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A power outage has severely disrupted train traffic to and from Schiphol Airport. No trains are running between Amsterdam-Zuid, Schiphol, and Hoofddorp. This has led to heavy overcrowding at the airport and delays across various stations in Amsterdam.
In 1942, the houseboat of the Van der Meer family from Leeuwarden sank near Echtenerbrug, where local residents saved them. Nearly 85 years later, descendants Yvon van der Meer and her cousin Jeltje Fopma are searching for the identity of these rescuers. They hope to finally express their gratitude to those involved or their surviving relatives.
Romke and Froukje Fopma from Leeuwarden traveled with their three young children on a small ark to Vollenhove in 1942, but the boat sank in Echtenerbrug. They were saved by the inhabitants, but who were they? The family is looking for these people. Romke and Froukje were Yvon van der Meer's grandfather and grandmother and she and her cousin Jeltje Fopma would very much like to know who these rescuers were, in order to thank them - after almost 85 years.
Sander Arends and Luke Johnson have reached the second round of the Shanghai ATP 1000 tournament. The Dutch-British duo defeated Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo in two tiebreaks, marking a successful start to their renewed partnership.
The CJIB in Leeuwarden received thousands of reports this spring about false fines that were circulated via email, SMS and app. Anyone who receives such a message only needs a few seconds to click on the payment link. The scammer is counting on those few seconds. Why scammers pose as the CJIB A fine immediately evokes something: fright, a little shame, and a tendency to deal with it quickly.
A cyclist was injured in a collision with a car in Drachten. Additionally, a motorcycle ended up in the water in Leeuwarden. A live blog is tracking emergency service news and short updates across Friesland.
The allegorical parade in De Knipe has been rescheduled to Monday. Meanwhile, the first show of the Acqua Forte Parade in Leeuwarden drew thousands of visitors. The Leeuwarder Courant culture desk reports on the latest events and festivals across Friesland.
After an accident with a motorcycle, the police and fire brigade searched for a person on the water last night. The engine hit the water at the Gealanden in Leeuwarden. After that, one person was taken out of the water. Because there were indications that a second person would be involved in the accident, emergency services continued to search with drones and dogs. That search yielded nothing.
Police and the fire brigade searched for a person in the water overnight following a motorcycle crash. The motorcycle ended up in the water on Gealanden in Leeuwarden, after which one person was pulled from the water. Because there were indications that a second person might have been involved in the accident, emergency services searched further using drones and dogs. That search yielded no results.
A fault at KPN is causing landline phone issues for a portion of its business customers. Several university hospitals, including those in Groningen, Utrecht, and Rotterdam, are currently difficult to reach by phone. According to the telecom provider, the problem is due to a local technical failure at one of its network locations.
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