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On Wednesday 16th June
2010, the region around Draguignan in the Var was submerged by a 2 metre
wave of flood water following record rainfall of 14 inches of rain in a
just a few hours. At least 25 were killed in this natural tragedy and
many homes and businesses destoyed. We have collected global news
reports and videos about the disaster, and
RivieraLife.tv correspondent
David Rowe
has compiled a video of the aftermath. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A new
monument was unveiled in Frejus 02 Dec 09, the 50th
anniversary of the Malpasset dam disaster. The monument
stands by the Roman arena in Frejus and commemorates the 423
who died on that tragic night in 1959 when the dam burst.
RivieraLife.tv's David Rowe reports on the commemorations
and speculates about some of the reasons for this tragic
disaster. |
