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Missing British woman in Charente – can you help?

UPDATE 10pm - Good news, the gendarmerie issued a statement at 9.30pm saying the British woman who went missing in the Charente has been found 'safe and...

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Hunting's back – with a 'greener' face that ever

Photo: Renaud Joubert/CLHunting is a controversial subjects and always stirs up passions.You only have to look at the number and nature of the comments on the Charente Libre's story  announcing the...

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Search for family of Charente wartime heroes who saved Jewish family

Given the sad news that France now tops the world league table for the number of its Jewish citizens heading off to live in Israel  – many citing a rise in anti-Semitism – it is important to remember...

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Football ref 'sent off' by Charente teams

Archive photo: AFPWe hear a lot about football teams at all levels taking on the pitch rivalry too far. But what about when referees lose it? Last Saturday two local teams, Grande-Champagne from the...

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Football ref beaten up by players in Charente match

Photo: AFPNot long ago I reported how players from two Charente teams had 'sent off' a referee who had been a little over-zealous.That story had its funny side.But unfortunately there is nothing to...

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Why France looks to its schools after Charlie Hebdo murders

Photo: AFP The last week in France has shown humanity as its worst and at its best.First there was the terrible massacre of journalists, cartoonists and the police, and the cowardly slaughter of...

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Charente: the crucible of French democracy...

Photo, above, of Hiersac mayor David Chagneaud: Majid Bouzzit/CLFrance has long been a top-down kind of country.Under the Fifth Republic (established by Charles de Gaulle in 1958) one has the...

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The empty village housing estates that litter the Charente

Photo: Majid Bouzzit/CLIt is a sadly familiar story across much of the Charente.A village draws up grandiose plans for one or more housing estates – lotissements– in the hope they will attract new...

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The Hermione voyage – a lesson in teamwork

Image: CLSo finally, after nearly two decades of planning and building, the Hermione has set sail.This magnificent replica of the frigate that took General Lafayette to the Americas - to help the...

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La Rochefoucauld shopkeepers fight out-of-town retail centre

Photo: CLIt's a common enough problem in Britain, where in recent decades town centres have been losing customers in droves to out-of-town shopping areas.But France has not been spared by the...

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