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 8th August 2008
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10,000 visitors to La Fete des Sports de Nature
Last weekend over 10,000 people took part in La fete des sports de nature in the Indre, and in spite of the weather,...
Nicholas Sarkosy's government minister,Eric Woerth, recently announced that tax relief on mortgage interest would be introduced throughout France as promised by his party if they won the election. ...
Have we had enough rain?
An official at the met office at Deols, Chateauroux was asked by the Nouvelle Republique last week whether the Indre had now had enough rain to ...
Drive-by shooting - dog in dock!
Last June at Archigny in the Vienne, neighbouring department to the Indre, four women out for a quiet walk were suddenly fired upon from a passing car...
More tourist sites open free in the Indre
This year there will be 50 tourist attractions taking part in Journees du Patrimoine, which take place on 12 and 13 May...
Whilst St Benoit du Sault's temporary SuperU building is now expected to open in mid-May on the village's industrial estate, protesters showed up in force last week to voice their concern ...
More construction workers needed in the Indre
The Confederation of Artisans and small businesses (Capeb) recently made an appeal to whichever party won the forthcoming election to form a proper Ministry for artisan workers...
Would you like to visit the most beautiful places in the Indre for free if you take a friend? Then the membership card for the Tourism Ambassadors’ Club (Carte du Club des Ambassadeurs Touristiques de l'Indre) is...
Centre of ancient village undergoes renovationSt Benoit du Sault, in the southern Indre, has been undergoing renovations to its mediaeval centre for some months. 
New 2-euro piece minted
A new 2-euro coin will come into circulation next month, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The face of the coin will have the same design in every country in the EC monetary zone, and the reverse will have an inscription in each country's language...
This week the Paris-Nice race kicks off from Buzancais on its first stage on Monday 12th March. Timings on the first stage include 1509 at Ecueille, 1534 at Moulins sur Cephons and 1541 at Levroux and arrival at Buzancais at 1604. They then go through Argy, where the chateau opens especially for the occasion, ...
After killer bees, killer hornets
New French website for carp enthusiasts
With the fishing season about to start in the Indre, a new website has been launched by a Berry resident and carp aficionado, Pascal Hue. Its aim is to give all the information required about carp fishing in the region. What's unusual about..
It's an ill wind Wind turbines are again in the news in the Indre, this time because a landowner has changed his mind about having them on his land. The recalcitrant individual, from Saint Genou, says he had only agreed to have them on his land to...
La Poste under threat
The French Post office, La Poste, like its counterpart in the UK, is facing complaints from customers and unions about closures of inefficient branches. La Poste's traditionally militant trade unions fear job-losses, pay-cuts and the closure of hundreds of bureaux that are considered unviable. These are often replaced by an Agence postale commuale or a Relais poste which does not always open ...
The Paris-Nice cycling race will pass through the Indre again this year on 12 and 13 March. The cyclists wll stop over in Buzancais and then depart the next day for Limoges from Vatan.
St Maur holds Franco-British Fair. The village of Saint-Maur, near Chateauroux, held its second Anglo-French (or Franco-British, if you like) Fair on Saturday starting at 2 pm. ...
St Benoit hosts annual Foire Gras du BriveThe village of St Benoit du Sault in the south of the Indre hosted its thirteenth Foire Gras on Sunday which attracted hundreds of people from all over the Indre and surrounding departments. Fat geese, ducks, fresh and preserved, were on offer along with ...
You read it here first If you get through several books a week and never have enough to read in English, then the book exchange club organised by Christine Clarke and Fran Martin should be right up your street - or rue maybe. The first meeting got off to a great start on 24 November when....
Doors slam on high speed train
The proposed TGV (high speed train) line from Poitiers to Limoges has been voted down in the public debate held in Chateauroux earlier this month. The concern of the Berrichon people is that the line would bypass Chateauroux, leading to fears that the Brenne Natural Park, an area of outstanding beauty, and other tourist features in the area would lose out and be...
The Nouvelle Republic, the local newspaper for the Indre-Berry area, tells a cautionary tale this week of over-zealous gendarmes who stopped an ambulance for speeding.
The police campaign against bad driving in the Indre is succeeding - in part. The number of accidents over the past year has gone down by 1.3%,and the number injured has also gone down by 8.4%. However, the number of people killed in road accidents has gone up by 8.3%.
A magnificent 15.9 kilo carp was caught with boilies at Mauvieres sur Anglin last week, being the biggest caught this season in a competition organised by the Federation de Peche.
Chamorin's annual Fete de la Batteuse et de l'Artisanat once again attracted thousands of visitors on Sunday 27th August.
The Annual Beef Fair of St Benoit du Sault took place on Saturday 26 August in the market place, Place de la Republique.
The Berry newspaper, the Nouvelle Republique, reported recently that "the subjects of her Gracious Majesty" were coming in droves to the tourist office in Le Blanc, looking for information on the locality. The Haute Touche Animal Park was of particular interest, because...
On 1st June a dozen partners, including Boeing and Rolls Royce, signed an agreement with Chateauroux-Deols airport for dismantling and decommissioning ...
Building in the Indre – a growing industry which needs young people.
The fight to control the Indre's feral population continues with a bounty offered for coypu.
Marcel-Dassault airport, at Chateauroux in the Indre, has seen all sorts of planes in its time, including the Mirage fighter and the Transall which took provisions to French troops in Afghanistan. But one arrival earlier this year was larger than anything seen here before. The huge new Airbus 380, which has an 80 metre wingspan and which can take up to ...
The management of the Chateau de Valencay, in the Indre, has just announced that in 2007 it is planning to open an Enchanted Forest on the lines of a similar attraction in Groombridge, Kent. With an exciting playground, huge...
The wine harvest is expected to be at least as good as last year - 53.6 million hectolitres, it has just been announced. In the Indre and the Loire Valley in particular the rain at the beginning of July helped the vines, which were becoming too dry, and ...
