https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Levels of blood reserves in German hospitals are falling to critically low levels due to the coronavirus crisis, impeding efforts of the Red Cross to find donors. https://www.thelocal.de/20200520/blood-reserves-run-critically-short-due-to-corona-epidemic Wed, 20 May 2020 11:34:53 +0200 blood-reserves-run-critically-short-due-to-corona-epidemic A further person has been arrested in connection with a blood doping network based in the German city of Erfurt, the state prosecutor in Munich confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190320/new-arrest-in-erfurt-doping-scandal Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:56:36 +0100 new-arrest-in-erfurt-doping-scandal UPDATE: An off-duty police officer was shot dead in a street in western Germany on Wednesday night, prompting a large-scale manhunt for the culprit. https://www.thelocal.de/20140724/manhunt-underway-for-police-officers-killer Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:18:00 +0200 manhunt-underway-for-police-officers-killer Police in central Germany on Monday arrested an armed man covered in blood who had been running naked down a main road. He is believed to be a Polish citizen. https://www.thelocal.de/20140630/police-arrest-armed-naked-man-in-hesse-germany Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:55:00 +0200 police-arrest-armed-naked-man-in-hesse-germany An unidentified man thought to have attacked three people with a knife was run down on a motorway in western Germany on Monday. One of his victims is fighting for his life, the others are seriously hurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20140623/knife-attacker-killed-aachen-cologne Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:40:00 +0200 knife-attacker-killed-aachen-cologne UPDATE: A young family was killed after a fire ravaged a building in Duisburg early on Monday morning. They died of smoke inhalation, police said on Tuesday. The blaze broke out in a takeaway below residential apartments overnight. https://www.thelocal.de/20140428/three-found-dead-in-fire-mystery Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:39:00 +0200 three-found-dead-in-fire-mystery A police murder squad was called to a parked car in a town in western Germany this week after blood was reportedly seen dripping from it. A body was found in the vehicle, but the driver was just doing his job. https://www.thelocal.de/20140425/german-murder-police-called-to-undertakers-car Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:15:00 +0200 german-murder-police-called-to-undertakers-car Police were searching for witnesses on Wednesday morning following a mysterious road accident in which a 25-year-old man was killed as he lay in the middle of the road. https://www.thelocal.de/20140424/truck-kills-man-lying-in-road Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:02:00 +0200 truck-kills-man-lying-in-road A woman's body lay decomposing on her bathroom floor in Berlin for several months before neighbours noticed her letterbox had overflowed. https://www.thelocal.de/20140415/berlin-woman-decomposed-on-bathroom-floor Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:30:00 +0200 berlin-woman-decomposed-on-bathroom-floor A German skydiver died trying to break a group skydiving record in the United States on Thursday. Her parachute failed to open properly on the 5,500-metre drop. https://www.thelocal.de/20140404/german-skydiver-dies-in-record-breaking-attempt-in-us-2 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:10:00 +0200 german-skydiver-dies-in-record-breaking-attempt-in-us-2 A court in Hannover jailed a man for life on Wednesday for torturing his girlfriend to death over six hours. He filmed the abuse on his mobile phone in what the judge called the worst case he had ever seen. https://www.thelocal.de/20140402/jail-for-man-who-tortured-girlfriend-to-death-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:57:00 +0200 jail-for-man-who-tortured-girlfriend-to-death-2 Police broke into an apartment in central Germany to find a woman's corpse sitting in front of a flickering TV - six months after she had died. https://www.thelocal.de/20140325/german-police-find-corpse-watching-tv Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:17:00 +0100 german-police-find-corpse-watching-tv A young German father threw his three children out of a second-floor window before jumping out himself on Tuesday, in what police believe was a bid to get his girlfriend back. Their ten-month-old son was left fighting for his life. https://www.thelocal.de/20140319/man-throws-three-kids-and-self-out-of-window Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:11:00 +0100 man-throws-three-kids-and-self-out-of-window A teenage student died while “train surfing” in Berlin on Tuesday night. He was thrown from the roof of the train onto the tracks as the S-Bahn went into a tunnel. https://www.thelocal.de/20140306/student-dies-train-surfing-in-berlin Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:42:00 +0100 student-dies-train-surfing-in-berlin A long-suffering wife was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday after killing her abusive husband with an axe, cutting him into pieces and burying him in her garden. https://www.thelocal.de/20140220/wife-gets-six-years-for-marriage-misery-axe-killing Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:35:00 +0100 wife-gets-six-years-for-marriage-misery-axe-killing UPDATE: A long-serving politician was shot dead on Monday night in his garage in central Germany, police said. The main suspect is a former colleague, who killed himself in front of officers hours later. https://www.thelocal.de/20140129/cdu-politician-shot-dead-in-garage Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:00:00 +0100 cdu-politician-shot-dead-in-garage A double murderer and rapist, who killed and ate one of his victim’s cats with mashed potato, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday by a court in southern Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20140116/murderer-ate-victims-cat-with-mashed-potato Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:02:00 +0100 murderer-ate-victims-cat-with-mashed-potato A care assistant will go on trial on Thursday, charged with fatally poisoning a patient in Bavaria order to steal her jewellery. https://www.thelocal.de/20140107/carer-poisons-woman-to-steal-jewellery Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +0100 carer-poisons-woman-to-steal-jewellery A failed businessman was jailed for life on Tuesday for beating his former in-laws to death with a hammer when they refused to give him money. https://www.thelocal.de/20131217/man-beats-ex-in-laws-to-death-with-hammer Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:01:00 +0100 man-beats-ex-in-laws-to-death-with-hammer German authorities have identified a dead baby found in a bin 25 years ago through its mother who killed two of her other children, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131009/52313 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:52:00 +0200 52313