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A Dutch yoga teacher who started the weekly ‘Clap for Carers’ movement has said next Thursday’s show of support should be the last, amid concerns it has become ‘negative’. Now in its ninth week, the event has seen people across the country take to their doorsteps and balconies to show their appreciation for the efforts of … Read more
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new data protection law that entered into force on May 25, 2018. It aims to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union (EU). This means cracking down on how companies like Google and Facebook use and sell the data they collect … Read more
‘God, that was awkward!’ Eurovision’s Graham Norton doesn’t hide his feelings after enduring laborious and stunted chat with Netherlands host By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 10:08 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 17 May 2020 It may not have been business as usual for Eurovision 2020, but Graham Norton was still sure … Read more
Dolphin that ‘fell in love’ with a Dutch boat and refused to leave its side dies after getting too close to another vessel and getting hit by a propeller Animal, named Zafar, first made headlines in 2018 after antics in French town Was caught rubbing up against bathers and boats in Landevennec, Brittany This month, he … Read more
Minks on two Dutch farms test positive for coronavirus after the animals suffered shortness of breath and gastric problems Minks at the two farms suffered from shortness of breath and gastric problems Medics are trying to work out the source of the infection by testing employees Police advised locals not to walk within 437 yards … Read more
Five trusts in England are in talks with Dutch firm Biozek Medical to buy thousands of its rapid finger-prick tests which give a diagnosis in a matter of minutes NHS trusts have resorted to buying coronavirus antibody tests overseas in a bid to get their staff back to work, after becoming increasingly frustrated with delays in … Read more
Hackers have stolen £2.4million paid by a museum for a John Constable painting after they posed as an art dealer. Cyber-criminals intercepted emails sent between Rijksmuseum Twenthe, in the Netherlands, and London art dealer Dickinson, arranging the sale of Constable’s 1824 ‘A View of Hampstead Heath: Child’s Hill, Harrow in the Distance’. They contacted the … Read more
Dutch woman aged 107 becomes world’s oldest person to survive coronavirus Cornelia Ras is most likely the oldest person to have recovered from the virus She fell ill after attending a church service and was not expected to survive Ras, 107, was informed by doctors on Monday that she had beaten the infection By Sophie … Read more
Vincent van Gogh painting is stolen from Dutch museum closed due to coronavirus The museum near Amsterdam said van Gogh’s ‘Spring Garden’ had been stolen Burglars forced their way in through a glass door shortly after 3am this morning Museum director said he was ‘shocked and incredibly p****d off’ by the theft Coronavirus symptoms: what … Read more
A Dutch firm has created a new coronavirus test that can give results in just 15 minutes in the same fashion as a pregnancy stick. Sensitest’s blood test, manufactured in China, detects antibodies that signal the body is fighting the deadly infection. It is not able to spot the virus in its early stages, but … Read more