Child protection laws and institutional accountability are under intense scrutiny in France, as a high-profile trial begins ...

But Vannes in Brittany, a geographical outpost of the ... total budget is reportedly £16m – a sum most clubs outside of France can only dream of. It may be a fraction of Toulouse’s reported ...

Prosecutors say Joel Le Scouarnec abused and raped hundreds of people, most of whom were children, over a 25-year period ...

mostly in Brittany. He has admitted to some charges, but not all. The trial in Vannes, north- west France, follows a painstaking police investigation lasting several years. It is likely to raise ...

Joel Le Scouarnec's trial — reported to be the largest child abuse trial in French history — will begin later this month ...

Joel Le Scouarnec, 73, is accused of assaulting or raping 299 children – the majority former patients of his – between 1989 and 2014, mostly in Brittany. He has admitted to some charges, but not all.