French rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the town of Lourdes.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS yesterday moved a step closer to solving the mystery of Stonehenge when they disclosed findings to support their theory that it was a prehistoric Lourdes.

The pope underlined his opposition to euthanasia today when he met the sick and dying on their pilgrimages to Lourdes.

The Pope celebrated an open-air Mass for the sick at Lourdes today as he ended his visit to France.