the medieval town of Romans-sur-Isère is turning its empty shops into stylish self-catering stays It’s certainly an eye-catching shop window full of interesting artefacts – an old sewing machine stands poised over a sheet of leather but to sleep in the appealing apartment inside it with an inviting living room leading up several steps to comfortable sleeping quarters A kitchenette and a swish modern shower room complete the picture tastefully decorated and better than many hotel rooms – yet a fraction of the price One of half a dozen former shop premises which have been given a new lease of life the Tannerie is part of a new scheme called BedinShop aimed at regenerating the medieval town centre of Romans-sur-Isère about 90 minutes south of Lyon in France’s Drôme department but the Tannerie is particularly significant: this town of 33,000 inhabitants was once the capital of luxury shoemaking in France Charles Jourdan - who partnered with Christian Dior - and Stephane Kélian - who worked with Jean-Paul Gaultier - were among the town’s factory owners The interior of the Tannerie Photograph: Jean-Marc DorlisWhen production moved to less-expensive parts of the world and out-of-town supermarkets attracted business away from the historic centre much of Romans-sur-Isère literally shut up shop The situation prompted BedinShop founder François-Xavier Chambost to act “I was walking along streets that had been buzzing with shoppers when I was a child piles of old wooden pallets and empty shops,” he says “I wondered if the youths could be taught to make furniture from the pallets that we could then use in shops converted to overnight accommodation.” Old shutters or wooden crates double as shelves; sinks might be made from a traditional iron washing basinA walnut trader at the time, he got the town hall and social workers on side, gained invaluable business knowhow through French organisation Villages Vivants (living villages) and convinced local landlords to invest in their properties in return for guaranteed rent opened in April 2019 in a shop that had been vacant for 15 years; the sixth “I try to give a soul to each one and reflect it subtly in the interior,” she says Using a mix of upcycled charity shop finds she has worked her magic in the apartments incorporating original features such as exposed stone Read moreReminders of Romans’ shoemaking past are everywhere from the old tanners’ houses in the Quartier de la Presle to the 11 massive shoe statues dotted around town starting with a huge red one outside the train station taking in giraffe-motif footwear by a roundabout a Louboutin in front of the pharmacy and a red-spotted pump by the Shoe Museum Inside, I’m entranced by the enormous collection of footwear through the ages, including horrifically tiny shoes for Chinesewomen with bound feet, as well as enough modern-day heels to make Carrie Bradshaw swoon. For modern-day shoe fans, Cité de la Chaussure in the town centre has a tempting selection of handmade leather footwear from €49 The factory workshop was opened in 2019 by a group who wanted to revive Romans’ shoe-making tradition while helping the unemployed return to work It’s good, but my favourite restaurant in Romans is Magma Terra whose vegetable-leaning fine food can be matched with a flight of organic wine or beer shoe-last towel hangers and a bed headboard decorated with the leather offcuts And as I shut up shop for the last time by pulling down the blinds behind the double shop window I can’t believe how quiet and private this town-centre dwelling feels Accommodation was provided by BedinShop, which has apartments for two from €70 a night. Train travel was provided by Trainline which has fares via Paris to Romans-Bourg-de-Péage from £186 return Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed €25.00Add to cart Prince Albert II frequently travels to locations which are historically linked to his family The Prince visited Romans-sur-Isère on 12 September before heading to Valmont and Rouen on 13 September Prince Albert II was welcomed to Romans-sur-Isère This city is part of the former Duchy of Valentinois that King Louis XIII granted in 1642 to Prince Honoré II in application of the Treaty of Péronne The Sovereign first made a private visit to the International Shoe Museum housed in the former convent of the Visitation is a testimony to the history of the Roman tannery and of luxury shoes the Sovereign offered a pair of shoes that were worn during one of his polar explorations This pair will join the Museum’s collections which already include shoes that belonged to Prince Rainier and Princess Grace A commemorative plaque was unveiled by Prince Albert II on the court of the Collegiate Church of St which was constructed in the eleventh century had been welcomed by the Romans in October 1661 One of the old registers of the city mentions this visit Prince Albert then visited the historic heart of the city including the Place Jacquemart and the kiosk of Place Jules Nadi HSH Prince Albert II travelled to Valmont in Seine-Maritime He visited the Notre-Dame du Pré Benedictine abbey founded in 1169 by Nicolas d’Estouteville which houses the tombs of the family of Estouteville The territory of Valmont is linked to the Grimaldi family by Jacques IV Matignon (1689-1751) who married Louise-Hippolyte Grimaldi in 1715 Jacques IV Matignon acceded to the throne and became Prince of Monaco under the name of Jacques I Prince Albert unveiled a plaque celebrating the 850th anniversary of the abbey HSH the Prince then visited the Grace de Monaco kindergarten where he was welcomed by  students from the Georges Cuvier elementary school who performed the Monegasque national anthem Prince Albert and the school principal unveiled a photograph of Princess Grace at the entrance of the school After a walk from the castle to the centre of the village HSH the Prince inaugurated the ‘street of the Princes of Monaco’ before addressing the people who came to welcome him HSH Prince Albert II travelled to Rouen to inaugurate ‘The Princes of Monaco in Normandy exhibition: From Estouteville to Grimaldi’ which is taking place at the Pôle culturel Grammont until 14 December 2019 This exhibition was organized by the Departmental Archives of Seine-Maritime under the curation of Vincent Maroteaux and Michäel Bloche (Heritage Curators) in collaboration with the Archives of the Palace of Monaco paintings and precious objects tracing the history of the family the Duchy of Estouteville and the village of Valmont are on display; showcasing links that unite Haute-Normandie to the Grimaldi family Home/Technical Rescue PARIS (AP) — A man wielding a knife attacked residents of a French town while they ventured out to shop amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown Saturday, killing two people and wounding five others in an act that led authorities to open a terrorism inquiry France’s counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office said the assailant was arrested near the scene of the attack in the town of Romans-sur-Isere as he was kneeling on the sidewalk praying in Arabic It said one of his acquaintances also was detained Rescue Task Force: Bleeding Control Options Critical Intervention Bags: A Tool for Saving Lives in Mass-Casualty Incidents Active Threat/Active Shooter Revisited They said he had no identifying documents but claimed to be Sudanese and to have been born in 1987 authorities found handwritten documents that included arguments about religion and a complaint about living in a “country of unbelievers,” officials said The prosecutor’s office did not confirm reports that the man shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is great) as he stabbed and slashed people Romans-sur-Isere’s residents have been ordered to stay home except for a few exceptions The victims were doing their food shopping on the street that has bakeries and grocery stores French media reported that the knifeman first attacked a man who had just left home for a daily walk — slitting his throat in front of the victim’s girlfriend and son and then went into the local butcher’s shop He grabbed another knife and attacked a customer with the blunt end before entering a supermarket Some shoppers took refuge in a nearby bakery French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner arrived at the scene in the town south of Lyon within hours and thanked shopkeepers for their help Some 100 police and 45 firefighters were involved in the operation and securing the area There have been a number of knife attacks in France in recent months French police shot and injured a man in Metz who was waving a knife and shouting “Allahu akbar.” another man was shot dead by police after he stabbed one person fatally and wounded two others in a Paris suburb It is unclear whether the suspect in Saturday’s attack had psychological problems or any links to extremism Analysts say some extremist groups see the upheaval from the virus pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters was stabbed to death in the village of Crépol The incident happened when a gang of youths said to be from La Monnaie a neighbourhood in the nearby town of Romans-sur-Isère with a large immigrant population Nine others were injured in the ensuing melee.  descended on La Monnaie: in the ensuing clashes with the riot police From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox The Left keeps describing the attack on the dance as "a brawl" but it wasn't a brawl – it was an assault Several people at the party reported hearing the attackers saying "We're here to stab white people." Yet rather than admit the racial nature of this horrible crime the Left's preoccupation has been with those who have marched in protest at the killing – "people from the suburbs who went all the way to the countryside to attack these peaceful French people" as one left-wing commentator put it on BFM TV The failure of the authorities to keep delinquents in check has been a feature of many recent violent incidents in France Thomas's murder was by no means the first with this sort of profile: similar cases keep making the headlines each time reinforcing the view that the state has lost control and further inflaming public anger And when people feel the state can't protect them We may deplore that reaction: "but we cannot ignore it" figurehead of the far-right National Rally (RN) claimed that "armed militias" were organising raids There has also been an indecent rush on the part of the right-wing press to publicise the Arabic names of the suspected assailants Yet none of those presenting Thomas's death as part of a premeditated expedition against "whites" seemed to care that initial reports of the attackers setting out to injure whites have since been contradicted blind ourselves to the rise in violence and ethnic tensions But it should be the task of leaders to heal the wound not pour salt in it; to call for respect and decency As hooded men parade with torches through a small town like Romans-sur-Isère Le Pen and Zemmour shut their eyes to the reality that violent speeches tend to lead to violent acts And they will never acknowledge that "the model of society the far-right defends [actually] feeds on the deficiencies that it only exacerbates" A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) says it has found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at Framatome’s Romans-sur-Isère fuel fabrication plant in southeastern France French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) says it has found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at Framatome’s Romans-sur-Isère fuel fabrication plant in southeastern France “The checks carried out by the operator did not reveal any radioactivity in the air in the premises or outside.” The Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) will carry out additional measurements in the environment Framatome is setting up a surveillance system to prevent any new outbreak of fire in the premises concerned ASN therefore “authorised the licensee to lift its on-site emergency plan The fire was reportedly started by an industrial printer According to the Drôme prefecture: “About forty firefighters whose teams specialise in technological risks were mobilized on site… As a precautionary measure nearby buildings were secured and ongoing activities in the affected building were immediately halted The employees present in the workshop were evacuated and brought to safety.” According to Framatome the Romans site involves the manufacture of fuel assemblies for electricity production reactors and fuel elements for research reactors based on enriched uranium Two basic nuclear installations (INB) are located on the Romans site 63 (manufacture of fuel elements for research reactors – CERCA) and INB no 98 (manufacture of fuels for nuclear power plants) Image: Framatome’s Romans-sur-Isère fuel fabrication plant in southeastern France (courtesy of Framatome) Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the Progressive Media network © Business Trade Media International Limited Suspect and two other men being questioned over attack in Romans-sur-Isère French counter-terrorism police are to investigate a stabbing attack in which two people were killed and five injured A 33-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested after the attack at Romans-sur-Isère, in the Drôme department in south-east France one of whom shared a flat with the suspect are also being questioned in police custody announced on Saturday evening that it had opened an investigation into “killings and attempted killings connected to a terrorist organisation” and “criminal terrorist conspiracy” who arrived in France in 2017 and was granted refugee status and given a 10-year residency permit moved to Romans-sur-Isère in January after two years in Moras-en-Valloire Aurélien Ferlay told French television that the man had undergone professional training in leatherwork supported by social services and the charity Secours Catholique Ferlay said he was “both stupefied and horrified by this attack” which he said had left everyone “totally mystified” made us think he would carry out this terrible act he was polite with my staff and me and he posed absolutely no problem in our community,” Ferlay said The local newspaper, the Dauphiné Libéré said the man had been working in a factory at Romans-sur-Isère and was unknown to French and European police and the security services A statement from the counter-terrorism prosecutor’s officer said a search of the suspect’s apartment had uncovered “handwritten documents with religious connotations” It said the as yet unidentified author of the documents “complains in particular that he lives in a country of sinners” The suspect entered a tobacconist shop on Saturday morning and allegedly attacked the owner and injured the shopkeeper’s wife when she tried to help her husband He then went to a nearby butcher’s where witnesses said he jumped over the counter grabbed another knife and stabbed a customer before running out and attacking passersby in the street A computer engineer aged 44 was killed while inside the butcher’s shop was stabbed in the street while trying to protect his 12-year-old son was in a serious condition in hospital and four other people – two men described the attack as “an odious act that has brought grief to a country already sorely tested in recent weeks” who travelled to Romans-sur-Isère after the attack referred to the suspect’s “terrorist background” He said: “I commend the full engagement of the security forces who quickly apprehended the suspect and who are now carrying out the investigation.” Minister warns of risk from militias after death of 16-year-old blamed on immigrants and minorities The French interior minister has called for the dissolution of three extreme-right groups after a series of marches were organised in response to the killing of a 16-year-old in the south-east of the country Gérald Darmanin told France Inter broadcaster he was seeking to shut down Division Martel and two other groups he did not name warning there was a risk of militias targeting people of different skin-colour died from stab wounds after a dance party at a village hall in Crépol in the Drôme Nine people believed to be connected to the incident have been arrested and placed under formal investigation for crimes including murder and attempted murder and some have been remanded in custody Even though eight of those arrested were French and investigators are still working to establish what happened far-right politicians have argued that Thomas’s death was evidence of a danger from immigrants and minorities who they alleged had come to the village from public housing blocks in a local town extreme-right groups have held marches over Thomas’s death About 100 people believed to be connected to extreme-right groups marched through the nearby town of Romans-sur-Isère on Saturday where some carried baseball bats and clashed with police The police prefect in the Drôme said they had come to the town to confront young people from the La Monnaie neighbourhood from where some believe the Crépol suspects come although no names or addresses have been given by prosecutors Six people aged between 18 and 25 were arrested as part of the far-right gathering on Saturday night They were fast-tracked in front of a judge and given prison sentences of between six and 10 months for taking part in a gathering with a view to preparing violence Five of them were also convicted for violence against the police Another far-right gathering in Romans was dispersed by police on Sunday About 30 people have been arrested over the extreme-right gatherings in recent days including after an unauthorised march in the city of Lyon this week “I will propose that a number of small groups are wound up,” Darmanin said be they extreme-right or whatever radical movement [try to substitute themselves] for the law instead of the prosecutor and police.” He said there was a mobilisation of the extreme-right that wanted to “tip the country into civil war” He criticised such militia for aiming to carry out what he called racist attacks attacking people of North African origin or “shouting their nostalgia for the Third Reich” 13 violent projects by ultra-right groups had been prevented by the intelligence services The state prosecutor in Valence has said investigators are still working to determine what exactly took place at the end of the village dance party in Crépol said the violence appeared to have broken out for “petty reasons” rather than being a premeditated attack based on “race nationality or religion” – and was perhaps sparked by a passing remark about “somebody’s haircut” went to Crépol this week and said the “tragedy” there and the tensions that followed had put France at risk of “a tipping-over of our society” He said: “It’s up to the judiciary to render justice The communist politician Fabien Roussel said this week that French far-right politicians were exploiting the events at Crépol the leading European election candidate for the far-right Reconquête party run by former TV pundit and failed presidential candidate wrote of the events in Crépol on X: “Now anti-white racism is hitting our countryside.” Bardella alleged that witnesses had said young people from housing estates had behaved as “predators” and come to the village to “hammer whites” and “hammer young people” PARIS (AP) — French counter-terrorism prosecutors have opened a judicial investigation after a knife attack south of Lyon left two people dead on Saturday In a statement, prosecutors said charges will be pressed later Wednesday against the assailant, who was arrested by police minutes after the attack as he was kneeling on the sidewalk praying in Arabic Initial investigation suggested that the assailant acted alone Magistrates are considering charges of murder or attempted murder with terrorist intent Two people were killed and five were injured in Saturday's attack in the small town of Romans-sur-Isere which was in lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic Residents were carrying out their permitted daily shopping at the time but described him as a Sudanese born in 1987 who arrived in France in 2016 and obtained refugee status the next year authorities found handwritten documents that included arguments about religion and a complaint about living in a “country of non-believers.” Nearly two years ago, Clergerie was bought by US group Titan Footwear following commercial court proceedings in Paris, having filed for receivership in March 2023. However, Joe Ouaknine, businessman and owner of Titan Footwear, hasn’t been able to revive Clergerie. Was it for lack of investment which used to produce nearly 500 pairs of shoes a week and its workers were put on short-term unemployment production later resumed but only in “fits and starts,” and with “constant raw materials supply issues.” and generated a revenue of €4.9 million over the same period According to AFP, Titan Footwear acquired the company founded by Robert Clergerie in 1981 in Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) for 700,000 euros. As part of the deal, Titan Footwear has committed to preserving 45% of the company's workforce. Valérie Treffé-Chavant, the CFE-CGC union delegate at Clergerie confirmed that 30 out of the 83 positions at the Romans-sur-Isère workshop will be retained along with 18 out of 35 boutique positions and 12 out of 21 financial and administrative positions.Dominique Bernard the interim manager of French Legacy Group The exhibition, curated by independent shoe stylist Olivier Jault, will highlight the French fashion designer’s collaboration from 1984 to 1996 with one of the era's shoe industry titans, Stephane Kélian France's textile industry deemed Jean Paul Gaultier's ideas too eccentric to embrace but Kélian welcomed his ideas with open arms Visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to explore these pieces thanks to loans from Jault and seasoned collectors News | World Two people have died and five others were injured after a knife attack outside a bakery in southern France Police were called to a bakery in the town of Romans-sur-Isere around 11am on Saturday and arrested a 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Monnaie district of the town of Romans-sur-Isère came to light with the indictment of nine young men – six adults and three minors – from the neighborhood suspected of being involved in a violent brawl at the end of a village fête in neighboring Crépol – during which Thomas Perotto The courts must now determine individual responsibility and whether the attack was premeditated They must examine whether racist insults were used as reported by nine witnesses out of more than 100 And they must determine whether the attackers were acting as part of an "organized gang," as suggested by the prosecutor these questions seem to already be settled there is no dispute over whether the accused are members of a gang and the fact that they come from Monnaie is a given It has long been a hotbed of unrest and violence "My 16-year-old son was friends with Thomas at rugby it's always the same guys," said David Guillon a rugby coach at the club where Thomas played who is also an elected representative for 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jersey will almost certainly struggle The former is next in line to the throne long held by the latter, the best sprinter Australia has produced. After collecting line honours and maximum sprint points on a windy stage to Romans-sur-Isère, Matthews is within striking distance of the green sprinter’s jersey won three times by the now-retired McEwen. Read moreMatthews has admitted he reached out to McEwen before the 104th edition of the Tour and an air of mentorship surrounded the encounter After seeing the 26-year-old reduce rival Marcel Kittel’s sprint classification lead by nearly 100 points in just three stages McEwen can be confident that the future of Australian sprinting is in good hands On Tuesday Matthews’ Team Sunweb clinically executed the strategy devised by sports director Luke Roberts causing the peloton to split with green jersey wearer Kittel left behind Matthews was untroubled for the intermediate sprint before hanging on against fast-finishing Edvald Boasson Hagen to secure the stage result “Luke has had the game plan set perfectly over these last few days,” Matthews commented afterwards Yet Matthews’ victory was tarnished by an altercation with Germany’s John Degenkolb following the stage alleging he had been cut off by Matthews in the closing moments of the sprint finish but first landed a right-hand jab on the Australian while they remained on their bikes “We were waiting for the official result and he grabbed me on the way past,” offered Matthews diplomatically I am not sure what they are going to do about it but I do not think it is very sportsmanlike.” Matthews and Degenkolb have been rivals throughout their careers – the former beat the latter to the Under-23 world road title in 2010 while Degenkolb triumphed over Matthews at the 2015 Milan-San Remo – adding extra spice to the fracas But a slap will hardly quell Team Sunweb’s jubilation The German-registered outfit already have one team member with a practically unassailable lead in the King of the Mountains jersey while another edges closer to the green jersey Matthews is now just 29 points from Kittel with five stages remaining Matthews was left “devastated” following a disappointing 13th place finish in Bergerac as Kittel won yet another stage He spent minutes bent over his bike in anguish and appeared to wipe away a tear before facing the media The green jersey incumbent’s lead was growing by the day and Matthews hinted that the points difference was insurmountable After two stage wins in four days – and it might have been three if not for an ill-timed toilet break – Matthews looks unstoppable and has demonstrated impressive climbing legs over the past week With several difficult days in the Alps ahead where Kittel will almost certainly struggle the sprinter’s jersey race is very much alive On Wednesday, Matthews will prioritise the 20 intermediate sprint points available following the first climb, before preserving as much energy as possible during a tortuous mountain stage. Kittel’s Quick-Step Floors colleagues, meanwhile, will battle to ensure their sprinter arrives before the time cut failing which Matthews would be immediately elevated into green while Friday’s stage 19 also has enough climbing to bother Kittel With neither rider likely to collect points at the penultimate stage individual time trial the maillot vert could be decided by a final showdown on the streets of Paris national ETV Bharat / international Paris: A man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in a town under lockdown south of the French city of Lyon Saturday The anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said the attack took place at 11 am in a commercial street in Romans-sur-Isere The alleged attacker was arrested by police nearby They said he had no documents but claimed to be Sudanese and to have been born in 1987 Read also: Pandemic management, take tips from Taiwan template Prosecutors said that other people were also injured but couldn't confirm French media reports that there were seven other casualties They also did not confirm reports that the man had shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is great) as he carried out the attack Read also: China honors virus victims with 3 minutes of reflection The office said that it is evaluating whether the attack was motivated by terrorism but it has not launched any formal proceedings to treat it as such the town's residents are on coronavirus-linked lockdown The victims were carrying out their weekend food shopping on the street that has bakeries and grocers Two-meter distancing is being encouraged as in the rest of the country The attacker first went into a tobacco shop and stabbed the tobacconist and two customers before attacking several other people in the vicinity of that shop and a nearby bakery French police shot and injured a man in Metz who was waving a knife and shouting "Allahu akbar" Paris: A man wielding a knife attacked residents venturing out to shop in a town under lockdown south of the French city of Lyon Saturday The office said that it is evaluating whether the attack was motivated by terrorism, but it has not launched any formal proceedings to treat it as such. Like the rest of France, the town's residents are on coronavirus-linked lockdown. The victims were carrying out their weekend food shopping on the street that has bakeries and grocers, the office said. Two-meter distancing is being encouraged as in the rest of the country. The attacker first went into a tobacco shop and stabbed the tobacconist and two customers, before attacking several other people in the vicinity of that shop and a nearby bakery, media reports said. There have been a number of knife attacks in France in recent months. In January, French police shot and injured a man in Metz who was waving a knife and shouting "Allahu akbar". Two days earlier, another man was shot dead by police after he stabbed one person fatally and wounded two others in a Paris suburb. 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