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Dallaglio's Cycle Slam peddles the Riviera

To raise funds for his foundation's charities and for BBC TV's Sport Relief 2010, Lawrence Dallaglio, captain of England's World Cup winning Rugby team in 2003 organised the Dallaglio Cycle Slam. 30 cyclists travel through all of the countries in Rugby's Six Nations Tournament. The charity cycle adventure started in Rome and ends in Edinburgh. Last week the cyclists passed through the Cote d'Azur. RivieraLife.tv reporter David Rowe caught up with them.

Snow chaos seized the Cote d'Azur Thursday 11th Feb 10 as up to 20cm covered the region. The A8 motorway shut down, cars abandoned, 111 flights were cancelled at Nice Airport and the Cannes-Grasse rail link and penetrante road were shut down. The snowfall subsided Thursday night & the A8 motorway reopened. Intrepid RivieraLife.tv reporter Mark Dezzani ventured out onto the terrace to see what all the fuss was about!

Riviera International Singers Carol Concert

The Christmas concerts by the Riviera International Singers at St. Blaise Church in Valbonne has become an annual tradition, setting the atmosphere for Christmas and raising significant funds for charity. Meet the choir's Music Director Jo Walker, President David Sidney and founder members Beryl Arnould and Pamela Flower OBE and sample the atmosphere of this magical local Christmas event in this video report presented by Christine Davis.

Remembrance Day British Cemetery Bordighera

November 11th 2008 was the 90th anniversary of the end of World War 1, Since then millions more soldiers have scarificed their lives in conflicts around the world. This video report records the 90th anniversary ceremony at the Bordighera British Cemetery on the Italian Riviera. The Rev. Douglas Bean, Chaplain of St. John's Anglican Church in Menton conducted the ceremony.

Dame Vera Lynn at Heidi's Bookshop in Antibes

On the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn topped the UK album charts and re-issued her autobiography Some Sunny Day. On Friday 18th September Dame Vera, a regular visitor to the Cote d'Azur, was guest of honour at Heidi's English Bookshop in Antibes, where she signed almost 100 copies of her memoir. Local journalist Liz Morgan and David Rowe produced this video report for RivieraLife.tv.

65th Anniversary of Operation Dragoon

The 65th anniversary of the liberation of the South of France from Nazi occupation by allied forces was celebrated this August in Cavalaire-sur-Mer. The 'Glorious G.I.s' from the U.S. were aided by Canadian, British and French Resistance forces. Originally called Operation Anvil, the landings were re-named Operation Dragoon. RivieraLife.tv's David Rowe reports on this lesser known but significant episode of World War II.

Behind the scenes at the Riviera Times & Zeitung

The English language monthly newspaper Riviera Times & its German language sister paper Riviera Cote d'Azur Zeitung are an essential part of expatriate life. Both titles recently launched new web-sites. Now you can access regularly updated news and information inbetween their monthly appearance on the news-stands. This video takes you behind the scenes where we meet the principle players behind these two titles.

Buzz About Eagles in Monaco

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was guest of honour at a garden party hosted by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in July. On the 40th anniversary of his pioneering mission to the moon, Aldrin whose lunar landing vehicle was called 'The Eagle', helped to celebrate an exhibition of Eagle sculptures around Monaco, organised by Eco Art International to benefit Prince Albert II's environmental projects. RivieraLife.tv was there, check out our video report.