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 In Cologne in the early hours of Sunday morning a man was caught robbing a bank while his wife and 11 year old son stood watch. https://www.thelocal.de/20171009/bank-robbing-family-caught-red-handed-by-police-dog Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:17:23 +0200 bank-robbing-family-caught-red-handed-by-police-dog A court in Bonn sentenced a Syrian father to 15 years prison after he threw his three children out of a first-floor window, reportedly because he disliked his wife's desire to enjoy the same freedoms as German women. https://www.thelocal.de/20161103/father-who-threw-children-out-window-gets-15-years-prison Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:32:22 +0100 father-who-threw-children-out-window-gets-15-years-prison Germany has drafted a law requiring mothers to inform their partners if their children were fathered by another man, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160829/law-to-force-mums-to-tell Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:03:52 +0200 law-to-force-mums-to-tell Tens of thousands of people in Germany have shared a Facebook post in which a new father explains how dangerous the herpes virus can be to babies – as illustrated by the tragic case of his own son. https://www.thelocal.de/20160523/new-fathers-tragic-warning-touches-thousands-online Mon, 23 May 2016 14:10:14 +0200 new-fathers-tragic-warning-touches-thousands-online The identity of a man who last weekend jumped off a railway bridge with his children's bodies after stabbing them to death emerged in media reports on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150805/man-stabs-children-then-jumps-to-his-death-with-them Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:12:59 +0200 man-stabs-children-then-jumps-to-his-death-with-them