25 jan 2023 om 09:17 There will be a statue for the dog Bläsz. During the flood disaster in 1953, the four-legged friend saved dozens of cows and calves by biting their legs while swimming and driving them up a dike. The statue will be unveiled on February 3 in Scharendijke on the Zeeland island … Read more
The second episode of The Water Comes, the documentary about the flood disaster that took place seventy years ago, has attracted almost 1.3 million viewers to NPO2. This is evident from figures from Stichting KijkOnderzoek. The documentary, presented by Winfried Baijens, uses archive material and eyewitness accounts to find the answer to the question of … Read more
ANP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 10:41 Police are launching an urgent appeal to families who disappeared in the 1953 floods to donate DNA. This still allows the anonymous victims of the natural disaster to be identified. Relatives of missing persons should wait no longer, says forensic investigator Hans Geldof of the Zeeland-West Brabant Police and the podcast … Read more
Provicom In collaboration with Zeeland broadcast ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 12:20 A police arrest team has detained two suspects at a house after hours of action in Biervliet in Zealand. A “long weapon” was also seized in the action. It is unclear what exactly the two are suspected of. At around half past eight, police received reports of … Read more
Zealand broadcasting In collaboration with Zealand broadcasting ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 10:29 From January it will be even colder in the Geerteskerk of Kloetinge in Zeeland. The thermostat in the church is already at minimum, but since the beginning of the year the heating has been completely turned off. Due to rising energy costs and the expiry of … Read more
The Middelburg Asylum Seekers Center (AZC) was evacuated on Saturday morning after a fire broke out. Residents are housed in a sports hall next door. Several people are being treated by paramedics for smoke inhalation. It’s all about the azc on the Laurens Stommesweg in the capital of Zeeland. The fire broke out on the … Read more