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Snow chaos
hits the French Riviera
RLTV
12 Feb 10 Snow chaos seized the
Cote d'Azur Thursday 11th Feb 10 as up to 20cm covered the region. The A8
motorway was shut down, cars were abandoned on blocked major
roads, 111 out of 234 flights were cancelled or diverted at Nice
Airport and the Cannes-Grasse rail link and penetrante road were
shut down. With snowfall having subsided Thursday night, the A8
motorway reopened but low temperatures kept snow on the
ground Friday 12 Feb 10 with the thaw beginning in the afternoon. Freezing
temperatures overnight meant further disruption Friday
morning. There were some cancellations at Nice airport and driving
conditions remained precarious until the bright sunshine bought
on the thaw in the afternoon.
MD.
Check
out snow pics from
RivieraLife.tv viewers here!
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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
International Club
of the Riviera
with the Actors Abroad
Company
presents the
Old Time Music
Hall.
Directed by
Liz Morgan
it is 'an
extraordinary extravaganza with artistes brought at great
expense' to the Antibea Theatre. Sponsored by
Events
by George,
this nostalgia fest starred
Liz Morgan,
Johnny
Dennis,
Peter Reeves,
Helen Patrick,
Frank Kovacs,
Samantha Z
and maestro
Stuart Barham.
Watch our video report on this truly magniloquent musical. |
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For the second year
running, Monaco rally legend
Jean-Louis Schlesser
won the
Africa Eco Race 2010,
a raid rally that crosses Morocco & Mauritania; destination Dakar in
Senegal. Schlesser has also won two Paris-Dakar rallys in 1999 & 2000.
The Africa Eco Race 2010 took place 29 Dec 09 - 10 Jan 10.
RivieraLife.tv's Mark
Dezzani is the
international TV commentator for the rally and compiled this video
report on this year's exciting event. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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