Santa gives Belgian care home Covid-19: 75 people are infected after ‘superspreader’ dressed as Father Christmas visited residents Santa was welcomed into care home of 150 residents in town of Mol, Antwerp Three days after he tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears at the care home Since then 61 elderly and 14 staff have tested positive. … Read more
Incredible survival of Bella the dog whose owner tied her to a rock and dumped in a river before hero passer-by came to rescue Bella Belgian Shepherd carrier bag with a large rock inside attached to her leash Charlene Latham, 31, of Newark, admitted attempting to try and drown the dog Passerby Jane Harper jumped in … Read more
The beer and beauty fame of the Belgian town that is about to save the world with a miracle Covid vaccine that could finally turn the tide on the pandemic The Belgian town of Puurs holds a festival in honour of its bountiful asparagus Now it has a new bumper crop, and it is hoping … Read more
A British D-Day hero has recreated a touching wartime photograph with a Belgian friend he last saw as a boy during the Second World War. George ‘Bunny’ Avery, 98, last saw Urbain in 1944, when he lodged with his family at a bakery in Peer, Belgium while building Bailey bridges to help the Allies. The pair had posed … Read more
New restrictions for Brussels as Belgium edges towards lockdown with Covid cases hitting a record high City’s curfew has also been tightened to 10pm-6am with shops shutting at 8pm The new changes will come in on Monday Brussel premier Rudi Vervoort said Working from home will be obligatory and masks will have to be worn … Read more
An anaesthetist has admitted to being four times over the drink-drive alcohol limit when she botched a caesarean that caused the death of a British mother, but pleaded: ‘I don’t deserve to go to prison’ on Thursday. Helga Wauters, a 51-year-old long term alcoholic who had been drinking vodka and wine before the procedure, forced … Read more
An alcoholic Belgian anaesthetist accused of downing drinks before a fatal caesarian on a British mother has gone on trial in France. Expat Xynthia Hawke, 28, from Somerset, died shortly after giving birth to her baby son Isaac at the Orthez maternity hospital in southwest France, in September 2014. Ms Hawke went into cardiac arrest … Read more
The Belgian king’s love-child has won the right to call herself a princess after a seven-year legal battle to prove he is her father. Delphine Boel, 52, was told she could use the royal title as well as the surname of former King Albert II, 86, in a ruling by the Brussels Court of Appeal … Read more
Horrific photos of lab monkeys with holes drilled in their skulls and rods CEMENTED to their heads by Belgian university scientists in ‘cruel’ brain experiments Rhesus monkeys have electrodes implanted in their brains at Leuven university Activists say most of them will be killed once the ‘cruel’ experiments are over University says they are necessary … Read more
I want to be a princess! Love-child of former Belgian king goes to court for same rights and titles as his other children Love child of former Belgian king seeks same rights as his legitimate children Delphine Boël, 52, wants the courts to rule in her favour against former King Albert II Abdicated royal has admitted … Read more