Céret town council has recently appointed a private firm to run parking patrols, and locals who live and work in town and rarely move their cars were unpleasantly surprised to find that they’d disappeared. Their first reaction was to report them stolen to the police, only afterwards realising that they’d been towed as they’d been parked in the same spot for over a week.

If you fancy trying some wine that has been submerged 5m below the surface for 5 months, then get yourself to Canet on the 15th May. About 240 bottles were left in a secret location by 8 wine makers of the “Galets Roulés” region around Perpignan, who claim that the pressure and darkness at that depth provide the perfect conditions for maturing the wine.

This first phase in the renaming, launched this week, “permet à chacune et à chacun de proposer un nom et nourrir ainsi la réflexion du «Comité du Nom de la Région», puis de l’Assemblée régionale”. (loosely translated as ‘allows everyone to suggest a name)

Bloctel From June 1, 2016, you will be able to register both your landline and mobile telephone number with government website www.bloctel.gouv.fr to block spam and unwanted commercial phone calls. Registration is free and will…

Police arrested a man with 20kg of cannabis, €15000 and a shotgun after he put a video on the internet showing himself surrounded by money and drugs and bragging about gangs, drugs and violence. The 25 year old lives in Perpignan and has had his hearing deferred pending reports.

According to David Garcia, the creator and director of the music festival in Argelès, the festival brings €9.62 in economic benefits for every €1 of support from the local government, in addition to which there is also a lot of favourable media coverage of the area.

If you’re hoping to hook yourself some last minute UEFA EURO 2016 tickets, with just 50 days to go, there will be one last chance to get there with the release of a final batch of…