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Cars to run on Poitou-Charentes sunshine

Two brothers from Angoulême are hoping to take advantage of this region’s famed sunshine and install solar-powered electric car chargers in grandes surfaces and other public car parks.

Published by Editorial on May 13, 2012 11:35 am

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Former lover shoots himself at Cognac hotel

A 49-year-old man from Cognac shot himself through the head in a hotel reception on the morning of Monday May 7. He is believed to be the former lover of a member of staff.

Published by Editorial on May 11, 2012 11:37 am

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Wettest ever drought?

On the very same day the Poitou-Charentes was placed under a long-expected hose-pipe ban, Poiters recorded its highest ever rainfall for a day in April and Meteo France issued warnings for a number of basins in the region to expect flooding.

Published by Editorial on April 30, 2012 9:50 pm

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Entire Atlantic coast on look-out for fever spreading tiger mosquito

The entire Atlantic coast is now part of the Asian tiger mosquito surveillance programme since it was detected in the Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne last year. The Vienne remains in the programme since it was detected in the département in1999.

Published by Editorial on April 27, 2012 7:00 pm

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Fishy fun

The French like to partake in the fun of April Fool’s Day as much as the British. Of course, it’s the poisson d’avril here and children surreptitiously place paper fish on their targets. The event has been celebrated celebrated in France since 1564 when Charles IX changed the start of the year to January 1 [...]

Published by Editorial on April 4, 2012 4:38 pm

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Limited success in campaign to stop rural school and class closures

A wave of angry, yet peaceful, demonstrations, protests and boycotts against proposed primary school and class closures across the region has brought mixed results.

Published by Editorial on April 3, 2012 8:18 am

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A growing market

Maraîchères have a long tradition in the Poitou-Charentes but the last decades have seen the number of market gardeners sliding. But a change in consumer demand has prompted a reversal in the decline with younger folk picking up a fork and spade WORDS: REBECCA LAWN PHOTOS: RACHEL LOOS As a child, Alain Grondain remembers helping his [...]

Published by Editorial on March 20, 2012 3:29 pm

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Rainfall at lowest for nearly 50 years

Rainfall down, water tables down, river and lake levels down, reservoirs and aquifers at 80 per cent capacity, and summer coming . It’s a familiar litany that heralds yet another drought in France as a decade of below-average rainfall takes its toll.

Published by Editorial on March 19, 2012 8:57 am

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Police break family drug ring

Police all over the Grand Sud are enjoying a bumper month for drug busts – with dozens arrested and nearly two tonnes of cannabis and eight kilos of heroin seized since the middle of February in several different actions.

Published by Editorial on March 15, 2012 9:26 pm

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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