The Department of Hérault “under water”, rugby player convicted of domestic violence, Art on display: the main news in the region

Finances: the Department of Hérault “under water”

#COMMUNITY In an interview he gave to Midi Libre, Kléber Mesquida, president of the Department of Hérault, warns about the finances of the community which has just given up on the participatory budget. “Today, we are more than in the fog, we are underwater.” According to him, the Association of Departments estimates that 85 departments will be in the same situation by the end of 2025.

“Every year, we are dependent on growth. Revenues from the State are down by €31.20 million.“The president announces renouncing aid to municipalities, participation in the LGV project between Montpellier and Perpignan, reducing investments on roads…

Suspended prison sentence for ASBH rugby player

#BEZIERS This Wednesday, Taleta Tupuola, ASBH rugby player, was sentenced by the Béziers court to fourteen months of suspended imprisonment. The public prosecutor had requested eighteen. After returning from an evening, where he had drunk a lot of alcohol, he violently hit his wife and was tried for domestic violence.

On the stand, he admitted the facts which took place in front of their 3-year-old child. His partner was taken to hospital, where, among other things, she had sixteen stitches placed on her scalp. He was notified of total incapacity for work (ITT) for six days. Admitting a problem with alcohol, the New Zealander admitted to consuming it after matches and sometimes on weekends, “without being able to stop” when it starts.

He also asked the court for help to fight his addiction: “My family is everything to me, a regretté Taleta Tupoola. I didn't know that my son was watching the scene. My heart broke when I found out he saw everything.”

Cora leaves, Carrefour arrives

#ALES After almost forty years of service, Cora bows out. A monument of the Alesian basin that is flying away. Which is, in fact, one of the only hypermarkets in the south of France, covers 10,000 m2 and employs nearly 300 employees.

After Radar, then Géant in 1978 and finally Cora in 1986, the brand leaves its place to Carrefour which will be inaugurated on November 19. The four emblematic letters of the immense Cora sign which proudly sits above the roof of the building were taken down during the night from Wednesday to Thursday.

Today's figure: 3.8

#LOZÈRE This is, in millions of euros, the amount of the project for the future Business and Skills campus of the CCI Lozère, the first stone of which was laid yesterday in Mende in the presence of Carole Delga, regional president.

The CCI will move to the site at the end of the work, planned for 2025, in a new bio-sourced building which will meet the strictest requirements in terms of adaptation to global warming.

Art Montpellier, here we go

#HERAULT Art Montpellier, a major event for contemporary art in Occitania, is back. The Mediterranean Contemporary Arts Fair opens this Thursday at the Parc des Expositions in Pérols.

The theme of this 8th edition, “Geometries, colors and abstractions”, well illustrates the abundance of works exhibited on the stands of the sixty gallery owners and publishers present. The masters of free figuration Hervé Di Rosa, Robert Combas, François Boisrond are presented on several stands. The fair is not, however, reserved only for wealthy collectors. Everyone can find a work within their means.