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Deputy Mayor Abel Reitsma paid a congratulatory visit to Mr Ruud Roosken from Leeuwarden on 24 September, who turned 100 on 12 August. He had already celebrated an extensive party with family and friends. On behalf of the municipality, the warm congratulations were conveyed to him and the party was repeated thinly.
An experiment is starting in the Rotterdam region where forty homeless people with severe psychiatric and addiction issues will live together in a single building. Under supervision and guidance, they will receive long-term housing to help reduce public nuisance on the streets. This trial aims to address the national shortage of suitable housing facilities for this vulnerable group.
Following the national budget presentation on Prinsjesdag, D66 council member Thomas Hooft sees opportunities for Leeuwarden in housing, education, and energy. The 24-year-old politician wants national funding to benefit the Frisian capital. Locally, he also aims to focus on issues that directly impact young people and vulnerable residents.
The 24-year-old D66 council member Thomas Shooft from Leeuwarden sees opportunities for the municipality in housing, education, and energy following the new national budget. He wants to utilize national funding to support local projects. Additionally, the young councillor aims to focus on issues that directly affect vulnerable residents and youth in the city.
Nearly half of people in the Netherlands experience social nuisance in their own neighbourhood. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on its biennial Safety Monitor, loitering youth cause the most disruption. Last year, 46 percent of people over 15 experienced neighbourhood nuisance, up from 42 percent four years earlier. CBS defines social nuisance as loitering youth, drunk and confused people, drug use and dealing, and nuisance caused by neighbours.
The leaking glass roof and facades of the town hall in Leeuwarden will be replaced this winter. The building immediately becomes gas-free.
Squishy dumplings are not dangerous to health. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) investigated the hugely popular toy and found no health risks. Last summer, some stores removed the malleable dumplings from the market after research showed that potentially harmful substances could be released. The NVWA also received complaints about the chemical smell of some products.
Once again, a patient who was infected with West Nile virus has died. This is reported by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment ( RIVM ). Whether the virus is the cause of death, or, for example, a fragile health, is not clear. This year, five people infected with the West Nile virus have died.
The municipality of Leeuwarden wants to guide more people from assistance to work in the coming years. In doing so, more emphasis must be placed on the personal situation and possibilities of residents. That says alderman Marcel Visser, who is responsible for, among other things, participation and is chairman of the labour market region. The municipality is working on a new approach in which residents are classified according to their opportunities to participate in the society
The province of Zeeland warns that oil has washed ashore on several beaches. Oil has been found in various places on the coast of Walcheren, but also on Noord-Beveland and in Zeelandic Flanders, writes Omroep Zeeland . It is probably heavy fuel oil. The province advises beach visitors to avoid contact with the oil and not to swim in places where oil residues are present.
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