UN says aid shipments fell by two-thirds during May but number of trucks entering Gaza rose Aid shipments into southern Gaza are being squeezed out by commercial convoys, humanitarian organisations say, at a time when Israel’s military push into Rafah has choked off supply routes […]
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The number of accidents involving cyclists, particularly people using electric or fatbikes, has risen some 15% so far this year, according to legal advice group Das. Between January and April, the company dealt with 256 cases of injury involving at least one cyclist, Das said […]
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Exclusive: Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to it The sugar tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, health experts say. The […]
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As Tomorrowland ends for another year, figures have emerged on the number of arrests made, drugs confiscated and crimes committed during the two weekends of the massive electronic festival in Flanders. The figures, published by Het Nieuwsblad, combine the latest info from the two weekends […]
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Customs officers in the Netherlands found 70 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside the hold of a ship in Amsterdam harbor. The street value of the seized cocaine is €1.7 million, according to financial crimes investigation service FIOD. So far, nobody was arrested in connection with […]
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“Results of the VAD school survey 2011-2012 show that the use of illicit psychoactive substances other than cannabis was rather limited in the population of school students (Melis, 2013). In the whole school population, only the older students mentioned ever use of these substances: 4.4% […]
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The police arrested a young man last week who was caught burying 750 grams of hash in city park Osdorp in Amsterdam. A passerby noticed the young man burying a bag under a pile of grass pollen and warned the police, the Amsterdam Nieuw-West Zuid […]
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