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The bronchiolitis epidemic is fading
The number of cases of bronchiolitis is decreasing for the second consecutive week in most French regions, according to the latest bulletin from Public Health France. Île-de-France has even emerged from the epidemic phase. Caution is still required in the territories still affected by the epidemic.
French cinemas are doing well
French cinemas recorded nearly 1 million more admissions in 2024 compared to 2023, thus showing attendance up 0.5%, according to the National Center for Animated Cinema and Image. More than 181 million seats have been sold in 2024.
Alpes-Maritimes: a city will install 140 anti-pollution nets
Mandelieu-la-Napoule, in the Alpes-Maritimes, will become, in 2025, the first town in France to be equipped with more than 140 anti-pollution nets. These floating baskets, installed under manholes, filter waste, particularly cigarette butts, so that they do not land in the Mediterranean. 80% of waste in the sea has a land origin.
The Center Pompidou is full in 2024
More than 3 million visitors were welcomed in 2024 at the Center Pompidou in Paris, an increase of 22% in one year. The museum of modern art will gradually close between March and September for five years for asbestos removal and renovation work. During construction, the Center Pompidou collection will remain visible in other cultural institutions across France and the world.
Exceptional discovery in England
Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints were discovered last summer at a quarry in the south-east of the UK, making it the largest footprint site ever revealed in the UK and, perhaps, the one of the largest in the world, announced the universities of Oxford and Birmingham. A worker discovered the first traces by chance with his excavator. Scientists speak of a “dinosaur highway”. A documentary will be devoted next week on the BBC to these traces which go back 166 million years.
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