Tag: WORDEN
Van Dijk wins Ladies Tour, despite Wiebes’ fourth stage victory
It was the fourth stage win for Wiebes (Team DSM), who had previously won the first, second and first part of the third stage. Her regional colleague Van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo)…
Van Dijk trumps Wiebes in Ladies Tour and drives final stage in blue
Wiebes (Team DSM) and Van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) are supreme in the Tour. Van Dijk won the prologue in Utrecht on Wednesday, just ahead of Wiebes. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday…
Pleasure boating on the Leidsche Rijn banned from Monday due to a shortage of fresh water
Due to the low water level on the major rivers and the drought, salinity from the North Sea is penetrating too far into the country. This is harmful to nature…
Safe swimming in natural water: you need to know this
“You can qualify with nasty bacteria or algae. In most cases it concerns E-coli, the feces bacteria, or blue-green algae. You can get stomach and intestinal problems, fever and diarrhea…
Utrecht frequent offender who rammed into a police car gets two years in prison
The judge has sentenced a 31-year-old man from Utrecht to 2 years in prison. He is guilty of four industrial break-ins and, during an attempt to escape, twice drove a…
Primary school students in Woerden offer ‘future chair’: ‘So that the council thinks about the future’
Woerden – Behind the mayor, on a podium, is a brightly decorated chair. A ‘future chair’, as primary school students Fenna and Roel from OBS De Achtsprong in Woerden call…
75 months in prison demanded in appeal for attack on Panorama building
The prosecutor today called the attack another targeted attack on the free press, “fitting a pattern of violence against journalists and media” and “undermining democratic society”. In 2019, the judge…
Football hooligans hear demands for prison and community service after a hefty fight in Woerden’s cafe
Five men were in court today because of a major fight in café Onze Vrienden in Woerden more than two years ago. Football supporters of Feyenoord came to that cafe…
Residents of Woerden and provinces go to court for a say in licensing for shale gas extraction
The Let Woerden Niet Zakken foundation finds it “unsaleable that at a time when we all have to get rid of gas and invest in sustainability, gas is being drilled…
Are the smoke detectors already installed? From tomorrow it is mandatory
They hear this more often at the fire service, says Diana Bouwman, specialist (Fire) Safe Living. “What people encounter is that it is not possible to hang the smoke detectors.…