Monty Python's Life of Brian that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light, a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing. Some bans continued into the 21st century. In 2008, Torbay Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival. In 2009, it was announced that a thirty-year-old ban of the film in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth had finally been lifted, and the subsequent showing was attended by Terry Jones
Alpine Town of the Year two local projects reflecting the association’s objectives in its Alpine Town Year. These are stored in an online data bank. In addition, any other projects are regularly presented in the association’s newsletter, which appears in four languages. The Alpine Town Association is a partner in the Alpine Space Programme Alpstar. The project’s objective is to make the Alps a climate-neutral region. The project started in July 2011 and will end in March 2014. In 2008, the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and the association signed a Memorandum of Understanding for continuous cooperation. The association has been an official observer