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NO MORE NIGHT FLIGHTS? | When Schiphol closes at night, there will be far fewer holiday flights available. The tickets that remain will therefore become considerably more expensive, warns the travel sector. Nevertheless, there is also understanding for the measure taken by Schiphol CEO Ruud Sondag.
RUTTE’S FIRST SICK NOTIFICATION | The debate on the results of the provincial elections will be moved to Wednesday, a spokesman for the House of Representatives said. This is done at the request of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is ill. The debate will probably start at the end of the morning. According to the Government Information Service, this is the first time that Rutte has reported sick since he became prime minister.
SLEEP IN BEMMEL | An impressive spectacle at the old auction halls in Bemmel. A crane cuts the steel roof construction in half as if it were thin wood. Another machine makes short work of the urinals. Bite, swallow, go.
YVONNE GOES ON CRUISE NR 54 | The cruise industry wants to grow, at the expense of air and car travel. Yvonne Vermeulen (70) from Hellevoetsluis has been convinced for a long time. With 53 foreign trips and 719 overnight stays on board, she is one of the most loyal customers of the Holland America Line (HAL). Journey number 54, from New York to Rotterdam, is already underway. “I am slightly addicted.”
BROKEN CUP PROVES TO BE WORTH THOUSANDS OF EUROS | A wafer-thin cup full of holes excavated in the eighties turns out to be worth no less than 2500 euros. More than 1.1 million viewers saw that on Monday evening in Between art and kitsch on NPO 1. “Pff… it does have museum value”, the owner reacted surprised.
TRAGIC TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN ADVANCES | A passenger train derailed near Voorschoten in the night from Monday to Tuesday around 3:30 am. An employee of construction company BAM was killed and dozens of people were injured, some of them seriously.
CONSTRUCTION WORKER MICHAEL WORKS IN A SKIRT | Skirt day in construction? You would almost think so, because on this sunny spring day Michael is at work. In a skirt, and that attracts attention.
WORK PENALTY FOR FAKE VACCINATION CERTIFICATES | A 26-year-old Arnhemmer who worked at the GGD during corona time made two vaccination certificates for himself in his spare time while he had not taken the injections. The court sentenced him on Tuesday to 120 hours of community service for forgery and computer trespass.
MAN ARRESTED FOR DEPOSIT FRAUD | A 44-year-old man thought he could score an easy loot by sticking barcodes on cans and raking in a deposit. Unfortunately for him, that didn’t quite work; he has been arrested for fraud.
FIGHT AT VITESSE | The tension is rising at Vitesse. Maximilian Wittek and Million Manhoef came to blows at training on Tuesday morning. Both players were sent off by coach Phillip Cocu. They are fined for the incident.
STAYING AT THE MEILANDJES? | If you want to spend a spontaneous night in the new bed and breakfast Code Rosé van de Meilandjes, you will have to be patient. The guest house is already quite full in the months of May, June and July. And that while the booking system only opened on Monday.
FESTIVAL FOR SEA EAGLE NEST IN KEKERDOM | The birdwatchers of Kekerdom have been celebrating for a week because a young pair of sea eagles are building a nest in the neighboring Millingerwaard. There are also concerns: sometimes it is very busy and noisy on the bicycle dike, from where the nest can be seen reasonably well.
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