Europe Covid: Germany heads for new lockdown as cases surge

Germany looks set to tighten lockdown measures today and extend them into April as Europe’s Covid third wave gathers pace.  Angela Merkel is meeting with Germany’s regional leaders today for a summit that was supposed to be about easing restrictions. But as Covid cases spike, leaked documents suggest the leaders will actually move to tighten … Read more

World’s first remote tattoo is completed using a 5G-powered robotic arm

The world’s first remote tattoo was completed by a 5G-powered robotic arm fitted with a tiny needle. Tattoo artist Wes Thomas drew the design on a mannequin arm while a robot in another location copied his motions on Dutch actress Stijn Fransen’s wrist. The final result is a ‘minimalist’ design that honors Fransen’s love out … Read more

World’s first remote tattoo is commissioned in real-time using a 5G-powered robotic arm

The world’s first remote tattoo was completed by a 5G-powered robotic arm fitted with a tiny needle. Tattoo artist Wes Thomas drew the design on a mannequin arm while a robot in another location copied his motions on Dutch actress Stijn Fransen’s wrist. The final result is a ‘minimalist’ design that honors Fransen’s love out … Read more

Violence erupts at anti-lockdown protests on eve of Dutch election as police confront demonstrators

Some 2,000 people gathered in The Hague on Sunday to protest against the Dutch government and its coronavirus lockdown. Several people carried a homemade banner with the words ‘Love & Freedom: No Dictatorship’ written on it in Dutch, while many others carried yellow umbrellas. Another demonstrator carried a makeshift set of stocks with a photo … Read more

KLM airline pilot Nick de Jonge is flying high on Instagram thanks to amazing drone photography 

Pictures of Holland that show just why the airline pilot who took them is flying high on Instagram Nick de Jonge flies Boeing 737s for KLM as a first officer – and he has 20,000 Instagram followers When you see his photography, you’ll see why – it’s regularly jaw-dropping. From the ground and the air … Read more

Antonio Banderas and girlfriend Nicole Kimpel hold hands while out for a stroll

They have been happily dating since his split from his second wife Melanie Griffith in 2014, and are isolating together in Madrid amid the coronavirus crisis.  And Antonio Banderas was seen enjoying a stroll with his girlfriend Nicole Kimpel through the streets of Marbella, Spain, on Sunday. The actor, 60, and Dutch investment adviser, 39, looked … Read more

Covid-19 test analyses your SCREAMS for traces of the virus 

Forget unpleasant swabs: New Covid-19 test analyses your SCREAMS for traces of the virus Dutch inventor Peter van Wees has developed a booth for Covid tests  It is airlocked and people go in and shout or scream at their loudest   Particles from exhaled air are then analysed based on size to detect Covid  The test … Read more

BREAKING NEWS: Covid-19 test centre is hit by explosion in Dutch town that has seen surge in cases

BREAKING NEWS: Covid-19 test centre is hit by explosion in Dutch town that has seen surge in cases By Afp Published: 07:56 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 07:56 GMT, 3 March 2021 A Covid-19 test centre was hit by an explosion in the Netherlands today in an area which has suffered a surge in … Read more

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 15, will attend £67K course at her father’s alumni UWC Atlantic

Princess Alexia of The Netherlands is the latest royal to enrol at UWC Atlantic in Wales, a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ that’s popular with European royals. The 15-year-old second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will join Spain ‘s future Queen, Princess Leonor, also 15, at the specialist education … Read more

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 15, will attend £67K course at her father’s alumni UWC Atlantic

Princess Alexia of The Netherlands is the latest royal to enrol at UWC Atlantic in Wales, a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ that’s popular with European royals. The 15-year-old second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will join Spain ‘s future Queen, Princess Leonor, also 15, at the specialist education … Read more