Turnhout – No fewer than 95 beer experts from all corners of the world will be working in Turnhout for three days. For the Brussels Beer Challenge, they will be judging a total of 1,800 beers in 96 different styles until Tuesday. On Sunday morning we took a closer look at the former church of … Read more
– Greenhouse horticulturists may face an expensive winter and will feel the increase in energy prices enormously. — © Joren De Weerdt – Hoogstraten, Geel – Energy and electricity prices are skyrocketing. For the many greenhouse horticulturists in our province, who have to heat their sometimes very large crops in the winter, it looks like … Read more
– Jonathan Willekens sits despondently at the largely empty racks in his new menswear store Singneur by Jona in Kasterlee. — © RR – Kasterlee – The imminent opening of the new men’s boutique Sinjeur by Jona in Kasterlee threatens to run out of clothes. Manager Jonathan Willekens (34) is the victim of the transport … Read more
– Managers Jan Cools and Rik Wijnants sound on the future of De Kaasboerin. — © Tommy Maes – Mol – Gasthof De Kaasboerin in Mol-Postel has been open again since last weekend. A few weeks ago, the operating company went bankrupt, but business managers Jan Cools and Rik Wijnants are relaunching in consultation with … Read more
– In the vaccination center in Tielen, a woman received a wrong second shot on Wednesday. She was given AstraZeneca, although it had to be Pfizer. — © BVDL – Wechelderzande, Tielen – Priscilla Van Boven (33) from Wechelderzande (Lille) is worried because she received the wrong second vaccine at the vaccination center in Tielen … Read more
– Katrien Dekoninck in her studio in Mol. — © Joren De Weerdt – Mol – The Molse sculptress Katrien Dekoninck (49) almost fell from her pedestal on Monday evening when one of her statues was handed over to VRT news anchor Martine Tanghe during the honorary salute. “It fits perfectly with a figurehead like … Read more
– Wendy Simons from Turnhout has started a crowdfunding to pay the medical costs for her son Ricardo. — © Mia Uydens – Turnhout – Wendy Simons from Turnhout has started a crowdfunding to pay the medical costs for her son Ricardo. The 19-year-old young man has acute lymphocytic leukemia. Due to the corona crisis, … Read more
– Kim Schillebeeckx from Beerse has been running Sandra Kim for three years with The Booking Company. — © Bart Van den Langenbergh – Beerse – Kim Schillebeeckx (35) from Beerse was one of the few who knew that Sandra Kim was Queen in the VTM program The Masked Singer. The manager of the singer … Read more
– The black smoke produced by the torch at BP in Geel was visible from afar for hours. — © RR – Yellow, Laakdal, Meerhout – The chimneys of BP’s chemical plant in Geel emitted black smoke on Friday after the production units were shut down. This was a result of work on the high … Read more
– Greet Van Loy knitted stockings as 213 pairs to support the support group and Patrick Bastiaens. — © Marc Peeters – Westerlo – The support group Breast Cancer MAN has proclaimed October 7 International Breast Cancer MAN Day. “The breast cancer month has been around longer. It is important to consider the fact that … Read more