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Scooter on fire in tunnel in Leeuwarden The fire brigade came into action last night for a burning scooter in a tunnel on Europaplein in Leeuwarden. There are no reports of injuries or other persons involved in the incident.
Fires, accidents, traffic jams, delays and short news items: with this live blog you can follow 112 news and other short news in Friesland closely.
Good morning! In Breda, the suspect of the fatal accident with a group of schoolchildren in the Zeeland Bird Value is in court and Chinese President Xi is making a state visit to the United States. First the weather: this morning there is a lot of cloud, but this afternoon the sun breaks through more often and then the temperature rises to more than 20 degrees. Especially in the north, there is a chance of a shower later.
During the extinguishing of the fire in Dinxperlo in Gelderland on Monday evening, PFAS ended up in the sewage water. This is reported by the municipality of Aalten, which includes Dinxperlo. A pile of wood and pruning waste was on fire at a waste processor. The extinguishing water came from a contaminated recreational pond and was largely discharged via the sewer.
The Canadian engineering firm WSP Global is ceasing its attempts to take over its Dutch counterpart Arcadis. WSP Global wrote in a press release that it was unable to enter into talks with Arcadis about the conditions for a share transfer. The company remains convinced that a takeover would be mutually beneficial. WSP Global joined the Arcadis leadership team twice this summer.
Was it a fateful concurrence of circumstances, or did officers use too much force during Alfredo Goeloe's arrest? Relatives of the 51-year-old Rotterdammer, who died a week and a half ago when he was arrested, are still full of questions on the day of his departure. To pay a final tribute to Gulu, some two hundred people joined a funeral procession today. His body was dressed in a white hearse, drawn by two white horses, transferred to the South Cemetery.
LAC Frisia just missed out on qualifying for the KNVB Cup. In the final qualifying round, the Leeuwarden side lost 1-0 away at Noordwijk. That comes as no surprise: Noordwijk leads the Third Division, while Frisia is twelfth in the Fourth Division. Still, Jan van Raalte's team held onto hopes of an upset for a long time. Ilias Latif scored the 1-0 in the 27th minute, but the Frisians kept pace well after that.
Whether they are technicians, dredgers, festivalgoers, or refugees, Mark Jongedijk provides them all with a bed. In the early 1990s, the owner of Slaapschepen started as a mate on the traditional sailing fleet. Now, he is launching a new modular hotel system for the water in Leeuwarden.
US President Donald Trump claims Russia has lost control of its oil sector due to Ukrainian attacks and is calling for an end to the war. He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York. Meanwhile, 51-year-old Alfredo Goeloe was laid to rest in Rotterdam.
160 kilometres of soup in five days. Rinze de Vries (40) from Luinjeberd proudly completed his spirited ’Elfdatapuntentocht’ through Friesland on Tuesday. He likes to spare the suffering and shoulder pain for his greater purpose.
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