FATAL SHOOTING: The shots occurred on Saturday evening in the garden of a house on Saturday in Plovenez-du-Faou, between Quimper and Morlaix. The suspect was arrested An 11-year-old girl who was in the family garden in Plonevez-du-Faou (Finistère), between Quimper and Morlaix, was shot dead on Saturday evening and her father was seriously injured after a neighbour’s shots, announced […]
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HERITAGE: Built in 1876, the ten-metre-high building is one of the very last existing Eiffel lighthouses Restored for several months, the Eiffel lighthouse in Moguériec has finally returned to the Finistère port. It is one of only three lighthouses Gustave Eiffel built in France. Built-in 1876, the lighthouse was first installed in the port of Honfleur […]
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EPIDEMIC: The Brittany region is the least affected by the coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic and sees its hospital pressure drop In Brittany, elected officials are calling for a reduction in the health measures imposed by the French state to fight against the coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic. The incidence rate is lower there than anywhere else and hospital pressure […]
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CORONAVIRUS: The number of positive cases jumped this weekend with an incidence rate which now stands at 116.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the Ille-et-Vilaine department A “holiday season” effect? The latest figures published by the health authorities show in any case a clear rebound in the coronavirus epidemic in Ille-et-Vilaine. According to the report published Monday evening by the Regional […]
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STORM: Meteo France has placed Finistère and Manche in orange alert for “violent winds” caused by Storm Bella Be careful, the snow will fall hard in the north of France on Sunday and Monday. Blame it on the Bella storm which hit France from Saturday evening. The departments of Finistère and Manche have been placed on orange vigilance “violent winds”, with […]
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ALERT: The town of Plougasnou in Finistère in Brittany has closed beaches and banned swimming Swimming is prohibited and the beaches are closed until further notice in Plougasnou. Well, that shouldn’t offend a lot of people this December. But the municipality of North Finistère is no joke. Its mayor has just published a decree to prohibit swimming and access to water on […]
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POLLUTION: We do not yet know the origin of this pollution on the beaches of Finistère Four dead, two alive. On Friday, several oiled birds were found on the coast of Plougasnou, in northern Finistère. These strandings have been observed regularly since mid-November, specifies the town. Similar strandings had already been observed during the same period last year. The investigations carried out […]
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EPIDEMIC: According to a note from the Pasteur Institute, less than 4% of Bretons have been infected with coronavirus Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, not all regions are on an equal footing. According to a note from the Pasteur Institute, Brittany is thus the region where the virus has circulated the least since the start of the health crisis. According to […]
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EPIDEMIC: Residents of the Plougourvest nursing home in Finistère were placed in isolation in a single room due to positive coronavirus cases A cluster was detected this weekend within the Saint-Michel nursing home at Plougourvest in Finistère, reports Le Télégramme. On Friday, two patients at the establishment had been diagnosed positive for coronavirus Covid-19, forcing management to conduct a large screening campaign on […]
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WEATHER: Christened Alex, the storm will strike overnight from Thursday to Friday across Morbihan and the Loire-Atlantique with winds of up to 160 km/h Wind gusts could reach 150 to 160 km/h on the coasts and up to 120 km/h inland, according to forecasters. “At these speeds, there is a risk of falling trees. It can be […]
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