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Fire Destroys Carport and Shed, Residents Flee Home

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Fire Destroys Carport and Shed, Residents Flee Home

A carport and shed went up in flames on Sunday night on the Alberdingk Thijmstraat in Valkenswaard. It was feared that the flames would spread to the house next door. The residents fled the house. The fire started at the carport, where a car and motorcycle were parked. The fire spread very quickly. The house was also damaged, as well as a lamppost, the gutter and a pile of wood at the neighbours. Loud bangsLocal residents were woken up by loud b…Read Article

Man (30) Convicted of Raping an 11-Year-Old Girl as a Teenager

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Man (30) Convicted of Raping an 11-Year-Old Girl as a Teenager

A 30-year-old man from Valkenswaard was sentenced to six months in prison by the court in Den Bosch on Friday, because he raped an 11-year-old girl as a 15-year-old boy. He was a minor at the time, so juvenile criminal law also applies to his sentence. However, he is allowed to serve this in an adult prison. He was already in prison because he raped two colleagues in 2020. The victim, a woman who is now 26, reported the rape in 2023. She had bee…Read Article

Lize and Liv design their own playground: 'It actually started as a joke'

Lize Janssens (10) and Liv van Hout (10) from Valkenswaard love to play outside, but they thought the playground in their neighborhood was a boring affair. That had to change. And so, six months ago, they sent a long letter to the mayor with serious plans for a new playground. That worked, because this Friday the girls officially opened a brand new playground for young and old in the Turfberg-Zuid neighborhood. A large group of enthusiastic chil…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard Read Article

Van hits the vesture and car on the back, a driver injured - World News

On the Bergeijksedijk in Valkenswaard, two delivery vans and a car were folded together on Tuesday afternoon. The three vehicles rode from Bergeijk in the direction of Borkel. The bustle in front of the bustle inhibited, but the delivery van noticed that too late and crashed hard in the back of the small van. The driver of this vehicle was injured and the road was closed for some time. The accident happened just before five o’clock a few hundre…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard See the Story

Car hits facade of house after collision, extensive damage

A car crashed into another car on the Oranje Nassaustraat in Valkenswaard on Thursday afternoon and then drove into the facade of a house. According to the resident of the house, the facade needs to be replaced. The damage to the house itself is also extensive, the resident reports. The car crashed into another car just in front of the house. The cars then shot into the facade of the house. No one was injured. According to the resident, the faca…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard Read Article

Cemetery fire: burning weeds goes wrong

Burning weeds caused a fire at the Eikenhof cemetery on the Sil in Valkenswaard on Friday afternoon. Maintenance workers were working with a weed burner when it went wrong. The fire brigade was quickly on the scene to extinguish the fire. A bench and a few conifers were lost to the fire. No one was injured. Burning weeds is not always without danger. Last month, a house and garden shed in Eerde were damaged by a fire that started while burning w…Marijuana · Dingelstädt See the Story

Football club and KNVB respond to racist statements during match

The decision of the first team of football club BES/De Valk from Valkenswaard to leave the field on Saturday after a racist remark is causing a stir. The home team is receiving a lot of support, especially on social media, but is also struggling with possible consequences. In the meantime, football association KNVB has started an investigation. "The players will not accept that a fellow player is being discriminated against," said Jan Dielis, vi…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard Read Article

After 50 years, Willy and Paula say goodbye to the market: 'Freer than a store'

For fifty years, Willy and Paula Hoens from Eindhoven have been on the market with their textile stand. They sell everything: from bed linen to tablecloths. But after all these years, the end is in sight, as they retire. And so their W Hoens Home Textiles stall is also coming to an end, because no one takes over. On Thursday, they were last on the market in Valkenswaard. Willy went to the market with us from an early age. His father and mother w…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard Read Article

Power boxer Pleun The strongest in Europe: 'I used to come out of nowhere' - World News

Pleun Dekkers as European Champion. Pleun Dekkers for squatting. Bank pressure is part of the power lifting. Next 1/3 Pleun Dekkers (30) from Valkenswaard won her second European title Powerlifting last week and will go to the World Cup in a few months before a podium place. Her top sport career started strikingly enough thanks to a study during her studies. “Running at such a high level gives a fantastic feeling.” From hockey, horse riding,…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard See the Story

These robbers suddenly appeared in Bart and Sara's bedroom

Bart and Sara were robbed in their sleep in November last year. In the middle of the night, three men with pistols and a knife stood in their bedroom on the Maastrichterweg in Valkenswaard. The robbers have still not been caught, which is why the case will be on the program Opsporing Verzocht on Tuesday evening. "We still think about it every day," says Sara on the radio program Afslag Zuid. The young couple went out for dinner on Wednesday, Nov…Valkenswaard · Valkenswaard Read Article