Paris fairground staff protest threat to Big Wheel

Paris fairground stallholders on Thursday used trucks to block Place de la Concorde in protest over the state's demand that the famous Ferris wheel lording over the square be taken down. The culture ministry has accused its 76-year-old owner, fairground king Marcel Campion, of illegally occupying a site of historic interest. Campion has denied any wrongdoing, saying the City of Paris gave him permission to leave the wheel up until May 2017.