plan to "rescue Marseille". The interior minister, Manuel Valls, and justice minister, Christiane Taubira, were in the city last week to set up a new "priority security zone" in the northern districts. There are to be 230 extra police officers and â for the first time in any French city other than Paris â a proper city police chief or "Prefect de Police". The Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, has also promised the city the political and economic weight it needs to become a thriving "mediterranean metropolis". The population within the city boundary is relatively poor. Many richer people â the great grand-children of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources â have moved out to the suburbs. This is the reverse of the usual French pattern where the cities are well-heeled and the inner suburbs poor and troubled. Mr Ayrault this week appointed another Prefect with the Herculean brief to dissolve local political jealousies and create a single, political and economic agglomeration, reconnecting Marseille with its rich satellite towns. He might begin by trying to dissolve the boundary between first and third worlds which begins at Bougainville metro station. "We have been abandoned. Forgotten," said Rachida Tir. "Most people here want to live decent, legal lives. But what choices do they have?" A local mayor said that the drug-related violence was so extreme only the army could defeat it Drug war in numbers 26: Percentage of people in Marseille who live below the poverty line, against 15 per cent nationally. 15: The number of men, mostly from northern districts, shot dead in the city's drug wars. 300: The number of Kalashnikovs reportedly intercepted in Marseille this year. Sport Michael Clarke of Australia and James Anderson of England exchange words 'Get ready for a broken f***ing arm': Now the Ashes turn ugly ashes 2013-14Bad tempered end to England's Brisbane humiliation Arts & Entertainment Jenna Coleman and Matt Smith in 'The Day of the Doctor' Who says it has to make sense? 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Between the grey high rises of the northern districts, trains pass every few minutes. High-speed rail lines dissect these poorer residential areas, passing bridges and tunnels where gangs of young people smoke, talk and risk falling victim to drugs gangs. It was by the railway tracks that 19-year-old Nabil Badreddine was murdered in March this year, metres from the apartment block where he lived. His murder was one of 15 in the city this year to date. From her flat overlooking the spot his mother, Baya Seddik, explains what happened: "They shot him twice in the back. After they'd shot him they poured petrol all over him and set the car on fire." Nabil was so badly burnt it took days for the police to identify him. "Because he had been so badly burnt they tested my DNA - and that's how they found out it was him," his mother says. His killing - still unsolved - was part of a catalogue of crime that has fuelled local contempt for the authorities' inability to stop it. Murder spike According to police figures, a third of all the murders in France in 2012 took place in the Marseille region. Blocks of flats in Marseille Much of the violence occurs in the poor northern suburbs Children in a built-up area of Marseille Parents say young children are vulnerable to the drug gangs A view of the Tour St Jean in Marseille The city fathers want to project a new image of Marseille as a city of culture Victims are usually in their late teens and twenties. Many of them are thought to have been caught up in organised crime. Ms Seddik believes her son was innocent. But in a cafe in one of the estates, where a group of men are watching the boxing on TV, one young unemployed man takes a different view. "When a guy dies it is not for nothing," he says. "Maybe he's the snitch." The man is a self-confessed drug dealer who claims to know at least 10 people who have been killed. "It's not the bad guys who are the drug dealers," he says. "We joke with the cops. We sell drugs. We make money. We don't have problems with the neighbours. Everything, it's good." In spite of a recent spike in the murder rate - there were at least 24 in 2012 and 20 in 2011 - the level of criminality is not as high as it once was. In the early 1960s, as the war for Algeria's independence ended, hundreds of thousands of French people returned from former colonies in North Africa. Many settled in Marseille where new high-rises were built to accommodate them. In the ensuing years the city gained a reputation for its vibrant multiculturalism, as well as for its link in the "French Connection", through which gangs trafficked heroin from Turkey to Europe and on to the United States. 'Ghetto feeling' "The city's geography has a lot to do with its problems," says sociologist Laurent Mucchielli at the University of Aix-Marseille, referring not only to the seaside location, but to social segregation between a poorer north and a richer south. "The poorer classes traditionally live in the northern districts… meaning that social barriers have been constructed between north and south." One of the big problems in the northern districts is the school drop-out rate. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote Rania Moussaoui We try to make the children aware of their surroundings and make sure they have access to a cultural education” End Quote Rania Moussaoui Teacher In 2011, one secondary school - College Vallon des Pins - 15% of its pupils failed to reach their final exams. After a concerted campaign led by its head teacher, Rania Moussaoui, just over 3% of pupils were quitting class before their final exams. When I ask her why the problem existed, she says there was a lack of opportunities outside school for some children: "Perhaps some of my pupils have the sense that they live in a ghetto because they live alone with their mother? Perhaps she has no driving licence and they can't get around town so easily? "We try to make the children aware of their surroundings and make sure they have access to a cultural education." In the run-up to mayoral elections in Marseille next year, opposition parties have taken on the centre-right municipality on issues of social deprivation. Senator and Socialist mayoral candidate Samia Ghali is campaigning for more extra-curricular activities for children in school to help them avoid falling in with the street gangs. The far-right National Front (FN) has also seized on the problem and is campaigning hard. Its leader, Marine Le Pen, described the crime wave as gangrenous, telling a party conference last month that it was "the shape of things to come". Were the anti-immigrant FN to capitalise on the problem in a multi-ethnic city like Marseille it would worry the governing left and the centre-right UMP, which controls the city mayoralty. Jobs drive But Laurent Mucchielli says the Socialist French government is finally coming to understand the problem: "They realise it is one of family breakdown, educational failure and unemployment - not one single cause." He says previous governments have failed to recognise the social factors at root. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote Jean-Claude Gaudin My political vision is for everyone to live together as a community” End Quote Jean-Claude Gaudin Mayor of Marseille But the city's UMP mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin, denies his municipality has failed in its efforts: "When I took over as mayor in 1995, unemployment in this city was 21.6%. "Today it is at 13%. I have not stopped lowering the rate. My political vision is for everyone to live together as a community." Outside his grand office by the port, new museums and galleries have opened up - all part of Marseille's year as the European Capital of Culture. It is all a far cry from the north of the city where all the talk is of a lack of investment and unemployment and where, in the stairwell of Baya Seddik's apartment, there is a pungent smell of urine and cannabis. "Selling marijuana earns a kid 150 euros [£125; $203] - more than me, more than you," she says. "No wonder that the street is robbing us of our kids. You can educate them all you want but they can easily fall into dealing or even killing. We're talking about little kids, you know?" Ms Seddik now campaigns for opportunities for young people in her district. From her apartment, where pictures of Nabil hang on the wall, you can just make out the sound of the trains heading to and from the beating heart of Marseille. 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Picture: Getty * by JANET CHRISTIE Published on the 13 January 2013 12:08 Published 13/01/2013 12:08 Print this THE capital of Provence, Marseille may share a Riviera location with Nice, St Tropez, Cannes and Monte Carlo, but it’s a city devoid of its neighbours’ glitz. Rougher around the edges, it’s more working port than playboy playground, but is none the less a bustling city full of excitement and change. With its nomination as this year’s cultural capital of Europe, it is also the beneficiary of huge regeneration that has seen galleries, concert halls and eateries springing up in the old port area. Thanks to a maritime past dating from Greek and Roman times, Marseille is a melting pot of cultures and races (a quarter of its population of one million is of North African origin) and it has some of the best restaurants in the country. With hills on three sides and water on the fourth, it has a hinterland of rugged beauty that makes it a unique short break destination and a city that’s a breath of fresh air after the lavender-saturated Provençal villages so beloved and of the home counties set. WHERE TO STAY ARTY types will love Au Vieux Panier near the seafront promenade in the city’s oldest district. Its six bedrooms are designed every year by cutting-edge artists, resulting in what is basically a gallery with beds, from the grafittied Panic Room to Room 96 where a mannequin wearing only socks hides in the back of the wardrobe, hinting at “secrets and games”. With doubles from €90 (£75) it won’t break the bank. 13 Rue du Panier (00 33 4 91 91 23 72, www.auvieuxpanier.com) BEST SIGHTS TAKE a Grand Tour open-topped bus to see the best of the city’s top hotspots at each of its 16 stops. From the ornate Neo-Byzantine Notre-Dame de la Garde church with its wonderful views over the islands, the coast and the mosaic of 111 villages, to the old harbour, the Corniche coast road, Prado beach, Velodrome soccer stadium and the stunning Castellane Square, this is a city bursting with tourist destinations, despite being often avoided by holiday makers, put off by its unfair hardman reputation. Adults £16.30, children £4 (www.city-discovery.com) WHAT TO EAT BOUILLABAISSE is the local speciality (along with pig’s trotters and tripe if you prefer) and there is no shortage of restaurants in which to tuck a large napkin into your collar and slurp away at the delicious fish stew, but it’ll cost you – that’ll be the saffron. Push the boat out at Le Miramar, reputed to serve the best bouillabaisse in the world. And at €58 (£48), you’d expect it to be. For cheaper fare such as authentic couscous visit Sur Le Pouce in the Arab quarter, and save on the drinks bill by bringing your own wine. Le Miramar (00 33 4 91 91 41 09, www.bouillabaisse.com); Sur Le Pouce (00 33 4 91 56 13 28) WHAT TO DRINK PASTIS is a regional obsession so indulge yourself in the heady concoction of liquorice, star anise, peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and sage at Mama Shelter Marseille, sister of the Philippe Starck-designed hotel in Paris. For a selection of over 100 varieties, check out La Maison du Pastis or just dip into any supermarket – you’ll be spoiled for choice. Mama Shelter, 62 Rue de La Loubière (www.mamashelter.com/marseille); La Maison du Pastis, 108 Quai du Port (www.lamaisondupastis.com) BEST READ DIP into one of local hero writer and film-maker Marcel Pagnol’s classics while sitting on a bar stool at the Bar de la Marine, which makes an appearance in his tales of early 20th-century Marseille and its people. His celebration of the peasant life of the hilly villages of Provence where he holidayed have made him one of France’s best-loved writers, but he was a city boy at heart. WHERE TO VISIT VISIT the Quartier du Panier, the oldest part of the city that dates back to the Greeks, for which it’s worth booking a guided tour. It’s also home to the Centre de la Vieille Charité, a stunning building that was once a poorhouse, and now has extensive galleries on three levels surrounding the courtyard. At Interface, a former granary, there’s contemporary art and edgy installations, as Marseille seeks to reinvent itself as a city of culture and shake off the air of neglect that settled after the partial closure of the port. Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2 rue de la Charité (00 33 4 91 56 28 38, www.vieille-charite-marseille.org) BEST BOAT TRIP HEAD down to the old port for boats out to the Château d’If and tour the famous prison of the Count of Monte Cristo, or discover the incredible cliffs of nearby Calanques national park, the biggest land and maritime national park in Europe, on a solar-powered boat. Prices vary (www.marseille-tourisme.com) DIRECT flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow are offered by Ryanair, British Airways and Air France, starting from around £200. A City Pass Marseille offers one day (€22) or two days (€29) of open access for visits, transport and special deals, access to 12 museums, guided tours and visits to the If Islands or Frioul, plus access on the entire bus, train and tramway network. 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But despite the cultural renaissance — not to mention Marseille’s famed fish soup — all people here are talking about is murder and drug trafficking. In the past two weeks, five killings have been recorded that police say are linked to gang wars for control of hashish sales in the city’s infamous high-rise slums. The eruption has refocused attention on Marseille’s long-standing reputation as a European drug-smuggling hub, a place where entire neighborhoods have slipped away from police control and fallen under the command of gangsters who earn millions importing and selling North African hashish and settle turf disputes with AK-47 assault rifles. “Marseille is sick with its violence,” Interior Minister Manuel Valls said. Vowing to squash the drug trade and end the violence, Valls last week dispatched 250 paramilitary and other national police officers to reinforce the usual deployment of around 3,000. The night after they were deployed, with television cameras in tow, another body was found, burned to a crisp with a bullet in its charred skull, the execution method local traffickers call the “barbecue.” The next day, two Turkish immigrants were shot and wounded, and a pair of youths driving by on a motor scooter opened fire with a pistol on a third man, wounding him in the legs. Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin, from the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), said the city is doing its best to improve the poor suburbs, inhabited mainly by North African immigrants, where youth unemployment is double the national average of 10 percent. But he said ending drug violence in Marseille is mainly up to the Socialist-run government in Paris headed by President Francois Hollande. “We are making great efforts, but the safety of people and property depends essentially on the government,” Gaudin said in a Q&A with the newspaper Le Figaro. “I would like the government to fully realize that Marseille needs to be helped.” Gaudin’s statement underlined the political quotient in Marseille’s violence. The city, along with others across France, has scheduled municipal elections next year. A particularly important prize with 850,000 residents, Marseille has become the target of several potential Socialist and UMP candidates. Moreover, security was a major focus of the conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande is eager to show he, too, can be tough on crime. 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David Beckham picked himself out of the tangle of bodies on the byline and eye-balled the Marseille substitute as players, Joey Barton principal among them, squared up all around. The flash of yellow shown to the victim of the lunge felt harsh but Beckham will hardly care. Whether plying your trade in Manchester or Madrid, being booked against bitter rivals can serve as a badge of honour. Four weeks into his latest eye-catching career move and the former England captain is already cherished. He revelled for 86 minutes in an Andrea Pirlo brief here on his first start for one of the richest clubs in the world, his name boomed into the night sky in appreciation by a giddy home support, celebrating victory and a French Cup quarter-final at Evian to come, when he eventually retreated to the bench shortly after that show of temper. "His experience, his passing, his aggression," enthused the manager, Carlo Ancelotti. "He will help us this season. I don't think he played like a 37-year-old tonight." In some ways he had. His was a masterclass in clever, calm distribution from the base of midfield, all that experience accrued at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Milan demonstrated in his positioning, movement and delivery. It had been his pass that opened up the left side of Marseille's defence for Kévin Gameiro to chase and cross for Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the quarter-hour mark, the Swede fluffing the first clear opportunity of the evening. It was also Le Spice Boy's quickly taken free-kick moments later that sent Jérémy Ménez through on goal while visiting players still disputed the award. The miss that followed was wasteful, but Beckham's involvement in the buildup all night was tidy, reassuring, even metronomic. "I felt good," he said. "I have been working hard for the last few weeks on my fitness, and it helps to have players around me who work the way they do and play the way they do. To have been involved in these last two games has been encouraging. I came to the club wanting to be part of the team, but knowing I wouldn't always be in the starting lineup, and I understand that. I just wanted to try and add to the side and help the team be successful. If that means starting, then great. If that means coming off the bench, then fine. But to play 86 minutes was good. I enjoyed it, and felt good. It's always nice not having freezing cold feet when you start, after all." That was a reference to his cameo in Sunday's league fixture between the sides, a 16-minute appearance that had whetted the appetite. He had played a part in setting up Ibrahimovic's goal in stoppage time that night with Marseille having, rather mystifyingly, stood off the debutant and allowed him to exert his influence. The same criticism of Elie Baup's side might have been made here. Surely the temptation must have been there for Barton or Jacques-Alaixys Romao to snap into a challenge and stifle his supply line, yet it took 25 minutes for the Englishman to crunch his compatriot. By the time Romao did likewise shortly afterwards, prompting the first melee of a typically fractious occasion, the Paris club led courtesy of Ibrahimovic's neatly taken goal. The Swede, who has been banned for PSG's next two Champions League games following his dismissal in the last-16 tie at Valencia, added the second-half penalty to seal the victory before Marseille's frustrations overcame them. Romao leapt into an illegal challenge on Beckham, Barton caught him with a flailing elbow. The reaction to Ayew was perhaps more understandable given the rat-a-tat of similar bruising fouls that had preceded the offence. "It was spiky the whole game," added Beckham. "It was like that at the weekend and it will be like that every PSG against Marseille game. Joey caught me with an elbow, but he 'explained' it just after. He does well for them and is a talented player. Good luck to him." That was said with a smile though, in truth, Barton was rather bypassed here with his side off the pace against the outstanding team in French football, one that has been constructed to the tune of £250m by Qatari owners who can idly consider bidding £40m for Wayne Rooney without giving a second thought to such an outlay. Beckham is the free transfer amid the astronomical fees, the veteran enjoying another European swansong to a glittering career. And yet, a month in, he has already been christened "La Bonne Pioche" in Paris, loosely speaking a "bargain" who is reaping rewards. His name was chorused around this arena upon his departure. His has been an encouraging start. Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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Olivier Giroud, who has given Arsenal a major boost by declaring himself fit to start against Marseille on Wednesday night, admitted he is "a bit scared" about the paucity of Wenger's options and predicted problems ahead. Although Wenger can name a strong starting XI against the French runners-up, including Mesut Ãzil, the substitutes' bench looks threadbare in the absence of Mikel Arteta, Lukas Podolski, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky, Yaya Sanogo and Abou Diaby, all of whom remain injured. "We're a really united squad and everyone works for the team," said Giroud, who was struggling with a knee injury after Saturday's 3-1 victory at Sunderland. "That's good, we have a quality squad but I'm a bit scared about the numbers we have in the squad. We will face problems because of the numbers in our squad. But we'll do everything we can to rival the big clubs." Wenger admitted he harbours his own worries. "For Marseille, all the players who had little doubts are OK. But I am concerned because we play now for two months every three or four days and it's important to get some players back, because you cannot play for the next two months with the squad we have at the moment." As well as Giroud, Wenger is able to call upon Per Mertesacker, who missed the Sunderland match through illness. The Germany international is likely to be restored to central defence, with Carl Jenkinson dropping to the bench and Bacary Sagna moving to right-back, as Arsenal attempt to continue their remarkable form on their travels, which started with a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena in March, when they were eliminated from the Champions League on away goals. Since that unexpected triumph against the German champions, Arsenal have gone on to win away from home against Swansea, West Brom, Fulham (twice), Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle, Fenerbahce and Sunderland, scoring 18 times and conceding only three. "We're an exceptional team, that is the main thing," Mertesacker said. "We built that up from last season. We built our confidence up, especially the 10 games at the end of last season where we did not lose. You could feel it from the first day that there is something special, apart from the first game [against Aston Villa when Arsenal lost 3-1]. But nobody dropped and the performance went well after that as well. We have showed we are ready to keep our run going." Stade Vélodrome, which resembles a building site with major work going on to redevelop the ground before the 2016 European Championships, would be a good place to make it 10 straight away wins. Marseille are no pushovers â they are fourth in Ligue 1 and have five France internationals in their squad â but in a so-called group of death that includes Borussia Dortmund, last season's runners-up in the Champions League, and Napoli, the runners-up in Serie A, this game may well represent Arsenal's best chance to pick up the away win that could be crucial to their hopes of reaching the knockout stage. "If you look at the group, it is the hardest because all four teams have a chance to qualify, that means every game is very important, and on average you need 10 points to qualify, so that gives you the task," Wenger said. "We have a good away record â we have always been very audacious away. Sometimes at home, through some spells last season, we played a bit with the handbrake because we have not had the same confidence at the Emirates that we have away from home. But we will always try to play." 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Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA Joey Barton's claims that a deal is in place for him to stay at Marseille have been denied by the club's president, Vincent Labrune. Barton, currently on loan at the French club from relegation-threatened QPR, tweeted that he would not be returning to Loftus Road next season. "Some strange people think that I'll be playing in the Championship next season?? Good one! QPR might, I won't! #fact," he wrote. "It's not up to QPR if I stay. Agreement already in place for me to stay here. Can't see QPR wanting me on the wage bill in the Champ." Barton said that Marseille are now in his blood and Labrune confirmed the club would be interested in keeping the midfielder but added that nothing is in place. Labrune was quoted on eurosport.fr as saying: "We would not be against the idea of keeping Joey Barton at OM but he belongs to QPR. There is no agreement as suggested by Joey Barton." The QPR chairman, Tony Fernandes, posted a pointed tweet which appears to be a response to Barton's claim that it is not up to the club whether he stays. "For the record QPR players under contract cannot decide where they play. They are under CONTRACT," Fernandes wrote. Barton joined Marseille in August while he was serving a 12-match ban incurred during the last game of the 2011-12 season against Manchester City. Over a series of tweets, Barton expressed his hope that QPR stay up, made a pointed jibe at former manager Mark Hughes and confirmed his commitment to Marseille. He wrote: "My QPR career was over when they decided to listen to the footballing sage, Mark of Hughes ⦠I'm loving life in France. Loving Marseille. They love me. "All I want to do is give everything for this football club. They backed me when nobody else did, for that I will be eternally grateful. This club is now in my blood, its impossible to get it out [sic] #ForzaOM. "I really hope they [QPR] stay up. 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Photograph: Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images Marseille's efforts to shed its reputation as a crime capital have been dealt a blow with a warning from the city's football team that a spate of violent robberies of star players is making it difficult to attract top talent to the club. The homes of players for Olympic Marseille, the Ligue 1 team and former French champions, have become a regular target for armed robberies, known as "home-jackings". This week the Brazilian defender Vitorino Hilton was at his gated Marseille home with 10 family members when an armed gang of six broke in just before midnight. They held the footballer's relatives hostage before hitting Hilton on the head with the butt of a gun several times and escaping with cash, jewellery, computers and designer bags. Hilton told French radio station RMC: "As I'd been hit on the head, I was bleeding a lot, [my children] panicked." He said his children were scared and wanted to go back to Brazil. The Argentinian Lucho González, one of the highest paid footballers in France, was said to have been left traumatised after an armed gang attacked him and his family at home in Aix-en-Provence in March. After 10 attacks on players in 18 months Olympic Marseille announced it had set up private security patrols around players' homes in the city and surrounding area, and called on local authorities to crack down on crime. Marseille will be European capital of culture in 2013 and is undergoing major architectural and cultural renovations. But Olympic Marseille's sporting director, José Anigo, said he was struggling to attract new star players because of the city's reputation. "Every time I signed a player this year the first questions they asked were 'can you guarantee security?' and 'are my family at risk?'" he told a press conference. "Bringing players to Marseille in those conditions is complicated. You have to be a magician." 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Photograph: Michel Euler/AP Joey Barton may yet have to return to Queens Park Rangers in the Championship next season because an agreement is apparently still no closer between Marseille and the relegated London club to make his loan move permanent. The midfielder spent last season on loan at Stade Vélodrome, helping Elie Baup's side to a second-place finish and Champions League qualification, and aspires to remain in France particularly after his parent club slipped out of the Premier League. However, Marseille have indicated they would be unable to take on Barton's wages of around £65,000 a week and would need him to halve those salary demands for any deal to be reached. QPR, who are understood to be willing to allow the player to leave without a fee, paid half of his wages last season but are keen to shift him entirely from their books as they readjust financially to relegation. It remains to be seen whether Baup opts to pursue a deal which would eat significantly into his own budget for next season, effectively leaving all three parties in a state of limbo. Barton, who is in Northern Ireland studying for his Uefa A licence as a coach, is under contract at Loftus Road until 2015. He confirmed last week that, if no deal is reached with Marseille this summer, he could return to France when his current contract expires, when he will be 32. Daily Email close Sign up for the Guardian Today Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. 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