Air France September Strikes?   September 23rd 2014As the Air France pilot strike enters its second week, expected to be extended until at least Friday, making it the longest strike in 16 years, a…

  MONEY, MONEY, MONEY…..     Watch out for the new 10 euros note, which should be in circulation from 23rd September 2014 The BCC (Banque centrale européenne) suggests that you compare new and old…

by Colin Lamont I expected September in Roussillon to be about grapes; I knew we were booked on a wine-tasting course in L’Hérault; and I hoped there would be a wine fête or three to…

  More tea Vicar?   It seems that drinking tea reduces the risk of dying from non-heart related causes by 24%! When compared with coffee drinkers, a survey carried out by the Hôpital Européen Georges…

  VILLAGE FESTIVALS with Norman Longworth (Taken from the one-day-to-be-published ‘Conflent Tales’)   Here in the Conflent we know a thing or two about celebrating. We seem to do little else. May is the month…

AND HERE IS THE NEWS….  a weekly update of the local news   WITH CAROLINE HILL   Death of Christian Bourquin – The funeral of the president of the Languedoc-Region took place in Millas on…