11m boost for Dordogne schools
Sep 3, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
MORE than 11million is to be spent on upgrading schools across the Dordogne, including new buildings and technology. Two separate programmes are driving the changes. The first, from the mairie in...Tags: Dordogne, Mairie, New Buildings
Irish Olympic team train in Dordogne
Sep 3, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
IRELANDS Olympic triathlon team have chosen the Dordogne for their official preparation centre in the run-up to the 2012 Games in London. Les-Stables, a training complex in Valeuil just outside Bou...Tags: Dordogne, Games, Ireland, Irish Olympic Team, London, Olympic Triathlon, Team Train, Triathlon Team
Lascaux tourist trapped in hole
Sep 3, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
TOUR guides do not usually have too many problems in their working lives perhaps a person talking over the commentary or maybe breaking an exhibit but one guide at Lascaux 2 lost a tourist. The...Tags: Hole Tour, Lost, Tourist Guides
New airport talks with four airlines
Sep 3, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
OFFICIALS from the new Brive-Souillac Airport are in negotiations with Jet Tours, Ryanair, easyJet and bmibaby to bring in the low-cost airlines needed for it to succeed. It comes as Jet2 announced i...Tags: Bmibaby, Brive, Easyjet, Jet Tours, Low Cost Airlines, Negotiations, New Airlines, Ryanair
Dordogne base trains riot police
Sep 2, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
IN THE middle of the countryside just 25km west of Périgueux lies a little town where theres always trouble and it is known to every gendarmerie throughout France. The cardboard city at Sai...Tags: Cardboard City, Countryside, Gendarmerie, Riot Police, Trains
500 years of Bergerac bridge
Sep 2, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
WALKS, talks and boat trips will mark the 500th anniversary of the river crossing of the Dordogne in the middle of Bergerac with a special light show being laid on. The present bridge dates from 1...Tags: Anniversary, Boat Trips, Bridge, Dordogne, Special Light
Passport plan to save dumped pets
Sep 2, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
LOCAL animal sanctuaries are advising expats to get a pet passport ready for their animals in case they need to return quickly to the UK to live. The passport takes around seven months to come and ma...Tags: Animal Sanctuaries, Animals, Local Animal, Pet Passport, Pets, Seven Months, Uk Passport
Warren Templeton is still in the UK
Sep 2, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
DORDOGNE conman Warren Templeton is still in England months after being sentenced to two years jail for a multi-million swindle on Britons in the Sarlat area. His victims are waiting for the next ...Tags: Britons, Conman, Dordogne, England, Swindle, Templeton
Lifeguards deny they were at lunch
Sep 2, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
The family of British teenager Liam Manley are still waiting to hear when his body will be returned to the UK after he drowned while swimming in the Grand Etang de Sainte-Estèphe near Nontron. Péri...Tags: British Teenager, Grand Etang, Lifeguards, Lunch, Manley, Nontron
OAP patients get boosted diets
Sep 1, 2009 Europe, France, France: In English
Elderly patients at Périgueux hospital are to be offered a diet packed with nutrients including a range of fruit and vegetables after it was revealed around one in five OAPs admitted to the hospital ...Tags: Diet, Diets, Elderly Patients, Fruit And Vegetables, Nutrients, Oaps
