Corona in the vest, accident on L511, AfD blocked council meeting, vaccination summit in NRW

A woman driver went off the road on the L511 and crashed into a tree. After the AfD blocked the council meeting in Herten, there were drastic reactions from the other parties. The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia will advise on Thursday in a top-level discussion with municipalities and medical associations about the schedule of corona vaccinations.

Coronavirus in the vest – that’s the situation in the district and in the cities

Recklinghausen district: In the Recklinghausen district there are current corona infections in 2038 (previously: 1881). A total of 13,298 cases were reported. Of these, 11,085 are considered healthy again. There are 175 deaths. All important information is available on our news blog.

The corona virus in Recklinghausen
The coronavirus in Marl
The coronavirus in Herten
The coronavirus in dates
The coronavirus in Oer-Erkenschwick
The coronavirus in Waltrop

What is going on in the Recklinghausen district and in the region?

Recklinghausen: A car driver got off the road on Wednesday evening around 11 p.m. on the feeder to the A43 in Recklinghausen and hit a tree. The driver was seriously injured and had to be taken to hospital. The route was closed until about 1 a.m. to record the accident.

Recklinghausen: Since Wednesday, toenail care is only allowed to a limited extent. However, the prettiness of the nails by the professionals in the salon is taboo.

Marl: He heard voices: After the violent death of a mother (27) in Marl, an accused neighbor was transferred from custody to hospital.

Marl: The new Corona Protection Ordinance has been in force since Wednesday. Not just in the Recklinghausen district, but nationwide. And in Marl, too, there are all kinds of voices about the hard shutdown. cityInfo.TV asked around and found both criticism and approval from the people.

Herten: On Wednesday (December 16), the hard corona lockdown also came into force in Herten. Nevertheless, the AfD insisted that the council meeting take place in full. The reaction of the other parties followed promptly.

Herten: On Tuesday afternoon, December 15th, a traffic accident occurred on Langenbochumer Strasse in Herten. A girl was injured in the process.

Dates: The Dattelner retail is badly shaken in the Corona year. And the day before the lockdown, the advertising community had to announce another bad news.

Oer-Erkenschwick: The corona incidence has shot above the 300 mark in Oer-Erkensckwick. Quite a few suspect Westfleisch as the cause. But is that so?

Waltrop: The scaffolding in the “Dicken Dören” looks like a work of art, but the Langendorf company is pursuing a specific goal with it. Which, the management revealed at an on-site visit.

Gelsenkirchen: Football crisis club FC Schalke 04 is getting closer and closer to the negative record of Tasmania Berlin. The Royal Blues remained on Wednesday with 0: 2 (0: 0) against SC Freiburg in the 28th Bundesliga game in a row without a win and are therefore still bottom of the table.

The top topics from local sport

During the winter break, the clubs traditionally hold talks with players and coaches about how things could go on in the next season. There is also a need to talk to the Marl B division club FC Marl II, TSV Marl-Hüls, SuS Polsum and SV Sickingmühle.

For Axel Möller, trainer of the A-youth handball team from Westfalia Scherlebeck, it was a gradual process that the number of members in the clubs of the handball group Industrie was shrinking. Corona is a catalyst there – especially in the youth sector.

The other topics of the day

Berlin: In the midst of tightened corona restrictions throughout Germany, a possible concrete one is moving forward Start date for vaccinations in view. The federal states are preparing for a start on December 27, as the responsible Berlin Senate Department, chairing the conference of health ministers, announced on Wednesday evening.

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to connect to Biontech founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci via video conference on Thursday (11.00 a.m.). The conversation with the company whose Corona vaccine is currently in the European approval process, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn and Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek (all CDU) should also participate.

Luxembourg: The European Court of Justice could again on Thursday Parts of the Hungarian asylum system illegal to explain. The ruling (9:30 a.m.) by the highest EU court in Luxembourg is likely to primarily concern Hungary’s law on the return of migrants.

Brussels: After the political determination at the EU summit, the environment ministers of the 27 states want that new climate target for 2030 now also legally secure. The heads of state and government agreed last week to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. At their meeting in Brussels on Thursday, the environment ministers want to decide to officially report this to the United Nations as a new obligation under the Paris Climate Agreement before the end of the year.

Moscow: The Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his big annual press conference on Thursday amid extremely tense relations with the West. It is eagerly awaited whether and how the Kremlin chief will react to the latest allegations by his fiercest opponent Alexei Navalny. Navalny blames a «killer squad» under Putin’s orders for the poison attack with a weapon from the Novichok group on him in August.

Karlsruhe: The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) announced its first on Thursday (2.30 p.m.) Judgment on the statute of limitations in the VW emissions scandal. The diesel owner in the case already knew in 2015 that his car was affected. However, he did not submit his claim for damages against Volkswagen to the Stuttgart Regional Court until 2019.

Berlin: The Committee of Inquiry to Wirecard accounting scandal questioned former Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on Thursday (11.00 a.m.). It is primarily about a trip to China, during which Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) campaigned for German fin-tech before the scandal broke out in 2019.

Zürich: FC Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski could play for the first time on Thursday (7 p.m.) World footballer be awarded. In addition to 32-year-old Poland, the superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the three nominees for the world association FIFA.

The situation on the streets

You can see developments on the most important routes in our region with us to the minute on this interactive graphic follow.

This is the weather in the Recklinghausen district

Sometimes clouds, sometimes sun – both can be expected in the next few days in the Recklinghausen district when it comes to the weather. A bit of rain must be expected on Thursday. The maximum daily temperatures for Recklinghausen are around 11 degrees. There is a partly strong wind blowing from the south.

Here are the detailed weather forecasts for the Recklinghausen district.

The Recklinghausen district in multimedia

During the Corona crisis, sales in the board game industry rose by a full 30 percent this year. Tina Kraft, former manager of the Spieliothek in Marl, visited cityInfo.TV and the Marler Zeitung again to introduce us to exciting new products and fun trends. From escape games to hidden objects, everything is included.

The number of the night

698: The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported within one day remains high. The German health authorities transmitted 698 new deaths to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), as can be seen from the RKI figures from Thursday morning. This is the second highest value since the beginning of the pandemic.

The picture of the night