February 2012 Archives -

Man found suffocated in La Rochelle park

In a scenario more like a lurid CSI Miami plot than life in a well-healed seaside town, investigators continue to try to unravel the mystery of a 25-year-old man found suffocated in le parc d’Orbigny in La Rochelle last Friday morning (24/2/12).

Published by Editorial on February 29, 2012 9:46 pm

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‘The Artist’ in local link shock!

Most of the regional press, including this website, will have spent the early hours of yesterday morning (27/2/12) frantically looking for a local link, however tenuous, to ‘The Artist’, the first French film to win five Oscars.

Published by Editorial on February 28, 2012 9:05 am

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Earthquake in Charente-Maritime

An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale was recorded a few kilometres off the coast near L’isle d’Oléron on Sunday (26/2/12) morning.

Published by Editorial on February 27, 2012 9:28 am

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Cleaner leaps to death in school playground

A 52-year-old female cleaner jumped from a second-floor window onto the playground below at the collège Robert Cellérier in Saint-Savinien (17) on Wednesday (22/2/12). She was killed in the fall and leaves behind a young son and daughter.

Published by Editorial on February 27, 2012 9:19 am

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Presidential race in full swing

With the first round of the presidential election only two months away on April 22, all the major runners have announced their candidature and their campaigns are in full swing.

Published by Editorial on February 22, 2012 9:52 am

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Former Limoges airport director arrested

In a story that’s reading more and more like a Hollywood film script, Jean-Philippe Gaillard, the exposed ex-director of Limoges airport, was arrested Friday Feb 17 at his gated home for a judgement dating back to May 2008

Published by Editorial on February 21, 2012 11:36 am

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Birth defect virus reaches Poitou-Charentes flocks

If the wildly oscillating winter temperatures and snow weren’t enough, Poitou-Charentes farmers now have to contend with the Schmallenberg virus, which causes birth defects in cattle, sheep and goats, and can result in 20 per cent flock mortality rate.

Published by Editorial on February 16, 2012 4:15 pm

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Historic ruling against Monsanto

A Charentais farmer has won his case against the global biochemical giant, Monsanto, after a Lyon court ruled he was poisoned by the weed killer Lasso after inhaling fumes in 2004.

Published by Editorial on February 16, 2012 9:20 am

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France backs breathalyzers across the EU

Here’s something to take your breath away. If the French government gets its way, within a decade, every car in the EU could be fitted with a device to prevent it from starting if you fail a breath test, and even a device to control its speed.

Published by Editorial on February 13, 2012 5:19 pm

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SeaFrance crossings replacement announced

As expected, LDLines and DFDS will launch a replacement Calais-Dover service following the enforced liquidation of state-owned SeaFrance earlier this year.

Published by Editorial on February 11, 2012 12:58 pm