Chlorine is as much a part of swimming pools as lifeguards and smooth tiles. But too much chlorine is known to be unhealthy. Limits are apparently being exceeded in Bonn’s pools.

The Golden Book of the city and the Lord Mayor’s regalia will be on show at the open day at Bonn’s Old Town Hall on Saturday.

A glider crashed near the Eudenbach airfield. Trees in a wood close to the airfield slowed the crash and prevented anything worse happening.

The festival summer season at the Nürburgring is heating up. Rock am Ring, New Horizons, pop concerts and the Truck Grand Prix will once again attract thousands to the race track in the Eifel.

Here are your radar controls for the week. Police will fine all those speeding in these areas.

Bonn and the region have so much to offer - but not everything is suitable (or interesting) for kids. Here are our tips for families with children.

With a musical flashmob, the music corps of the Siegburg Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) surprised the passers-by at the Sterntor. The musicians walked like the rays from a star or sun towards the location.

The FedCon draws Science Fiction Fans to Bonn’s Maritim Hotel for the next few days. Most costumes on the first day were very colourful.

In a serious accident in Bornheim on a country road a 70-year-old man was killed on Friday afternoon. Although the recuse helicopter was called out, the emergency services could not save the cyclist’s life.

On Friday, the Ennertbad in Beuel opens for the summer. So do the Hardtbergbad and the outdoor pool in Friesdorf.