Thunderstorm, dismissal, clean ship, and school rules (Sunday, May 31)

A yellow alert is in effect on Saturday evening in Limburg and North Brabant due to severe thunderstorms. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) reports wind gusts up to 60 kilometers per hour and hail. Locally, 20 to 30 millimeters of rain may also fall.

Liverpool dismissed coach Arne Slot on Saturday after a season without any trophies. Last year, the Dutch coach still became champion with the club. Assistants Sipke Hulshoff and Giovanni van Bronckhorst must also leave.

Cruise ship Hondius is now completely clean and disinfected after the hantavirus. The Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond (GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond) initially saw problems with the cleaning. After a final inspection, the ship is allowed to sail again.

In France, a plaque commemorating the Dutch role in D-Day will be unveiled on June 7. It will be placed at the D-Day museum in Arromanches-les-Bains. In Hoogezand, a memorial stone was placed, and about two hundred stumbling stones are already there.

Newspapers write about rules for safety at school and homeschooling. Trouw published an article about safety rules at school. Nederlands Dagblad writes that The Hague wants to send exempted children to school after all.