For holidaymakers who only want to see what they really should not miss, we make an overview of the most important news of today.
Today’s news overview
Turnbond ends top sports program for women and puts coaches on non-active
The board of gymnastics association KNGU has unanimously decided to suspend the gymnasts’ top sports program as long as research is carried out into transgressive behavior and intimidation. The coaches involved have been suspended.
TU Delft students find texts by NSB students on the Oranjehotel wall
Students from the Technical University (TU) Delft have found texts by an NSB member on a wall in a cell of the Oranjehotel. It concerns the scratching of Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga. The inscriptions were linked to him because he wrote down the date when he heard that the death penalty was being demanded against him, on September 11, 1945.
CBS: Number of corona deaths up to twice as large as RIVM reports
The number of people who died from the effects of the virus in the first eleven weeks of the corona epidemic is probably 50 to 100 percent higher than RIVM has registered. That number is in line with previous estimates by Statistics Netherlands.
Blood test that can show whether someone gets Alzheimer’s is within reach
American scientists announced on Tuesday that a new blood test, which can be used to determine with certainty whether someone will develop Alzheimer’s in the future, will be available within a few years. This is especially important for the development of a medicine for the most common form of dementia.
The convict reports to the police for 13.5 years in prison, but is sent away
A 28-year-old man from Leiden who reported to the police station two weeks ago after a conviction for kidnapping and manslaughter, was sent by the police. The man was arrested a day later.
Brussels Airport refuses passengers with body temperature above 38 degrees
Brussels Airport checks the body temperature of people and refuses passengers with a temperature above 38 degrees to access the terminal and flights.
Need for positive messages? You will find it in our daily overview of good news.
News in pictures
Conservationists filmed extremely rare tigers in the forests of Thailand in February and March. About two hundred specimens of the Indo-Chinese subspecies are expected to live in the wild.
The weather on vacation
France: In France it is hot these days. Especially in the interior. The sun also shines brightly along the northwest, but the temperature is more moderate thanks to the wind from the sea with 20 to 25 degrees. Inland it becomes 35 to 40 degrees in many places.
Benelux: It is warm on Thursday in the Netherlands and Belgium. Temperatures are only somewhat moderate in the north of the Netherlands. There it is around 22 degrees, while it can reach over 25 degrees in the middle and south. In Belgium it is getting warmer and it can already go towards 30 degrees in the south. Friday will be even warmer.
Germany: Substantial temperature differences in Germany. In the north it is still moderately warm with maximums around 20 degrees, while the south gets a lot hotter with 30 degrees here and there. Friday it will be a few degrees warmer everywhere.
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Water fun in Saronida, Greece. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Spain and Portugal: Just like the past few days it remains hot in Spain and Portugal. Thursday and Friday there are temperatures that can reach 40 degrees in the Spanish interior. Regionally, code orange is in effect due to the persistent heat. The costas are 30 to 35 degrees and a breeze provides some cooling.
Italy: In Italy it will remain sunny and very warm for the next few days. Only in the north we sometimes see some patches of clouds, but it does not represent much. The temperature is between 35 and 40 degrees Thursday and Friday. It is a little less warm on the beaches and on the islands. Precipitation is not expected for the time being.
Read here a more detailed weather forecast or the forecasts for other holiday countries
Prospect in the Netherlands
Are you staying at home or going on holiday in your own country? Then take heat into account. The temperature will rise considerably in the coming days. Friday is going to be tropical in much of the country.
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