News about bridge, musical, drug lab, rice, and Messi (Sunday, July 19)

Since Saturday 5:30 PM, trucks are not allowed on the Merwede Bridge near Gorinchem. The Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management states that the steel is weaker in several places. Cars, motorcycles, and vans are still allowed to cross the bridge.

The musical Moulin Rouge! at the Beatrixtheater (Beatrix Theater) in Utrecht is ending earlier. On Friday evening, the sprinkler system suddenly activated and the stage filled with water. Stage Entertainment says repairs are no longer possible, so visitors will receive refunds.

Residents near a drug lab in The Hague were allowed to return home after the evacuation. In Segbroek, there were barrels containing thousands of liters of chemicals. The police arrested four suspects and are investigating which drugs were produced there.

NU.nl writes about rice fields in the polder. This cultivation aims to counter soil subsidence and carbon dioxide emissions. RTV Noord also reports that a baker and greengrocer stopped after thirty years in Appingedam.

Much attention is focused on Lionel Messi ahead of a final in New York. According to AD, he can experience something big there again, ten years after 2016. NRC reports that only well-known names, such as Rio Ferdinand and Kevin Hart, were allowed to ask questions.