Boxtel

Fireworks are again in the spotlight in the Netherlands as the year winds down. Feyenoord's De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam suffered a hole in its roof after flares fired from outside the ground, leaving Giovanni van Bronckhorst stunned. Meanwhile, police confiscated heavy fireworks after parents reported their own children, and municipalities including Boxtel and Heusden confirmed there will be no exemptions from the fireworks ban, with one business owner in Doezum saying the ban hits him hard.