Thursday, March 02, 2006

Headlines March 2


First prostitution client fined in Antwerp
A client of an Antwerp prostitute has been fined for the first time under the city's crackdown against illegal street prostitution.The man was caught in the city district Antheneumbuurt two weeks ago, but the news was only publicised on Wednesday. READ ON

Millionaire's farm at centre of robbery probe
A remote farmhouse belonging to a multi-millionaire car dealer is at the centre of the investigation into Britain's biggest cash robbery. Armed police investigating the £53million heist stormed the farm in Kent, where detectives believe the gang responsible for the raid may have held hostages. The farm belongs to John Fowler, a wealthy father of three, who was jailed in 1992 for his part in a credit card scam linked to Hong Kong Triad gangs. Mr Fowler runs car dealerships from the farm which is half an hour's drive from the Securitas depot in Tonbridge. The search at a farm in Kent by police investigating the £53m Securitas raid has echoes of the hunt for the gang behind the Great Train Robbery READ ON

Zythos Beer Festival
This weekend thousands of beer lovers will descend on the East Flemish town of Sint-Niklaas for the Zythos Beer Festival. The special beers' festival is being staged for the third time this year. 56 brewers are displaying over 200 beers in the town's Festival Hall. The Beer Festival takes place on 4 and 5 March in the Municipal Festival Hall of Sint-Niklaas in the Leopold II-laan.The Festival is open from 12 pm to 12 am on the Saturday, only until 10 pm on the Sunday. Entrance is free. Beers can be sampled and paid for with one euro tokens. Special beer glasses are available too. The Hall is located 150 metres from the railway station. READ ON

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