A car driver was ridden on a group of pedestrians in the German town of Bottrop (North Rhine-Westphalia) around the turn of the year. At least four people were injured, the authorities report.
For centuries the 'black gold' was extracted from the ground of the Ruhr area. But yesterday came the long-awaited 'Schicht im Schacht', the definitive end of the work teams in German mines. The…
A few days before the official end of coal mining in Germany, a miner was killed. In a tunnel system at Ibbenbüren, a 29-year-old mechanic died when he...
Movie Park Germany at the German town of Bottrop is closed early on Friday night due to a bomb threat. The amusement park, which is located almost 70 kilometers from Venlo, reported on Facebook that the police had been informed about the threat by the end of the afternoon. 11,000 people had to leave the site.
Six balloonists were rescued by the fire brigade on Sunday evening after they had been stuck with their hot air balloon for hours in a high-voltage pylon near the German town of Bottrop. Everyone was released with the shock.
A 48-year-old apothecary from Bottrop, Germany, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for smoking with cancer drugs for more than a thousand patients. The court in Essen found that the man rummaged with more than 14,000 medicines to maintain his luxury lifestyle.
