News about sports, birds, weather, school and work (Monday, August 17)

The Dutch women won gold in the 4x400 meters at the European Championships in Birmingham. Myrte van der Schoot, Lieke Klaver, Eveline Saalberg, and Femke Broeders-Bol secured their third European Championship title. The men won bronze, and the Netherlands finished with fourteen medals, a record.

During Wednesday's solar eclipse, the behavior of various birds changed. This is evident from research by the University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) in Groningen and Friesland. According to Theo Jurriens, mainly tits and pigeons hid.

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has stopped the National Heat Plan, and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is ending the yellow alert. In the coming days, temperatures will range from 19 to 22 degrees Celsius, with showers and rain. According to the NOS, the shortage of rainwater remains large.

In Almere, the first government-funded primary school of Forum for Democracy opens on Monday. NRC writes that the party wants to build its own education group in this way. Publisher Neon produces new textbooks, with 1,500 schools contributing to the costs.

In Utrecht, Margreet Saamaan has been working for years as a nurse during childbirth at the Diakonessenhuis hospital. She once assisted at the birth of Evelien Kusters, who is now her colleague. Saamaan says that maternity care has changed significantly in thirty years, and criminal defense lawyer Leonie van der Grinten said that motherhood changed her perspective on work and the world.