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News
Fire in Nîmes: several houses evacuated
A fire broke out on Tuesday at 14h45 in Nîmes, in the Gard. As at Tuesday evening, 16 hectares of vegetation had gone up in smoke. What worried the fire fighters was the proximity of the houses, and several of them had to be evacuated. You can…
80 year old drowns at Carnon Plage,…
An 80 year old man went swimming in the sea in Carnon Plage in Maugio, l’Hérault…
Two year old girl from a campsite…
A little girl went missing from a campsite in the Gers on Monday afternoon. The…
Villages threatened by wildfires…
Thousands of firefighters battled forest fires in large areas of southeast France…
Former Roma camp threatened by…
A fire broke out on Monday at 4.30 pm in Vendres in the Hérault, near a former…
Events
Marguerite Henn
As part of the 51st Mirondela Dels Arts festival, there is an exhibition of Marguerite Henn's paintings. Marguerite’s abstracts have never really left reality, so one can speak of “abstract landscape “ to evoke her paintings. Behind…
Aug 2 - Aug 27
Hôtel des Barons de Lacoste, Pézenas
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Olive oil greases the A54 between…
A major traffic jam occurred on Tuesday between Nîmes and Arles on the A54,…
Nightmare roads this weekend
Expect some traffic nightmares this weekend. It’s July 14th and hundreds of…
Britons want to retain EU citizenship…
Most Britons want to retain European Union citizenship rights after Brexit and are…
Drunk train driver forgot first…
Passengers on a train travelling from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand who were planning…
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