Water, sperm donation, Nepal and fire (Tuesday, September 1)

RTV Noord reported on Monday that the water outages in Groningen city and Appingedam are over. In Groningen city, a car also partially burned out. News Hour further spoke about a budget agreement, waste from wind turbines, and elections in Germany.

New reports about a mass donor raise questions about sperm donation again. According to the Nederlands Dagblad (Dutch Newspaper), the 43-year-old man from Groningen named Simon has at least 199 children. The reports mainly concern supervision and the question of whether this can be prevented.

Last week, school principal Rajendra Dawadi in Nepal immediately evacuated his school. He sent students into the mountains and ordered buses to turn back. Shortly after, a flood destroyed the school, and later a helicopter rescued students and teachers.

Former SGP (Reformed Political Party) leader Kees van der Staaij was questioned on Monday about the corona policy. It was about the role of the government regarding churches. NRC also reported that former minister Schouten was afraid of overcrowded hospitals in Bergamo.

The fire in the substation in Meeden is under control after several days. The fire started Saturday evening at a Tennet station. Extinguishing the fire was difficult due to basements filled with flammable cooling oil, but on Monday the fire was out.