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In thirty years, Villeneuve beach will be submerged

#HERAULT –The Regional Chamber of Auditors has just made public its report, which essentially concerns the protection of the coastline, relating to the Montpellier Metropolis and the commune of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone. The conclusions are alarming: if erosion continues at this speed, the sea will completely cover Villeneuve beach and could also flood Lattes, Pérols and Montpellier airport. According to the chamber, the Villeneuve-Le Prévost sector is the one which has suffered the most decline in Occitanie: nearly 12 meters between 2009 and 2018 and nearly 150 meters between 1895 and 2009. In the event of elevation to a meter, Maguelone Cathedral would become an island. Human activity and development projects, notably Ode to the Sea, are therefore closely studied in these sectors.

The number of the day: 3.2.1.GO!

#LOZERE – This is the name of the very first collection of Lozère manga. & quot;All the codes of the manga are respected, both in the direction of reading from the end to the beginning and from right to left as well as in the onomatopoeia", explains Ségolène Dubois, director of the & rsquo;Causses-Cévennes agreement. The first volume, Mysterious Disappearances, from the 3.2.1.GO collection! (Belles Balades editions, 7.90 euros), was released on April 12 in bookstores.

In Nîmes, five injured in a shooting

#INVESTIGATION –Tuesday April 16 in the early evening, five men were injured by a burst of gunfire in the Pont-de-Justice district, in Nîmes, opposite a nursery school. This umpteenth shooting which hit the Gard capital fortunately occurred during the school holidays and at a time when the children had already returned from school. Five men, aged 19 to 30, were the target of bursts of gunfire, from one or more individuals, aboard a vehicle which fled. Injured to the lower limbs, while they were in front of the Market du Pont grocery store, these people were hospitalized without their vital prognosis having been compromised. The alleged perpetrators are actively being sought. On Wednesday April 17, the prosecutor indicated "that’a stolen vehicle had been discovered on fire" in a nearby town. An investigation was opened for"attempted murder by an organized gang, possession of a weapon, concealment of theft by an organized gang and damage to private property".

Beated to death for 30 euros

#GARD – Tuesday April 16, in Quissac, a 21-year-old man hit with a telescopic baton, for a debt of 30 euros, his uncle, aged 25 and who died in the evening. Beaten and seriously injured, the young man fell to the ground in the street. He would have been transported by witnesses to his home. The firefighters quickly intervened but were unable to resuscitate him. The attacker would be his nephew. He returned home after this surge of violence, his mother allegedly convinced him to surrender. "I am distressed,declared, Wednesday April 17, the prosecutor of Alès, Abdelkrim Grini. There is this outburst of violence which leads to the death of his uncle. For a debt of 30 €. Investigations are underway."

A new conductor in Montpellier

#OPERA –  He is one of the first black conductors in France and chose Montpellier to direct the National Opera Orchestra. His name: Roderick Cox. The former musical director, the Dane Michael Schønwandt, now has a successor. It will be officially presented on Tuesday April 23. Roderick Cox has conducted in Europe the Paris Orchestra, the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (Norway), the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, the Mannheim Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic . His career made him an atypical conductor committed to paving the way for African-American composers in the world of classical music.

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