Buildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their 'regular' functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. According to researcher Bianca Stalenberg, this concept could be very useful for the Dutch cities along the River Rhine, for example. Stalenberg defended her PhD thesis on this subject on Wednesday 8 September at TU Delft...

( Delft University of Technology ) Buildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their "regular" functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. According to researcher Bianca Stalenberg, this concept could be very useful for the Dutch cities along the River Rhine, for example. Stalenberg will defend her Ph.D. thesis on this subject on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at ...

LONDON: The European Union plans to re employ workers at a Nijmegen wafer fab who were made redundant by NXP in 2009.

Workers at a Nijmegen wafer fab made redundant by NXP in 2009 look set to get help getting back into employment from the Europe Union.

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Extreme weather wreaks havoc in the rivers.

Fernando Torres opened his account for the season as Liverpool beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 on Sunday to claim its first win in the Premier League, while Darren Bent scored Sunderland’s injury-time winner against Manchester City.

Vessels will be trotting off across a large part of Europe in the Autumn, as they've just announced a Winter tour, taking in many, many countries. 24 dates in total, for which they'll be playing with Oceansize . That's a good line-up, I'll say that much. The European dates are sandwiched by some British ones, fortunately enough.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mario Mendez and Chilean Hector Mancilla scored either side of halftime as reigning champion Toluca defeated Queretaro 2-0 for its second consecutive win Sunday in the sixth round of the Mexican Apertura football championship.

Dutch import Rutger Worm believes he and Melbourne Heart are getting to grips with the rigours of the A-League.