Bitesize News from Monday, June 29th, 2026
The news stories here are written for radio and designed to be read in under a minute.
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Calls to end block on air-conditioning
A Green-Liberal MP is pushing to break its taboo around air conditioning in hospitals and care homes, as the current heatwave strains nursing staff.
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Police use drones to broadcast warnings
Police in Marin, canton Neuchâtel, used drones to warn residents to stay indoors yesterday afternoon, after a hydrochloric-acid leak at an EM Microelectronics plant.
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Temps set to fall today
Switzerland is set to break free of its record-breaking heatwave today, as a cooler front moves in after Saturday's 39°C in Basel — a national June record broken three days running.
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Divonne chateau hit by fire, again
The Chateau in the French town of Divonne les Bains has been ravaged by fire - again.
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Fire bar will never re-open
Six months after the New Year's fire that killed 41 people at the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Valais cantonal president Christophe Darbellay says the site will never reopen as a bar.
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Lausanne Pride draws thousands
Around 20,000 marched through Lausanne on Saturday for the Pride parade, the first Pride event in the city for 20 years.
