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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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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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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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Schools and travel disrupted across the region

Tens of thousands of schoolchildren across the region are staying home again today as school buses across the Poitou-Charentes have been suspended for a second day running.

Published by Editorial on February 7, 2012 9:30 am

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Hail storms cause road accidents as weather set to cool

Localised hail storms caused led to road crashes in parts of the Poitou-Charentes on Saturday.

Published by Editorial on January 28, 2012 10:34 pm

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Elodie’s body to be exhumed

The body of the young mother, Elodie Malguid, murdered outside her home in the south Deux-Sèvres in August, 2011 is to be exhumed at the order of the judge in charge of the inquest.

Published by Editorial on January 9, 2012 9:31 am

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Ten cows killed after storm damages electricity pylon

Storm Joachim, which battered the north and west of France on 15 and 16 December, caused significant damage across the Poitou-Charentes.

Published by Editorial on December 19, 2011 3:38 pm

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Wind warning for Charente-Maritime

The Poitou-Charentes and especially the coastal department of the Charente-Maritime were on orange alert on Thursday night over strong winds set to batter the region.

Published by Editorial on December 15, 2011 5:42 pm