Montpellier Expo Fair Coming Soon, Laughing Gas Banned, World's Largest Sailing Ship… The Essential Regional News

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Laughing gas banned

#HÉRAULT The Agde town hall has decided to extend the ban on the sale and consumption of nitrous oxide that was in effect this summer to the whole year. For the past two years, laughing gas has been banned from June 1 to September 1 in the town. "It is a real public health problem, with strong addictions and sometimes dangerous behavior. This decision is obviously to protect young people”, recalls the deputy for security, Jérôme Bonnafoux.

Also, in the coming weeks, supermarkets, bazaars and grocery stores will receive a letter asking them to comply with this decree, while this product, used as a painkiller by doctors, is also used in cooking or in car tuning.

Panini celebrates La Grande-Motte

#HÉRAULT Among the many festivities and surprises that punctuate the 50th anniversary of La Grande-Motte, an original Panini collection is arriving in the resort. A special album of 60 vignettes dedicated to the history, architecture and identity of the City of the Pyramids is produced by the cult publisher, in partnership with the city.

The stickers can be collected free of charge from partner retailers and municipal sites in the town. As for the albums, they can be collected free of charge from the reception of the town hall or the tourist office.

The 75th Montpellier International Fair is ready to take off

#HÉRAULT By choosing the theme of the space and accumulating new features, the international fair and its 500 exhibitors should exceed 100,000 visitors, from October 11 to 21, at the Parc des expos in Montpellier. “Of the 500 exhibitors, 280 are established in Occitanie”, rejoices Marie-Thérèse Mercier, regional councilor and president of the SPL Occitanie Events.

“This will once again allow us to highlight local products.”Around a hundred artisans will be present. Exhibitors will be divided into five categories: home and garden, shopping, pavilions and nations of the world, better living and information.

Today's figure: 180

#SÈTE This is, in meters, the length of the Club Med 2 cruise ship, the longest five-masted sailboat in the world, which stopped off in Sète this Tuesday. Arriving from Nice a little late in the afternoon, it was due to cast off for Barcelona in the early evening.

This cruise ship carries around 350 passengers pampered by some 200 crew members. So nothing to do with the usual giants of the seas!

ASBH management criticized by the Sages

#BÉZIERSThe regional audit office has examined the management and accounts of SASP Béziers rugby and the ASBH association during the 2018-2019 to 2022-2023 seasons. Among other things, it points the finger at the SCIC of the City, insisting on the fact that a municipality cannot participate in the capital of a commercial company.

The Court of Auditors notes, among other things, that “the City, which intended to replace the absence of a buyer (of the club, editor's note), created this structure to take control of the club and perpetuate its economic model”. The mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard, who initiated the SCIC, persists and signs.

"My only concern was to save the club, to prevent it from being relegated, he insists. That was my only obsession. Yes, a SCIC was not initially made for that but it was the only legal way to be able to raise money."

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