At the microphone: Mauretta Heinzelmann The Queen of Gospel is like a beacon for jazz singers: Mahalia Jackson, born 110 years ago in New Orleans. She sang early in her Baptist church, of which she remained a member, throughout her international career. Jackson’s singing was a service, a musical revelation and a political liberation at … Read more
Status: December 25, 2021 3:19 p.m. A robot supports the service team in a restaurant in Walsrode. The German Hotel and Restaurant Association sees no danger that robots could displace human workers. For years it has become more and more difficult to find workers in the catering industry, said Rainer Balke, managing director of the … Read more
As of: 23.12.2021 6:00 a.m. On average, 30 percent less sales than before the pandemic: Hamburg’s retail trade closes the Christmas business for the second year in a row with losses due to Corona. It was also a difficult year for the Christmas markets. In the inner city, retail and Christmas markets are struggling with … Read more
Status: December 22nd, 2021 7:50 p.m. Five weeks ago, the Holzminden district kicked out all employees of the admissions office. The reason: an allegedly black cash register. This causes great resentment among those affected. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the damage amount is less than 1,000 euros. Specifically, it is about old license plates … Read more
Status: December 18, 2021 10:41 p.m. Basketball Bundesliga club Hamburg Towers won the last game before Christmas. The basketball team of coach Pedro Calles won on Saturday evening with 100: 88 (53:50) in Würzburg and thus celebrated the seventh success in the eleventh game. The Baskets Oldenburg, on the other hand, are not coming out … Read more
Netherlands go into lockdown In the Netherlands, Prime Minister Rutte has announced a tough lockdown because of the Omikron-Corona variant. The measure should apply from tomorrow until at least January 14th, said Rutte at a press conference. The step is unavoidable because of the upcoming fifth corona wave. According to the government, all schools are … Read more
Status: December 18, 2021 10:33 a.m. The HSV asks in the local Volksparkstadion Schalke 04 for the top duel of the second Bundesliga. If the hamburgers win, with a bit of luck they could spend the winter on a direct ascent place. To do this, the Hanseatic League needs a big win this evening (8.30 … Read more
Status: 17.12.2021 10:23 a.m. At the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel, around 200 blood donations are currently missing every week. In order to ensure supplies also during the holidays, the German Red Cross (DRK) also calls for blood donations. As a spokeswoman for the DRK announced, continuous donations are particularly important on several consecutive … Read more
Status: 16.12.2021 12:52 p.m. The numbers were impressive: For weeks, the Hamburg social welfare authority had reported how high the corona incidence among vaccinated people and how high it is among unvaccinated people. Accordingly, it was many times higher among the unvaccinated. But now there are doubts. During a research, journalists from “Welt” and “Süddeutscher … Read more
Federal government is buying more vaccine The federal government wants to buy additional corona vaccines for around 2.2 billion euros. Of this, 80 million cans are to be procured from Biontech through EU contracts and a further 12 million cans through direct purchase. This was announced by the Ministry of Health after the funds had … Read more