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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Three dead after tourist bus crash in France: Eight others including a child, four, are fighting for their lives after coach smashed into cliff near ski resort

Three people have died and eight others are fighting for their lives this evening a coach coach carrying tourists crashed into a cliff face in the south west of France. The bus crash occurred as the coach was driving in darkness close to the Pyrenees ski resort of Porté-Puymorens, near Andorra, after the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle. …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Search called off for missing British doctor Tom Doherty in French Pyrenees after six days

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Wife of missing retired British doctor who vanished on hike in the French Pyrenees reveals her family's 'panic' after they received last messages from him pleading for help and claiming he had fallen

Daily Mail

The wife of a missing retired British doctors has revealed her 'panic' over the final messages he sent her. Tom Doherty, 67, from St Albans, was hiking and camping near Col d'Escots when his family lost contact with him on Tuesday after he sent a flurry of Whatsapp messages - one of which read: 'Help, I've fallen and cannot move.' …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Urgent appeal to find retired British doctor missing in French Pyrenees after WhatsApp messages pleading for help

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Urgent search for British doctor, 67, missing two days in the Pyrenees after sending family a photo of incoming clouds captioned: 'Bugger'

Daily Mail

The family of a retired British doctor have issued an urgent appeal for help after he went missing in the French Pyrenees nearly two days ago. Daughter Rachel Doherty said he had sent pictures of the local scenery before going missing, with clouds coming over a mountain and the caption 'bugger'. Mr Doherty was last heard from on Tuesday evening …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

China's Xi visits Pyrenees mountains, in a personal gesture by France's Macron

The Hindu

France's President is hosting China's Leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on May 7 for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia's war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Mr. Macron …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron

Associated Press

TOURMALET PASS, France — France’s president hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

VicForests cites litigation risk as reason to end community forestry

ABC

In short: VicForests has brought forward the end to community forestry operations in Victoria. State-owned business VicForests is facing court proceedings brought by 200-member community group Wombat Forestcare alleging it breached requirements to survey for threatened species in western Victorian forests. The Supreme Court granted an injunction temporarily halting harvesting operations in a Wombat Forest coupe in September 2023 after …

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1 year ago

Alex Batty: ‘‘Abducted’ British teenager escaped commune through Pyrenees after mother ‘planned to take him to Finland’

The Independent

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1 year ago

Housing shortage leads Pyrenees Shire Council to step in as developer to create Beaufort estates

ABC

About a decade ago, the regional Victorian town of Beaufort had hit a wall. Housing solution The last lots of Pyrenees Shire Council's housing development Correa Park sold last year, after an almost seven-year process and five stages of land releases. Continued growth Pyrenees Shire Council is now embarking on its second housing project, after purchasing another parcel of land …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The Train d'Artouste: Europe's highest narrow-gauge train

BBC

The Train d'Artouste: Europe's highest narrow-gauge train Hilke Maunder/Alamy The Train d'Artouste: Europe's highest narrow-gauge train Rattling 2,000m high through the French Pyrenees, the railway passes through one of France's wildest, most pristine landscapes. Westend61 GmbH/Alamy The Train d'Artouste winds through the Vallee du Soussoueou in the French Pyrenees "The particularity of our open-air trains is that you can fully …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Associated Press

CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE, France — Tadej Pogacar was not done yet. “I would say it’s almost perfect the gap, and it’s going to be a big, big battle until the last stage,” Pogacar said. “The display Jonas showed yesterday was incredible and I was thinking when they started pulling on the Tourmalet, ‘If it’s going to happen like yesterday we can pack …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar ‘super motivated’ to win back Tour de France title next year

Firstpost

Pogacar, who was beaten to the title by Team Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard this year, added that he’ll begin his training soon as the winter snow melts in the Pyrenees. Paris: Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar said he was thrilled by the highly mountainous route for the 2023 edition of the world’s greatest bike race and vowed to train …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

BBC

Europe's island that swaps nationalities EQRoy/Alamy Pheasant Island, located between France and Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. Agefotostock/Alamy Pheasant Island is located on the Bidasoa River between Hendaye, France, and Irun, Spain I learnt this much before I arrived to see the mysterious island for myself this spring. Spain would hold stewardship from 1 February to 31 July …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Moonambel businesses fear water scarcity drying up growth in wine tourism town

ABC

Set among rolling hills in a region with a French-inspired name, Moonambel entices visitors with the prospect of tasting some of western Victoria's fine drops. "We've found ourselves, over the last number of years, spending up to $10,000 trucking in water for the restaurant, accommodation and winery," business operator Mark Summerfield said. Mr Summerfield said the lack of town water, …

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3 years ago

Scientists find plastic particles in clean air over French Pyrenees mountains

India Today

From polluting the depths of the Mariana Trench to the top of Mount Everest, microplastics have now infiltrated the clean air as well. A team of researchers have found these plastic particles invading the air surrounding Pic du Midi at an altitude of 2,877 meter in the French Pyrenees. Researchers found microplastic concentration of approximately one particle per four cubic …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Brown bear shot dead in France after attacking 70-year-old man

The Independent

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3 years, 3 months ago

Study documents dramatic loss of remaining Pyrenees glaciers

Associated Press

MADRID — Europe’s southernmost glaciers will likely be reduced to ice patches in the next two decades due to climate change, as the shrinking of ice mass on the Pyrenees mountain range continues at the steady but rapid speed seen at least since the 1980s, Spanish scientists say in a new study. “Their glaciers have much more mass and entity, …

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3 years, 5 months ago

‘Either the tracker had dropped, or he was dead’: The curious case of Cachou the bear

The Independent

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4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Peters wins Stage 8 in Pyrenees

The Hindu

Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France following a long breakaway in the Pyrenees, while fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot saw his hopes of winning the race vanish. READ | Yellow jersey holder Adam Yates and other Tour contenders, including defending champion Egan Bernal and favorite Primoz Roglic, rode some seven minutes further back. Featuring three punishing …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France Springs to Life As Tadej Pogacar Loses Time and Wout van Aert Secures Double

News 18

The Tour de France burst into life when a fast start and crosswinds blew the peloton apart in the seventh stage, leaving dark horse Tadej Pogacar with a lot catching-up to do ahead of the Pyrenees on Saturday. Friday?s 168-km ride from Millau was dominated by Belgian Wout van Aert, who won his second Tour stage this year, after a …

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Three dead after tourist bus crash in France: Eight others including a child, four, are fighting for their lives after coach smashed into cliff near ski resort

Search called off for missing British doctor Tom Doherty in French Pyrenees after six days

Wife of missing retired British doctor who vanished on hike in the French Pyrenees reveals her family's 'panic' after they received last messages from him pleading for help and claiming he had fallen

Urgent appeal to find retired British doctor missing in French Pyrenees after WhatsApp messages pleading for help

Urgent search for British doctor, 67, missing two days in the Pyrenees after sending family a photo of incoming clouds captioned: 'Bugger'

China's Xi visits Pyrenees mountains, in a personal gesture by France's Macron

Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron

VicForests cites litigation risk as reason to end community forestry

Alex Batty: ‘‘Abducted’ British teenager escaped commune through Pyrenees after mother ‘planned to take him to Finland’

Housing shortage leads Pyrenees Shire Council to step in as developer to create Beaufort estates

The Train d'Artouste: Europe's highest narrow-gauge train

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar ‘super motivated’ to win back Tour de France title next year

Europe's island that swaps nationalities

Moonambel businesses fear water scarcity drying up growth in wine tourism town

Scientists find plastic particles in clean air over French Pyrenees mountains

Brown bear shot dead in France after attacking 70-year-old man

Study documents dramatic loss of remaining Pyrenees glaciers

‘Either the tracker had dropped, or he was dead’: The curious case of Cachou the bear

Tour de France: Peters wins Stage 8 in Pyrenees

Tour de France Springs to Life As Tadej Pogacar Loses Time and Wout van Aert Secures Double