Many motorbike lovers wheeled out their metal steeds for the first time this year in the sunny weather on the weekend – but for some the trip ended fatally.
Catholic women are determined to achieve equality in the lay section of the church - and say the move made by Germany's top bishop this week when he said the idea of women deacons was no longer taboo, was not enough.
Germany's top Roman Catholic has called for women to be allowed to become deacons, which would enable them to perform baptisms and marriages outside of mass - a novelty for Catholic women.
