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 Authorities in Berlin are searching for a small child and his adult female companion, after the boy cycled into an old woman and then fled. https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/police-hunt-small-child-who-seriously-injured-granny-in-hit-and-run-on-bike Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:08:32 +0200 police-hunt-small-child-who-seriously-injured-granny-in-hit-and-run-on-bike Police on Thursday confirmed they had arrested the young man who is believed to be responsible for the murder of a nine-year-old boy on Monday. The suspect led investigators to a further dead body in an apartment. https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/two-more-bodies-found-after-arrest-in-child-murder-case Thu, 09 Mar 2017 22:52:16 +0100 two-more-bodies-found-after-arrest-in-child-murder-case Police in North Rhine-Westphalia are searching for the man believed to have killed his nine-year-old neighbour and then posted a video gloating about it online. https://www.thelocal.de/20170307/police-hunt-for-suspect-who-killed-9-year-old-and-bragged-about-it-online Tue, 07 Mar 2017 10:49:47 +0100 police-hunt-for-suspect-who-killed-9-year-old-and-bragged-about-it-online When a mother realized she had locked herself out of her car with her baby inside, she called police, who resorted to an unusual method to calm the crying child. https://www.thelocal.de/20161019/cop-turns-car-into-cradle-to-lull-trapped-baby-to-sleep Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:03:42 +0200 cop-turns-car-into-cradle-to-lull-trapped-baby-to-sleep The girl was visiting her father in Ramersdorf, Munich, and he was already intoxicated when she arrived at 6 pm on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160622/munich-drugs-child-mushrooms-drugs-narcotics Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:27:55 +0200 munich-drugs-child-mushrooms-drugs-narcotics A young woman was left at a Munich bus station while her baby son went on ahead on a long-distance bus to Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20160622/baby-child-autobahn-bus-alone-munich Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:07:12 +0200 baby-child-autobahn-bus-alone-munich A young boy had a miraculous escape in western Germany on Wednesday when a bin man happened to see him hanging from the window ledge and managed to catch him just in time. https://www.thelocal.de/20160526/garbageman-catches-child-after-he-falls-out-2rd-floor-window Thu, 26 May 2016 11:33:20 +0200 garbageman-catches-child-after-he-falls-out-2rd-floor-window A 23-year-old woman is to face trial in Bavaria on Tuesday on suspicion of having left her live newborn baby in a toilet at Munich airport. https://www.thelocal.de/20160503/trial-begins-of-woman-who-left-newborn-in-airport-toilet Tue, 03 May 2016 12:55:06 +0200 trial-begins-of-woman-who-left-newborn-in-airport-toilet A mother from North Rhine-Westphalia has accused furniture chain IKEA of debasement, discrimination and marginalization – after employees in their Dortmund store refused to let her autistic son into the children's play area. https://www.thelocal.de/20150729/mother-slams-ikea-for-refusing-autistic-son Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:50:25 +0200 mother-slams-ikea-for-refusing-autistic-son A three-year-old child went on an involuntary train journey across northern Germany on Wednesday after she was separated from her father and sister on the platform. https://www.thelocal.de/20150108/three-year-old-goes-on-solo-train-ride Thu, 08 Jan 2015 09:00:00 +0100 three-year-old-goes-on-solo-train-ride An 11-year-old girl was killed in a horrific accident on a fun-fair ride in Rhineland-Palatinate on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140815/child-dies-on-amusement-park-ride Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:36:00 +0200 child-dies-on-amusement-park-ride A town in southern Germany has banned a couple from calling their child “Wikileaks” for fear it could endanger the welfare of the baby. https://www.thelocal.de/20140402/german-town-passau-bans-mother-from-calling-child-wikileaks-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:59:00 +0200 german-town-passau-bans-mother-from-calling-child-wikileaks-2 A transgender person who became the first man in Germany to give birth to a baby is fighting a court battle to call himself a father rather than a mother. https://www.thelocal.de/20130910/51853 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:38:00 +0200 51853 After a long winter most Germans are happy to be sporting sun hats, rather than scarves, to guard against the elements. But for a 2-year-old Bavarian, summer accessorising went awry when she got stuck in a parasol. https://www.thelocal.de/20130512/49667 Sun, 12 May 2013 17:04:00 +0200 49667 More than 20 percent of underage Germans get drunk at least once a month, the country's drug commissioner Sabine Bätzing announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090504/19053 Mon, 04 May 2009 17:17:00 +0200 19053