Heroic passerby saves woman from house fire in Aspiran
A Languedoc Living reader wrote to us to tell us about an heroic act that he witnessed on Wednesday morning. There was a house on fire in Aspiran, and very soon the flames and smoke took over. Smoke was billowing out of all the windows of the three story house.
French musician carried off by a bear in Canada
French composer Julien Gauthier was killed by a bear while recording sounds on a canoeing trip in remote northwestern Canada last week. Gauthier, 44, was travelling with a friend in Canada’s Northwest Territories, where he was gathering recordings of nature for use in his music.
THE REGION
3,000 bio Grenache vines vandalised near Béziers
Alban Boyer, a young vigneron from Puissalicon, Hérault was horrified to find almost 3,200 vines were deliberately cut a few days before the beginning of the harvest. This represents 5,000 litres of wine.
Restaurant burglar got too drunk to escape
A man who broke into a restaurant, and then drank so much of its alcohol that he was left unable to escape, has appeared in court.
