09 apr 2023 om 05:00 The police suspect that the boy kidnapped in January from Amsterdam had to be taken to a holiday home in Langbroek. The victim would know more about a home robbery and would be put under pressure at that location, but the kidnapping failed. The link between a robbery in Amsterdam … Read more
05 apr 2023 om 09:12Update: 13 minuten geleden A day after the serious train accident in Voorschoten, the crowds at the stations around the affected route are manageable. According to the NS, it is “extra busy” at the stations where travelers have to transfer to buses, but it is manageable. Buses take travelers from Leiden … Read more
On Tuesday, the fire brigade rescued a window cleaner who was stuck near the ninth floor of an office tower in Rotterdam. That writes local news website Rijnmond. The fire brigade had abseilers descend from the roof to rescue the window cleaner. The man had become stuck at a height of 30 meters because the … Read more
03 apr 2023 om 11:08Update: 44 minuten geleden The police arrested a 23-year-old man from Sittard on Monday in the case of the death of Xavier Durlinger. The man is suspected of killing nineteen-year-old Durlinger last year. Durlinger was reported missing on May 12 last year. A week later his body was found in a … Read more
The Red Cross has opened giro number 5125 for food aid in the Netherlands. The organization notices that the demand for food aid is increasing and wants twice as many people to receive this aid. “From 20,000 people reached in 2022 to a minimum of 40,000 in 2023.” The organization helps people by, among other … Read more
The Nieuwe Waterweg in the port of Rotterdam is open to shipping again. The planned work was delayed because a leak had to be fixed. A leak in part of the new Maasdelta tunnel caused a short circuit. The pumps stopped working as a result. Divers have carried out repair work in the past 24 … Read more
01 apr 2023 om 04:59 The number of attacks with explosions is increasing at an alarming rate and seems hardly to be brought under control. Young offenders are prepared to place firecracker bombs in residential areas for little money and that has major consequences. Rotterdam in particular is ravaged: the 26th explosion of this year … Read more
28 mrt 2023 om 00:22Update: 19 minuten geleden The State is being taken to court because of a major theft of private data from the computer systems of the GGDs. The purpose of the lawsuit is to order the State to pay compensation. The ICAM Foundation, the organization behind a mass claim, will hand over … Read more
26 mrt 2023 om 13:48Update: 20 minuten geleden No badgers have yet been spotted during work on the railway embankment in Esch in Brabant. ProRail sees this as a good sign. The manager will continue the work around the badger sett under the railway, so that trains can run again soon. No trains have been … Read more
Door Robbert van der Linde 24 mrt 2023 om 22:35Update: 9 minuten geleden The Earth was hit on Friday by the most powerful magnetic storm since 2017. The phenomenon surprised scientists, but has had no major impact. However, the auroral lights were beautiful to see in many places. Magnetic storms are rated on a scale … Read more