A car stolen in France's Champagne country in 1979 is to be reunited with its owner after police pulled it from a murky swamp.

A man who may have been trying to kill himself has rammed his car into a pizzeria east of Paris, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring her younger brother and at least 11 others, authorities said.

The route of the 2014 Tour de France, which begins in Britain, includes five mountain finishes and just one individual time-trial, organisers announced this morning.

Grape vines in the Champagne region are sagging this year with an abundance of fruit. But this will not mean increased supply – or cheaper bottles of bubbly for consumers.