Category: Regional
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.
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.
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.
Teacher uses Twitter as revision aid
If you thought Twitter was only for following celebrities or live events, fermenting revolution, breaking embargoes, or simply sounding off – think again. A La Rochelle teacher is using it to help her final year bacalaureate students revise for their final exams.
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.
Aerovillage to finally go ahead
No further doubt surrounds the finalisation of a radical plan for an aeronautic village in the Vienne, following the withdrawal of objections by the prefet. The Green Airpark near Availles-Limouzine will comprise two runways and 38 plots containing eco-friendly villas and hangars for private aircraft.
Erika’s oily shadow now stretches 12 years
Just a week after the Conseil Régional of the Poitou-Charentes allocated the first of the 2.39 million euros awarded in compensation after the wreck of the oil tanker Erika, France’s worst ever environmental disaster, and over 12 years in the waiting, a French court has indicated it will overturn the decision that made them available [...]
Five arrested, two police injured in homeless camp eviction
Five people were arrested and two police officers injured during the break-up of an encampment of homeless protestors opposite Notre-Dame-la-Grande in Poitiers the week before Easter.
Three new studies link pesticide to bee decline
Three separate studies, one in the Poitou-Charentes, have linked declining bee numbers to nerve agent pesticides. Whether they are the major cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD) in honeybees remains to be determined.
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.
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