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Woman filling a plastic bottle with water from a tap
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Thousands left without water in Drachten after main pipeline break; Issue now resolved
26 December 2025 - 13:05
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House fires: One person killed in Drachten, another hospitalized in Delft
19 March 2025 - 08:11
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Philips
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Philips announce plans to cut 400 jobs at Drachten factory
12 June 2024 - 15:45
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Groningen train station
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New railway line could shorten Groningen to Amsterdam trip to just 68 minutes
29 May 2024 - 07:00
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Groningen train station
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EU agreement to include Lelylijn as a key rail connection to the European rail network
19 December 2023 - 15:20
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Photo of a man who used the debit card of a missing boy on October 8, 2023, in Rotterdam.
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Police need help finding man who used missing boy’s debit card in Rotterdam
22 November 2023 - 17:50
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Helicopter ambulance
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Two women and five children injured after car accident in Uithuizen
19 March 2023 - 11:30
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A tractor along the N307 in Dronten, Flevoland. July 3, 2020
CrimePoliticsTechNature
Tractors drive wrong way on highway to escape police; more burning hay along A28
6 August 2022 - 09:37
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A Dutch police officer arresting a boy
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Multiple arrests on fourth night of unrest in Dutch cities
23 November 2021 - 08:12
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Gurneys in a hospital corridor
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Hospitals to catch up on non-Covid care at night, weekends
20 July 2021 - 08:12
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Fire truck
Health
Major fire breaks out at Drachten candy factory
16 April 2021 - 08:24
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Dutch police crime scene tape
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Pilot of sports plane dies in fatal crash
14 February 2021 - 14:40
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Lady Justice statue
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Court convicts man for sharing nude footage of Dutch handball team
21 March 2020 - 10:06
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Suspect shot after stabbing police officer
2 March 2020 - 07:37
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Dutch police at the scene of a crime
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Police shoot one person as officers raid 17 buildings in northern Netherlands
28 February 2020 - 10:10
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Politie patch on a Dutch police officer's uniform
Crime
Teenager stabbed last week in street fight dies from injuries
30 December 2019 - 11:46
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Dutch police car
Crime
Two teens boys held for stabbing a third; Cop injured in fight at scene
23 December 2019 - 15:53
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Police jacket
Crime
Drachten man suspected of leaking nude footage of Dutch handball team
13 March 2018 - 12:20
Crime
Criminals have free reign on small Dutch airports: Military Police
16 January 2018 - 09:59
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People line up at a food truck in Amsterdam Oost to buy oliebollen in time for New Year's, 31 Dec 2017
Crime
Relatively quiet New Year's in Netherlands; no major incidents
1 January 2018 - 13:08
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Saxophone
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Saxophone-playing driver arrested for rehearsing on the highway
19 April 2017 - 13:20
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Live puppy found at a dog trader's warehouse in Holwerd. 23 dead dogs were found in the freezer, 12 Dec 2016
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Over 20 dead dogs found in Friesland puppy trader's freezer
13 December 2016 - 11:00
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Arrest on the street
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Five injured in multiple weekend stabbings
12 September 2016 - 08:14
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Gavel
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Institutionalized psychiatric treatment for man who blew up apartment
28 July 2016 - 16:45
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