Fatal shootings against a backdrop of drugs, helping little Leandro, controversy surrounding the solar power plant… the essential news from the region

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A man from Aveyron faces Spanish justice

#CATALONIA –The Spanish justice system demanded on Friday 19 years in prison for a young 22-year-old driver from Aveyron who, last summer, was carrying 15 kg of cannabis and 1 kg of hashish in the trunk of his car and killed a father while trying to escape the police. The young man had made a U-turn at Le Boulou, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, then took the A9 then the AP-7 in the wrong direction for about fifteen kilometers. He had hit another vehicle head-on after the border. The prosecution also requested a fine of €65,000 and a driving ban for 10 years, as well as €400,000 in compensation.

Today's figure: 734,056

#NÎMES – The Edeis company, delegate of the public service of Roman monuments in Nîmes, posted good attendance figures in 2024. The arenas, the Maison Carrée and the Magne tower received 734,056 visitors. This is the first time that the symbolic threshold of 700,000 has been exceeded. In detail, 146,000 visitors climbed the 140 steps of the Magne Tower (+2%), 174,000 entered the Maison Carrée (+8%) and 416,056 visited or attended events in the arenas.

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A solar power plant project is causing a stir north of Béziers

#HERAULT – The future installation of a photovoltaic park in the commune of Autignac is causing a stir among the population, some of whom are frightened by the scale of the project. The solar power plant, with a capacity of 3 MWc (megawatts-peak), would be installed on the site of the former municipal landfill. “A formerly polluted space where nature has reclaimed its rights, thanks to time and public funding (Ademe and the Department having paid 30,000 euros for the rehabilitation of the site)”, reports the group of opponents denouncing a lack of information. The mayor, himself, confirms“a photovoltaic park of just over 3 hectares, on the 7 hectares of the former landfill, with 1.1 ha for the Angelotti company and 3 ha for Cévennes Energy” recalling that the solar power plant “would bring in 50,000 euros per year to the municipality over 25 years, as well as the property tax”. A public inquiry should be opened soon.

One dead and one injured in a shooting in Montpellier

#HERAULT – The suspect was still wanted on Friday, January 3, 2025, after the shooting on Thursday evening (January 2, 2025) in the La Paillade district of Montpellier. A car was targeted by a shooter who was traveling on a scooter. One of the passengers in the vehicle, aged 33, died shortly after arriving at the hospital where he was dropped off by a third party. He was known to the police for drug trafficking cases. The bullet-riddled car was found near the CHU. A second victim, a 24-year-old man, was injured in the leg. According to the prosecution: “The context in which the acts were committed suggests that they are linked to a settling of scores, without it being possible to state this with certainty at this time.”

Solidarity for Léandro, suffering from a rare disease

#GARD – Initiated by the teachers of the Jean-Baptiste-Delmas college in Salindres, the association “Léandro notre super héro” is on the move to support the parents of the little baby who has just celebrated his first birthday. Léandro suffers from a rare genetic disease, an incurable migrating partial epilepsy. The association is working hard to collect donations and thus allow parents to provide maximum comfort to the child and organize his development. About twenty cases of this disease are listed in France.

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