Passengers were evacuated from a Dutch airport terminal when a British man was arrested after reportedly shouting bomb threats at a check-in queue.

A DUTCH film-maker who received death threats after making a movie criticising the treatment of women under Islam was murdered in an Amsterdam street yesterday.

A Dutch woman suffered serious burns when her mobile phone burst into flames as she tried to make a call, police said today.

Amsterdam police have intercepted enough illegal chemicals to make three million ecstasy pills.