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Appeal for Witnesses

At around 8.10am on 9 January, a pedestrian was struck and slightly injured by a car while crossing the street with her dog on Rue des Peupliers in Hamm. Although the driver initially checked on the woman, he then left the scene without providing his personal details.

The driver is described as a man aged between 30 and 45, who spoke English and was driving a light grey vehicle with Luxembourg registration plates, travelling in the direction of Cents..

In light of the accident, police are now urging the driver himself, as well as any witnesses to the accident, to contact the Ernz police station on (+352) 244 74 1000 or by email at police.ernz@police.etat.lu.

Also today

• A fatal train collision in Andalusia has left 39 people dead and over 120 injured so far, with investigations still ongoing and officials warning the death toll could rise as rescuers work among the wreckage.
• A Luxair flight to Milan was forced to turn back to Luxembourg today due to technical problems, less than a week after another Luxair flight, bound for Malaga, was also forced to return to Luxembourg.
• Donald Trump no longer needs to think “purely of peace” after being snubbed for a Nobel, the US president said in comments published today, adding the world will not be safe until Washington controls Greenland.
• Prince Harry is back in London for a nine-week High Court trial in which he is accusing Associated Newspapers, a major UK newspaper group, of illegal intrusion.
• With more and more Luxembourg residents deciding to seek medical treatment abroad, the patients’ rights association warns of legal and financial risks in follow-up care that are often underestimated.

On air

The 3rd Monday of January is known as Blue Monday. But come on.....it’s all about positive thinking.........isn’t it?

Figure of the day

A new report presented in Luxembourg regarding the prison system for women has made 57 recommendations for improvements:

• The report was symbolically presented to the press at the National Museum of Natural History in Luxembourg City’s Grund district, where the women’s prison was until 1984. But when the prison in Schrassig opened, the prisoners were transferred there. Women currently make up around 10% of the population in Schrassig (as of early January: 31 women) and Givenich (seven women).
• While conditions for men in Schrassig have improved with the opening of the Uerschterhaff penitentiary, this is unfortunately not the case for female inmates, the Ombudsman underlined. Block F in Schrassig, where women are housed, is outdated and needs urgent renovation. Of the 48 places available in the block, only six are single cells, with the remaining women sharing – two or three to a cell.

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