The province of Noord-Brabant that wants to use coercion to have enough houses built and a Hollywood-like chase in Tilburg: these are the five stories you must have read on Saturday.
The province of Noord-Brabant threatens the municipality of Eersel with intervention after the city council decided to halve the number of homes to be built from 5,500 to 2,750. The province can use legally coercion if not enough housing plans are agreed. The plans for a brainport hub and business parks have also been reduced.
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A man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for placing a fireworks bomb at a villa in Uden. The explosion caused damage to the front door while only a dog was at home. The perpetrator, who was struggling with heroin addiction and debts, has been in custody for 14 months.
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A chase of Hollywood-like proportion took place in Tilburg on Saturday morning. A police civilian car ended up in the head and the driver, an agent, had to go to the hospital. The driver of the fleeing car, a 30-year-old from Eindhoven, was arrested.
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The Keizersveerse bridge in the A27 owes its name to Napoleon Bonaparte who crossed the Maas here in 1811. The current bridge is a second -hand copy of the old Moerdijk bridge and regularly provides traffic jams.
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Maya Maes spotted a rare walstropijlstaart butterfly with olive -green wings and orange accents in Tilburg. This moth has a wingspan of 8 centimeters and is hard to find in the Netherlands.
