Hello everyone! How are you this Friday, May 1, 2026, Labor Day? Are you planning to buy lily of the valley? At Stang-Alar, you might find some. For its 38th edition, the Plant Day will take place from 9:30 am at the botanical conservatory. A record number of exhibitors – 70 in total – are expected, including seven newcomers. This 2026 edition focuses on the preservation of botanical heritage. [We give you three reasons to attend]
Some are heading off to Eastern Europe. It will be at the beginning of next month. To make it easier for them, Brest Bretagne Handball has offered several options to its supporters to travel to the Final Four in Budapest, Hungary, on June 6 and 7. [Find out more]
We also wish a happy birthday to these lucky ones, for whom birthday always means rest: Toulouse rugby player Romain Ntamack, celebrating his 27th birthday, and singer Zaz, who turns 46 today.
Weather forecast of the day: No rain, but clouds will be visible
Pack away your umbrellas, no rain is expected, according to Météo France. Your thermometers should read 12°C this morning and up to 18°C in the afternoon. Sun and clouds are expected to alternate. A perfectly normal seasonal weather, in short. [Weather forecast here]
Real-time traffic: Tramway, bus, urban elevator and cable car at a halt
Bibus announces that no service will be operating on this May 1. The store will also be closed. Therefore, tramway, cable car, bus, and urban elevator will be at a halt. Traffic is relatively calm, with no congestion around the city center.
From Plouzané, encrypting messages with synthetic DNA
A Breton team has successfully encrypted a message with synthetic DNA, a world first opening the way to applications in data defense and security. “It works. That’s good. But the main challenge of research is to ask ourselves: how can we do better?”. [Article by Isabelle Jaffré]
From Locmaria-Plouzané to Brest, a trio arrested after two “car jackings”
One adult and two minors were arrested Monday morning in Brest, suspected of a series of thefts and a violent extortion committed with a stolen red Peugeot 208 on December 26 in Locmaria-Plouzané. [Jean-Luc Padellec tells you more]
