Will 2023 end as the wettest autumn ever? The large amounts of rain make the water boards alert to vulnerable dikes. You can read that and more important news from last week in the news overview below.
In an average primary school class, there are approximately two children who experience sexual abuse, research shows. In most cases it is not the dirty man in the bushes or the scary man in the playground. In 85 percent of cases, the perpetrator is a known person. For example, a father, babysitter or aunt. This makes it difficult for many to discuss sexual abuse. That is why the Dare to See campaign was launched on Monday has started, in which the Center for Sexual Violence Groningen-Drenthe is involved.
Dairy company FrieslandCampina will cut 1,800 jobs worldwide over the next two years. It is still unclear whether jobs will disappear at the FrieslandCampina branches in Beilen and Meppel. In the Netherlands, 900 jobs will disappear from almost all parts of the organization. “The expectation is that it will mainly concern staff in the support services, I expect the biggest hits at the Amersfoort head office,” said union director Henk Jongsma of CNV Vakmensen.
Eleveld gas field near Ekehaar will close in 2028. NAM announced this last night at a residents’ meeting in the village. According to the company, the field is virtually empty. Residents are happy with it, but fear that the problems are not yet a thing of the past. There is no ‘reverse burden of proof’ for residents around the Eleveld gas field, as is the case for residents around the Groningen gas field.
2023 is expected to be the wettest year on record. It just keeps raining. And that also has consequences for the dikes. The water boards are vigilant because soaked dikes are vulnerable. A total of 35 volunteer dike guards, mostly living in or near the Vecht catchment area, reported for a large-scale exercise on Thursday evening. In the dark they had to detect fictitious damage to the dike and report it as quickly as possible via a satellite telephone.
Drenthe politicians responded with concern on Friday to the motion that was adopted in the House of Representatives. The motion calls for the dispersal law for asylum seekers to be put on hold for the time being. “An absolute low point in the entire asylum discussion,” was Emmen Mayor Eric van Oosterhout’s reaction to the adoption of the motion.