French officials have stepped up a fundraising campaign to build a lifesize bronze statue honouring Bill Millin, the Second World War bagpipe player who has died, aged 88.
September 11-19 – Considered the world’s biggest kite festival, the Festival International du Cerf-Volant in Dieppe welcomes more than 700,000 visitors from 40 different countries.
Gérard Samson is giving up his day job as a notaire to concentrate on his unique vineyard in Calvados, which produces 25,000 bottles of red and white wine a year.
From intensive courses and online learning to informal conversation groups, there are many different ways to learn French in Normandy, as Patricia Mansfield-Devine discovers
French officials have stepped up a fundraising campaign to build a lifesize bronze statue honouring Bill Millin, the Second World War bagpipe player who has died, aged 88.
Normandy’s property market is showing signs of a recovery, with sales up 25% in a year, estate agents say. Upmarket properties are beginning to sell again, after a difficult couple of years, according to new figures from the Basse-Normandie branch of Fnaim, which comprises 190 estate agents in the region.
Families living on a housing estate in Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives (Calvados) have been targeted by a mystery benefactor, who has been posting envelopes of cash through their letterboxes.
Tourism workers are divided over the success of this year’s peak summer holiday season, with some reporting an improvement on 2009 and others seeing average results.
Anti-nuclear campaigners are seeking to halt construction of a new next-generation nuclear reactor on the Cotentin peninsula, claiming the site is breaching planning rules and putting people’s health at risk.
Up to 10,000 visitors are expected to converge on Saint-Lô at the end of this month to pick up a bargain, support local traders and craftspeople and help raise funds for charity.
Every month we talk to a local mayor about his background and the issues affecting his community. In this issue, we visit CHRISTIAN BOSSHARD in Cambremer (Calvados)
Nobody would take the plunge and move to Normandy if they tried to plan it, says Simon Powell, an Advertiser reader in Etretat (Seine-Maritime).
A new coal terminal that authorities in Cherbourg hope will give a new lease of life to the town’s struggling port is ready to launch.
Dairy farmers in Normandy are planning to throw away thousands of litres of milk on September 25 to protest against what they say are unfair prices.