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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
This year’s Saint-Saturnin Classic British Welcome
takes place on the Friday before the 24-hour race in
Le Mans. The annual dinner attended by the event’s
volunteers and invited guests was held at Val de Vray
Saint-Saturnin at the end of January. After dinner, the
secret was let out by John Curtis, one of the founding
members of the committee, that Ferrari will be this
year’s invite and the guest of honour will be well-known
racing driver Phil Hill.
Hundreds of classic cars of all makes attend the event
each year and in June they will be joined by nearly 100
Ferraris, with some truly notable models on display.
l-r in front: Natalie Roisine (SSCBW President),
Peter
Evrinham (Ferrari Club GB) and John Curtis
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
For the eighth year in a row, the
Easter bells will ring out the call for
all the children in the area to set out on
a giant Easter Egg hunt. When they find
their egg, the children take it back to
exchange it for a bag of chocolates.
Last year 3,600 bags were given out.
There will be a separate hunting ground
for the under 6s.
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
During a three-day
Renaissance festival
last month, Culture
Minister Christine Albanel
inaugurated the new Théâtre
National de Bretagne (TNB)
in Rennes. After three years
of rebuilding, the theatre
finally opened its doors to
the public. Local taxpayers
have been wondering
whether the cost of
renovation has been worth it
and whether the end-product
is better than the original.
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
The town council of Rennes plans to shrink the town’s
already limited car zones. “It will improve the comfort and
security of pedestrians and cyclists,” explains Pierre Aubrée,
head of the town’s traffic control service. The council has
also decided to set up permanent breathaliser machines at
strategic points, such as concert halls and party venues.
Although 396 people were injured on the roads last year
in Rennes, this is the fifth consecutive year that the statistics
have shown a marked improvement. Three accidents were
fatal compared with eight in 2006. Motorists caused twothirds
of the accidents, followed by motorcyclists and then
cyclists. There were 11 bus-related accidents. The municipal
authorities are reviewing town centre bus black spots, such
as the rue d’Antrain through which more than 380 buses
travel daily.
The main causes of the 32 accidents in Rennes town
centre last year were speed, Highway Code infractions and
drink-driving.
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At the end of January, a passerby out for a midday stroll at
Porztevinié near Plouarzel (Finistère) noticed a parcel floating
just off the beach. The honest citizen immediately took the
package to his local town hall, where the municipal
authorities discovered it was full of a white powder. The
gendarmes were called in and confirmed that the parcel
contained 30kg of cocaine with a street value of about €1.5
million. After analysis, the cocaine was incinerated and the
case handed over to the drug investigation squad. The squad
has little hope of finding where the drug came from but they
suspect it had been on a ship in the English Channel, and was
dumped or fell overboard.
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