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Read our Privacy notice A couple living in Belgium were shocked when part of a Boeing 747’s engine plunged through their garage roof from Waremme in the Liège region of Belgium after it damaged their garage window by dropping from the sky Another section of the plane’s engine landed next to the couple’s driveway The flight was being operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic, and was travelling to Malta-Luqa airport when it lost the aft cowl of one of the engines Mr Demaret told Belgian news website 7sur7 that he had first thought the noise was from a storm that had passed over the region “We were in our bedroom and we heard the noise of an aircraft A few minutes later there was a deafening noise,” he told reporters “I thought that it was from the storm and nothing was visible from our window It wasn’t until the morning that we noticed the piece [of engine] and the damage.” The flight safety analyst JACDEC tweeted about the incident saying: “Air Atlanta Iceland (opf Magma Avn) Boeing 747-400F (TF-AMC) lost engine parts during climb-out of Liege AP (EBLG) “Large parts of an engine came down in Waremme Flight #CC320 to Malta continued to its destination.” Due to the damage caused to their garage roof emergency services were called and the area was cordoned off by firefighters The incident happened not long after take off the flight continued to Malta and nobody on board was injured According to Aviation.24be the couple is currently expecting the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) to visit to investigate the situation further A spokesperson for Air Atlanta Icelandic said: “At 21:30 UTC on the evening of 08 September our B747-400 freighter (registration TFAMC) took off from Liege Airport in Belgium on a scheduled flight to Malta “The aircraft landed after an uneventful flight but during arrival inspection in Malta a technician noticed a missing engine cowling which has since been discovered on the ground in Belgium “The incident and its root cause are now being investigated in full cooperation with the relevant authorities in Belgium and Iceland and Boeing has been contacted for technical consultation “The aircraft has since been repaired and resumed regular operations nobody was injured because of the event and all damages related to it will be compensated in full.” Meanwhile, in the UK, passengers were forced to turn around after just 20 minutes when their easyJet flight, bound for Prague, was rerouted due to a “technical fault.” The plane made it as far as Blackburn before pilots made the decision to U-turn and land at its departure point, Manchester, on 10 September, due to what was believed to be an issue with the flaps on the aircraft’s wings. 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All rights reserved The Belgian bred Rhinelander stallion Special Agent Amour has passed away on 27 September 2020 Special Agent Amour was by San Amour out of New Spring de la Bastide (by Polidiktus van de Helle x Feo x Goldspring de Lauzelle) He was bred and owned by the father-son duo Hugo and Philippe Jorissen in Belgium The black was presented at the 2010 Westfalian Stallion Licensing and named premium stallion He did his 30-day stallion performance test two years later in 2012 in Schlieckau and scored 8.84 for dressage and 6.98 for show jumping to finish on a total of 8.11 points He retained his licensed status through sport by qualifying for the Bundeschampionate via a Belgian show in October 2013 on a score of 75.40 points Special Agent Amour had a super start in sport as a youngster At the 2013 World Young Horse ChampionshipsGerman Jana Freund presented him at the 2011 Bundeschampionate as a 3-year old and placed fourth in the Finals At the 2012 Bundeschampionate he finished 5th in the Finals Under owner Philippe Jorissen he got selected to represent Belgium at the 2013 World Young Horse Championships in Verden where he was 27th in the preliminary test (7.08) but had to be retired in the consolation finals Special Agent Amour was considered the Grand Prix hopeful for Belgian 2010 WEG Team rider Philippe Jorissen but the stallion never broke through in sport at FEI level Special Agent Amour injured himself while breeding in 2015 and it meant the end of his sport career Although Special Agent Amour was not widely marketed as a breeding stallion In Germany he has 14 offspring registered for sport Special Agent Amour mainly catered to the Belgian market mainly after getting BWP approved in 2011 Several of his still young offspring have made their mark in sport already Philippe and Special Agent AmourArnaud Serre and Sylvain Massa's Portuguese Sport Horse bred Dionysos de Massa (by Special Agent Amour x Xaquiro) scored the bronze at the 2017 French Young Horse Championships He started to colic and was transported to the equine clinic "Special had a rupture in a blood vessel in his liver We think he rolled and got his intestine stuck between the pancreas and liver The intestine moved back into the right place We only found out the cause on the operation table and his chances for survival were very slim What started out as a breeder's dream turned out into a nightmare," Jule Jorissen told Eurodressage "fortunately we still have several of Special's children playing around here at the yard." Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot You can read this article in 2 minutesArtur Lysionok This is another night closure of the Bettincourt parking lot near Waremme Following the decision of Liège authorities trucks will not be able to use the facility due to increasing problems with refugees in the area vehicles with GVW over 3.5t will not be able to park between 8 p.m in the Bettincourt parking lot on the E40 / A3 towards Brussels because of the problems with illegal refugees reports the Belgian Transport Union Febetra The parking lot will be closed at night until 11 September Closing parking lots at night is a solution often used by the Belgian authorities it raises a lot of controversy among transport industry representatives It has even been criticized by the Belgian Minister of the Interior arguing that this measure is detrimental to the transport sector and the economy as a whole.  Let us recall that at the end of 2016, security guards started showing up in three parking lots on the Belgian E40 motorway running along the coast because of the large groups of refugees breaking into trucks in the area The parking lot in Jabbeke was one of the protected facilities the funds for private guards were exhausted and the problem of refugees came back Pölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Agnieszka Kulikowska - Wielgus Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Sabina Koll Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 GXO to manage Northern Italy transport operations for PRG retail groupPölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 South America has a long history with telenovelas and Brazil is no different. Going all the way back to the 19th-century newspaper serial, evolving to radio dramas, and culminating in the telenovelas we know today, this media genre has been key in shaping how we think about our political and social spheres including queer people telenovelas were much more inclined to tell tales of foreign lands and exotic heroines it was because they have 19th-century French origins These novelas were serial publications that came around 1836 when the newspaper La Presse was worried about the drop in sales of their publication they started to print famous stories written by Dumas urging the reader to buy the next publication Another factor could be the two separate dictatorships Brazil went through, one led by President Getulio Vargas (1937-1945) and a second known as the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985) the government censored Brazilian media companies so they couldn’t discuss topics considered controversial tales of damsels in distress fell out of fashion and naturalistic stories began to populate our screens Influenced by the Tropicalia and the Cinema Novo movements telenovelas adopted a language that was more focused on the average person The first instance we have of a telenovela – or rather a teletheater which is a theater play performed for a live audience and broadcast live on TV – representing a queer person is O Caso Maurizius (1960) where the characters of Waremme (Sergio Britto) and Etzel (Claudio Cavalcante) share a quick kiss but these characters were far from the representation the queer community wanted with a propensity for evil plotting and seducing innocent young men That is also true for the LGBTQIA+ community. Renan Quinalha, professor of Law at Unifesp (Universidade Federal de São Paulo), lawyer, and human rights activist, explains that for the Brazilian audience, specifically, telenovelas are key factors in educating straight people about the queer experience Quinalha warns that the mere presence of LGBTQIA+ characters in telenovelas is not enough these same shows are quick to perpetuate stereotypes effeminate/comic-relief gay or the asexual/often-closeted gay But the fact that these were the only possible storylines for queer characters from the 1960s all the way to the 2010s created a limited understanding of the Brazilian queer experience It was only through the work of LGBTQIA+ activists and telenovela writers – many queer themselves – that change started, the biggest shift happening in 2013 with Félix (Matheus Solano) from Amor à Vida. Written by Walcyr Carrasco, an openly bisexual telenovela writer, the character of Félix begins the narrative as the stereotypical villainous effeminate/comic relief gay. He kidnaps and throws his newborn niece in a trash can, moves in an exaggerated way, and communicates with funny catchphrases. However, as the chapters roll out, something changes. People liked Félix, but not in a funny, gay-friend way. Solano’s performance may have humorous, but people began to empathize with Félix as a person. First, audiences related to Félix’s troubled home life. A father that clearly favored his sister and refused to allow him to participate in the family business. Suddenly, Félix was no longer the evil scapegoat. The complexities of the writing, along with Matheu Solano’s performance, truly captivated audiences, and the show went on to give Félix a redemption arc, becoming one of the first queer characters to lead a telenovela in Brazil. The final episode culminates with Félix caring for his elderly father – who asks for forgiveness and tells his son he loves him – managing the family business, and kissing the love of his life, Niko (Thiago Fragoso). While Félix’s journey was a turning point for queer representation in Brazilian telenovelas, it was far from the end goal. After Amor à Vida wrapped, there have been many LGBTQIA+ characters on television and not all were as rich as Félix. Doctor of Human Sciences and ​​Gender Studies at UFSC (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) and journalist Fernanda Nascimento explains that you can not expect that after one successful part, all others will follow suit. To her, these characters are a reflection of the advances and setbacks of our society. Lívia Reim is a nerd with an MA in Filmmaking and a couple award winning short films under her belt. She has contributed to publications such as Certified Forgotten, Rock & Art UK, Remezcla and others, focusing mainly on the horror genre, LGBTQ+ and feminist topics. If you'd like to politely agree or disagree with her, follow her at @liviareim_oficial on Instagram. © 2025 LatinaMediaCo. All rights reserved. The Belgian region of Wallonia started turning off lights this week on motorway roads at night to save energy. The region’s minister for energy, mobility and infrastructure, Philippe Henry, switched off the lights late Monday on the E40 motorway road near Waremme, in eastern Wallonia, according to Belgian broadcaster, RTL. Lights will be also turned off Tuesday in central Wallonia and the program will continue Wednesday in the Western area of the region. Highways will not be lit between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for the next three months except for areas under construction or a high risk of accidents. “We are living difficult times, the impact of the current crisis can be mitigated by reducing energy consumption,” Henry told reporters. Wallonia’s government expects to save around €400,000 ($400,000) by not illuminating motorway roads at night. The move is part of a Lumieres Plan 4.0 (Lights Plan 4.0), meant to renew public lighting in the region by switching to less expensive and more adaptive technical solutions. The Flanders region has already implemented similar measures that save around €2 billion annually by turning off lights on most highways and switching to a sensor system that illuminates roads when needed. The Brussels City Council also decided Monday to further reduce its energy spending and turn off the lights around the historic center Grand Place and downtown monuments for the night Reporting by Kate Abnett and Julia Payne; Editing by David Holmes please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Coiffeurs across Belgium are sweeping up and bagging hair clipped from their customers and then handing it over to an NGO that recycles it to protect the environment The Hair Recycle project feeds locks and tresses into a machine that turns them into matted squares that can be used to absorb oil and other hydrocarbons polluting the environment explained that a kilogram of hair can absorb 7-8 liters of oil and hydrocarbons said the mats can be placed in drains to soak up pollution in water before it reaches a river “Our products are all the more ethical as they are manufactured locally … they are not imported from the other side of the planet,” he told Reuters “They are made here to deal with local problems.” The project said on its website that hair has powerful properties: one strand can support up to 10 million times its own weight it is water-soluble and highly elastic due to its keratin fibres is one of dozens of hairdressers across the country that pay a small fee to the project to collect their hair cuttings when I know that so much could be done with it,” she said as she combed and clipped one of her customer’s hair Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting © 2025 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun Zizo’s goal was not enough for Lierse as they crashed out of the Belgian Cup after conceding a late goal despite leading for most of the match Lierse hosted top flight opponents KAA Gent in the round of 32 of the Croky Cup The home team had beaten Waremme 8-2 in the previous round Despite conceding the first chance of the match to Gent Ahmed Said ‘Zizo’ headed home a cross by Anas Tahiri The two combined again moments later but ‘Zizo’ did not manage to score the second time The Belgian First Division A side created a few chances They continued their domination in the second half and their efforts were rewarded with a goal in the 65th minute Rob Schoofs beat the Lierse goalkeeper from distance to draw his team level The goal galvanized the visiting team and they piled more pressure on Lierse S.K Lierse made changes in attempts to raise their game; including subbing off Mohamed El-Gabbas for Aurélien Joachim they were pinned back for the latter stages of the match Lierse finally cracked to the pressure in the 91st minute Jéremy Perbet tapped home after being set up by Milicevic The win put Gent through to the round of 16 of the Belgian Cup while Lierse are now eliminated after suffering their first loss of the season fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js Lierse-Gent: 1-2 De samenvatting van Lierse – AA Gent (1/16e fin Posted by K. 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Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Nick Macfie It was a good weekend for Tina Welter in the second German national handball league The Luxembourg national player scored 4 points and was able to enjoy a 36:29 victory against BSV Sachsen Zwickau In the Dutch basketball championship Helder The Belgian volleyball champion ship saw the victory of Waremme and Chris Zuidberg with 3:2 score against BDO Haasrode Leuven The Luxembourg national player contributed to the victory with 8 points After 10 games Waremme comes in second to last on the table No luck for Trier on Friday night in Hanau The Pro A basketball team lost with a score of 66:81 (11:26 In the investigation into the activities a Romanian-Moldavian gang specialised in the theft of expensive racing cycles and mountain bikes the Halle-Vilvoorde Judicial Authorities have had a large number of bikes that were recovered earlier this year returned to Belgium They were found in a cycle shop in the Romanian town of Piatra Neamt in early April The bikes that have been returned to Belgium were stolen in Waremme (Liège Province) Eghezée (Namur Province) Haacht (Flemish Brabant) and Kaprijke and Wetteren (both East Flanders) The cycles will now be returned to their rightful owners The investigation into the bicycle thefts was started in the summer of last year After a first theft from a bicycle shop in Kampenhout (Flemish Brabant) there were further thefts from cycle retailers in Beernem (West Flanders) Geraardsbergen (both East Flanders) and Florennes (Namur Province) On 22 December a number of bikes were recovered that had been stolen from Florennes The thieves had packed the bikes up and had loaded them into the luggage trailer of a coach that brought them to Romania Belgian detectives went to Romania in April and worked with their Romanian colleagues to find the person that was buying the stolen bikes They were able to arrest a bicycle store owner from Piatra Neamt in the north of the country Police found bicycles in his shop that had been stolen in Belgium A couple in the Belgian city of Waremme was left shocked after the engine cowling of a jet flying to Malta fell through their garage roof had left Liege Airport en route to Malta on 8th September when its engine cowling fell off and crashed into the garage roof of Louis and Adela Demaret Louis Demaret told Belgian news site 7sur7.be that he heard a deafening noise that night but thought it was from a storm It wasn’t until the morning that we noticed the piece [of engine] and the damage,” he said The fight continued to Malta and no one on board was harmed while emergency services cordoned off the area on the Demarets’ property Aviation.24be reported that the couple expects the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) to visit to investigate the situation further. “At 21:30 UTC on the evening of 08 September, 2022, our B747-400 freighter (registration TFAMC) took off from Liege Airport in Belgium on a scheduled flight to Malta,”a  spokesperson for Air Atlanta Icelandic said. “The aircraft landed after an uneventful flight, but during arrival inspection in Malta a technician noticed a missing engine cowling, which has since been discovered on the ground in Belgium. “The incident and its root cause are now being investigated in full cooperation with the relevant authorities in Belgium and Iceland and Boeing has been contacted for technical consultation. “The aircraft has since been repaired and resumed regular operations. Fortunately, nobody was injured because of the event and all damages related to it will be compensated in full.” Kindly check your inbox after sign-up to confirm subscription. Départs : Alex Attardo (Oreye), Abil Kondi (Blegny), Manu Papalino (Vyle-Tharoul), Yannick Pauletti (Sprimont), Arnaud Fransquet ( ?), Kevin Syroit (Libramont), Hugues Praillet (Bas-Oha), David Lambrechts ( ?), Stefano Henrot (Huy), Evans Kondogbia (Sprimont), Alex Magnetico (Cité Sport), Thomas Masselin (Vyle-Tharoul), Taormina, J. Ayed (retour Liège), Rudy N'singi (Trooz) Et voici tous les noyaux de la nouvelle P1. La dernière journée des transferts a permis à Amay de faire signaler Varela Gomes et à Waremme d'attirer Taleb Tariq. Entraîneur : Philippe BousmanneEntraîneur adjoint : Pascal BourguignonGardiens : Antoine Biatour, Kevin Laloux (Couthuin).Arrières : David Delcourt, Gabriël& En P4A, on devrait de nouveau retrouver les favoris comme Jehay, Huccorgne et Union Hesbignonne aux avant-postes. 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