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Bonn · Bonn professor Matthias Herdegen wants to supersede Angela Merkel as chancellor, robbers raided a supermarket in Sankt Augustin, where also an elderly lady crashed into a filling station shop in an unrelated event, and Stadtwerke customers planted 200 trees at the Haager Weg - here is our news in brief on Sunday.
Media reports: Bonn professor wants to supersede chancellor Merkel
BERLIN/BONN. Expert in international law, Bonn professor Matthias Herdegen wants to run for CDU chairman and will thus probably compete against chancellor Angela Merkel. „I think it is important to make a mark, to show that the fundamental values of the CDU are still alive and that we are not satisfied with the handling of the difficult situation“, the 61-year-old said in an interview with the „Welt“ newspaper. The lawyer said that „the necessary inner awakening“ of the party could only happen with a renewal at the top. Merkel is now leading the CDU for 18 years, and she mentioned recently in Hamburg at the start of December that she wants to run again for chairman. Whether this will really happen, could be decided at the elections in Bavaria and Hesse. (Original text: dpa)
Search for culprits: Sankt Augustin Netto supermarket robbed
SANKT AUGUSTIN. Thieves have raided the Netto supermarket at the Gutenbergstraße in Sankt Augustin-Menden. The police have initiated a dragnet operation to find the culprits. The robbers entered the supermarket around 9pm and forced the staff to hand over money, threatening them with guns. It is the second raid of a similar nature in two weeks. (Original text: Michael Wrobel)
Trail of destruction: 79-year-old woman drives into filling station shop in Sankt Augustin
SANKT AUGUSTIN. A 79-year-old woman left a trail of destruction when she drove her Audi A3 straight into a filling station shop in Sankt Augustin on Saturday around lunchtime. Apparently she had mixed up the accelerator with the brake. She drove through the glass front, hit a bottle machine, sped through the shop and only stopped at the fridges at the back of the shop. The 79-year-old woman was only slightly injured - and not very impressed by her odyssey. After the police had done the accident report, she called a taxi to continue her weekend errands. The damage she caused was estimated to be at least 35.000 Euro. (Original text: Michael Wrobel, Alf Kaufmann)
Forest at the Haager Weg: Stadtwerke plant 200 sweet chestnut trees
VENUSBERG. Stadtwerke customers have planted 200 small sweet chestnut trees at the forest at the Haager Weg, making a small contribution to help the climate. The event was also a Thank You to the customers who get BonnNatur electricity or green already from the Stadtwerke, 5000 in Bonn actually, 100 of whom were invited to the planting event. The planting campaign takes place every two years, this was the fifth time. (Original text: Rolf Kleinfeld)
(Translation: Mareike Graepel)
