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FEBRUARY 2010 ○ THE BUGLE ○ www.thebugle.eu 4 ♦ LOCAL NEWS Dead twins found in a bin bag in Corrèze Investigations are still ongoing the age of 10, has no history of after the bodies of newborn psychological problems, nor is twins were discovered inside a there any history of social problems bin liner at a house in Cublac, within the family. Corrèze. Initial enquiries amongst the community and those closest to the family have not revealed any leads as to the cause of their death. On the day of 6 th January, the lady was alone at home before she arrived at Brive hospital suffering The one thing known for sure, from severe haemorrhaging. according to officials, is that “the tragedy follows a pregnancy that no one knew about and there is no record of a medical declaration of pregnancy”. Hospital workers quickly identified a recent birth and after contacting the lady’s partner, it was he who discovered the bodies in a bin liner on the terrace. On arriving at hospital, the twin babies were The mother of the twins, who were declared dead. born at full term, has not yet been interviewed by police, as she is being held in a psychiatric unit in Brive hospital awaiting evaluation. The 30-year-old woman, already the mother to 3 children under The initial autopsies did not reveal any signs of violence, but nor did they reveal the cause of death and it is not known if the babies were alive when they were born. It is New hotel opens in Guéret The new Kyriad hotel in Guéret opened its doors for the first time this month. The hotel, which boasts 56 rooms, has been built at the entrance to the town, just off the RN 145, at a cost of 3 million euros. The concept for the eco design of the establishment is the work of Guéret architect, Gérard Peiter. Its construction followed the criteria necessary to obtain the EU Ecolabel, that the fall in crime was higher in areas under the responsibility of the Gendarmerie nationale (whose primary jurisdiction is smaller towns and rural areas) with an 8.68% drop in crime. In areas controlled by the Police nationale (cities and larger towns), crime still fell, but only by 3.07%. In total, only 2,184 crimes were reported in Creuse in 2009. The only figure of concern in the report is the 23.21% rise in crimes committed by minors. Police forces have said that they will be working hard in the coming year to reduce this figure, but the numbers are simply following a larger national trend of increasing youth violence. In Haute-Vienne the gendarmes reported an 11.2% reduction in crime and the police a drop of 2.2%. In a press conference held to announce the new figures, the prefect for Haute-Vienne, Evelyne Ratte, announced that “the police and gendarmes will be working hand in hand in the coming year”, as she highlighted that robbery and drug trafficking are the two big areas to be targeted. She also announced that a new police/ gendarme anti-burglary taskforce is being established in the department. Car theft was down by 27.5% in Haute-Vienne, fraud and financial crimes were down 21.9%, but alarmingly 2009 saw a 69.3% rise in violent crime. In figures that follow those of Creuse and the rest of France, youth crime again rose, with the age of offenders again hoped that further tests may shed more light. It is estimated that in 1 in 500 pregnancies, the mother does not know that she is pregnant until after 20 weeks, and in 1 in 3,000 pregnancies the mother will not know she is pregnant until she is in labour. Although considered uncommon, you are actually more likely to go into labour not knowing you were pregnant than you are to have triplets. Other figures suggest that 5% of cases where babies are born to mothers who did not know they were pregnant result in infanticide. In a case several years ago in Argentat, a 17-year-old was tried for ‘voluntary manslaughter’. ■ which the hotel hopes to be awarded within a few months. The Kyriad is open 24/7 and offers guests spacious rooms with king size beds, flat screen TVs & WiFi, a breakfast menu and a bar open from 17h to midnight. For lunch and dinner, guests can cross the road to the newly refurbished Campanile restaurant. It is hoped that the new hotel will attract groups, businesss men and women and tourists. Rooms are priced at between €79 and €99 a night. Creuse is the safest place to live in France Continued from page 1... falling. “More and more young offenders, in the 13- 15-year-old age range, are appearing before the courts”, confirmed Martine Coudert, director for public security. On average, 4 out of every 10 crimes reported (41.4%) resulted in the perpetrator being brought in for questioning, or in other words, nearly 60% of reported crimes are going unpunished in Haute- Vienne. ■ Château de la Cazine under new ownership The prestigious hotel/ restaurant Château de la Cazine, in the Creuse commune of Noth, looks set to be under new ownership soon, according to an article in local newspaper La Montagne. The paper reports that it is being sold by British businessman, Richard Savin, who has only been at the helm for a matter of months, to an Irish lady, Mme Ockerman. The future of the establishment, which was due to reopen its doors on 16 th January, is uncertain. The mayor of the commune, Michel Dissoubray, has been unable to reach the current owner for some time; the situation is worrying, not only for the 25 or so employees but for the commune itself. The SIERS (Syndicat I n t e r c o m m u n a l Equipement Rural Souterraine), in partnership with Le Relais, has announced a move to allow the recycling of clothing and textiles in 39 communes served by the organisation across Creuse. The selective recycling will be done via large containers in the communes and will cost residents nothing – the price of the initiative is being met by the textile industry. The recycling will be broken down into three categories: clothing; towels and linens; and shoes. Those items deemed to be in a good enough condition (estimated at 40%) will be reused in France or abroad. The remainder will be used to make cleaning cloths, insulation and other recycled products (45%) or either incinerated or used as landfill (15%). Currently all clothes, shoes or textiles thrown away in bins will end up as landfill. For a full list of the 39 locations, The new owner, should they decide to continue with the running of the hotel and restaurant, will be on the look-out for a new chef. La Cazine’s former chef, Sébastien Proux, has recently left the former Michelin-starred establishment to take over the Auberge de la vallée at Crozant, following his disapproval of the direction the management was taking. The young chef, who has previously worked in England and Switzerland, was at the helm when La Cazine was awarded the only Michelin star in the Creuse in 2008, although this star was subsequently removed. The Auberge de la vallée will reopen under the management of Sébastien and his wife Marie-Pierre in February or March. ■ New textile recycling points unveiled across Creuse please visit our website and follow the link on the homepage - http://www.thebugle.eu. The move to recycle textiles is part of a larger initiative aimed at reducing the amount of rubbish we produce by 5% in the next 5 years. The main target of the campaign will be unnecessary and excessive packaging of consumable items. This represents 5kg per person per year less rubbish. ■
www.thebugle.eu ○ THE BUGLE ○ FEBRUARY 2010 LOCAL NEWS ♦ 5 Limoges airport reveals a rise in UK-bound passengers in 2009 Although fewer passengers passed through the airport in 2009, the numbers going to UK destinations rose compared to the previous year. Limoges-Bellegarde airport sees a positive future and is looking forward to better times ahead in 2010 as France exits recession, despite announcing a drop in passenger figures of 7% for the year 2009. In his New Year’s address, Jean-Pierre Limousin, president of the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie (CCI) for Limoges and Haute-Vienne, told airport workers, “We have never seen as many British passengers as we did last year… The overall increase in passengers to and from the UK was 1.7%”. The small drop in airport traffic can be directly attributed to the decrease in the number of internal (mainly Air France) flights. The president of the CCI also revealed that, “In 2010, we will have 11 routes to the UK… 6 run by FlyBe and 5 by Ryanair.” He also hoped that the number of internal passengers within France would increase with the proposed new route to Paris. “As you know, we have been in discussions about a new Limoges-Paris line. I SNCF could slash TGV routes as profits fall The SNCF has announced plans to make cuts on a number on its TGV routes by the end of the year. Long seen as a cash cow for the national rail network, these long distance lines saw operational profits plummet from 20.1% to only 10.2% in 2009. The result, according to French newspaper Les Echos, is that SNCF will have to “seriously reconsider its economic model”. The company has already been preparing the ground for cuts. In recent months, as a result of the general economic depression, TGV services have already been trimmed on certain lines outside of peak hours. The new moves, however, are likely to be much more severe, with some less profitable lines having their services slashed and maybe even closed altogether. According to sources close to SNCF, 20% of TGV lines are currently making a loss, and Flybe has 6 routes to the UK announced for 2010, with Ryanair flying to another 5 British destinations there are fears this could rise to 30% in the coming year. Those lines thought to be in the firing line are Paris-Arras, Nantes- Strasbourg, Lille-Strasbourg and most significantly for our region, Bordeaux-Strasbourg. This last line currently passes through Poitiers and any cuts to services would presumably have an impact on the planned LGV Limoges-Poitiers high-speed line and its connection, via Poitiers, to Paris and beyond. ■ can not tell you exactly how many companies have responded, but suffice it to say that there have been a good number, which proves the importance of the airport and the region in general.” Alan Whitten St-Dizier-Leyrenne, 23 Via email Dear Sir, There seems no doubt to me that the LGV Limousin will be a complete disaster for the Creuse, and serves to highlight once again the complete indifference in Paris to the world of the provinces. I use the train from La Souterraine to Paris and CdG airport whenever I can, and it is a good service. It is almost certain that if the proposed LGV goes ahead than the POLT service will decline, surely it’s inevitable given the huge costs involved The consequence is that I would then have to catch a train to Limoges and then change to the TGV; or worse still drive to Limoges station, usually more than 1 hour, instead of La Souterraine less than 40 minutes, both these options involve much more time, a lot more cost, and turn an ‘eco-friendly’ trip into one with a large carbon footprint. Regarding fares, of course TGV prices will also apply, which would be an Closing his address, M. Limousin told workers that their “quality and expertise help run a machine that delivers over 400,000 passengers a year to their destination”. ■ important consideration for most of us. Having read the comments from the various élus, all I can say is “bulls manure” [sic]. I have spent much time in a darkened room trying to work out why this project is even being considered, but I still cannot find any commercial or logistical reasons for it at all. I have however formulated a theory, and it is that if SNCF improved POLT, in the same fashion as the west coast UK mainline, then they would need Italian Pendolino technology, so their mates at Alsthom would not benefit, and horror of horrors a non-French company would get some business!! But seriously does anyone really know I wonder Even more baffling is the very recent news in the papers, 19th Jan La Montagne, that SNCF seem very likely to make significant revisions to the TGV services & prices in 2011, mainly for 2 reasons; increases in the line rental they pay to RFF, and the opening of high speed services in France to competition. So I ask again why spend billions linking Limoges to Poitiers, a line where passenger numbers are completely unknown, instead of improving an existing line with proven passenger numbers ■ Creuse resident awarded Legion of Honour Creuse resident, Georgette Michaud, has been awarded the Legion of Honour’s order of Chevalier, for her unrelenting work leading to the opening of the Espace Jamot, a museum in Saint-Sulpiceles-Champs in memory of Doctor Eugène Jamot who played a major role in the prevention of sleeping sickness in Cameroon. Two months for driving the wrong way down the A20 A Brive lady has been given a 2 month suspended sentence after causing an accident on the A20. The incident could have been much worse as the 68-year-old lady in question (over the legal drink-drive limit) drove the wrong way down the motorway for 5 km. She eventually collided with another vehicle, causing non-serious injuries to 3 people. As well as the suspended sentence, her driving licence has been revoked for 2 years. 63 road deaths in Limousin in 2009 According to figures released, there were 63 deaths on the roads of the Limousin in 2009 (29 in Haute- Vienne, 24 in Corrèze and 10 in Creuse), slightly up on the figures for 2008. In total 965 accidents were attended by the police involving 1,198 injured people.
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