The showered bull, the young graduates of Banlieues Climat, the jeans in the colors of the MHB… the essential news in the region

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The Tuffery workshop launches jeans with the MHB

#HANDBALL – “An obvious partnership.” This is how the collaboration initiated between the Lozère workshop Tuffery and the MHB was presented. The aim is to market jeans in the colours of the Montpellier professional handball club. Straight and fitted cut, indigo colour and a coin pocket to store your smartphone, in addition to the quality of its design, it is the originality of the partnership that is surprising. It will be sold for 170 euros, with 10% of the proceeds going to the club's endowment fund and 1% to the Mende Gévaudan Handball Club.

Today's figure: 1,500

#BEZIERS – A great success for La Marche rose organized by Bélise, the Institut du sein ouest Languedoc in Béziers, which brings together more and more participants every year for the 5 and 7 km walks and the 7 km run. For this 4th edition, Sunday October 6, 2024, there were more than 1,500 people at the Sauclières stadium. They were informed that “Bélise has obtained medical certification for post-cancer pathways from the National Cancer Institute, as well as a partnership with the ICM, which is offering us to resume monitoring and management of patients operated on by the CHU in the post-cancer period”.

The diplomas of the first Banlieues Climat promotion

#MONTPELLIER – A beautiful ceremony to close the two days of the Le Monde Nouveau forum, organized in Montpellier, on October 4 and 5, 2024 by Midi Libre. The first Montpellier promotion of Banlieues Climat received its diploma, from the hands of the co-founders of the association born in 2022, Féris Barkat and Sanaa Saitouli. The association's goal is to train young people from working-class neighborhoods in environmental issues, “to show them that ecology concerns them and that it has immense power for emancipation”, commented Féris Barkat during the round table that brought together associations, elected officials from Montpellier, the Rectorate, all committed to the ecological transition. The association offers eight-hour training courses on environmental issues and long-term support to encourage participants to then raise awareness among other people.

Course camarguaise: the final of the Trophée de l’Avenir postponed

#BOUVINE – The rain got the better of the final of the Trophée de l’Avenir, in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The meeting scheduled for this Sunday, October 6, 2024 has been canceled, a decision taken in “tripartite consultation between the French Federation of Camargue Bullfighting, the Taurin Trophy and the organizers of the Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer arenas”. A new date will be announced shortly. Tickets already purchased will remain valid for the upcoming final. This second day of the finals was to be held after that of the Trophée Honneur, Saturday in Eyguières, which saw the victory of the raseteur Romain Fouque and the bull Apollon, from the Rousty manade. Please note that the Trophée des As final will take place on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at the Nîmes arenas.

The fleeing driver was under the influence of drugs and alcohol

#GARD – A traffic accident occurred around 4 a.m. on Sunday, October 6, 2024 in the morning, on the A9 motorway, near the town of Gallargues-le-Montueux. The driver of one of the vehicles, who had fled, was found by the police on the secondary network. According to the initial findings of the investigation, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, the 22-year-old man would have preferred to flee. He was placed in police custody while waiting for the effects of the products absorbed to dissipate and for him to be questioned by the military.

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