A 19-year-old student carrying a fake pistol who forced his way into the Dutch national broadcaster is being held in custody as police investigate his motives.

The Dutch government has scrapped a planned “weed pass” designed to keep foreigners out of the nation’s cannabis-selling coffee shops.

An explosion in the early hours of the morning damaged Amsterdam’s court complex.

The nine-year-old Dutch boy who miraculously survived a plane crash in Libya returned to the Netherlands to rebuild his young life without his parents and brother.

German champions Borussia Dortmund have thrown down the gauntlet ahead of tonight’s UEFA Cup final against Feyenoord.