https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A nine-year-old Italian boy gave the €50 he saved to a homeless man in a town near Modena – only for the man to give it back. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/italian-boy-gives-his-pocket-money-to-a-homeless-man Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:00:18 +0200 italian-boy-gives-his-pocket-money-to-a-homeless-man A nine-year-old Italian boy was among the 28 people killed when extremists attacked a hotel and café in Burkina Faso on Friday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:35:12 +0100 nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among A boy wearing a hooded top and playing with a toy gun in a public garden in Verona sent jitters among those living in the area. https://www.thelocal.it/20160113/boy-playing-with-toy-gun-sparks-panic-in-verona-park Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:40:20 +0100 boy-playing-with-toy-gun-sparks-panic-in-verona-park A seven-year-old British schoolboy with a severe dairy allergy died in Italy after going into anaphylactic shock following a pasta lunch. https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/british-boy-dies-from-allergic-reaction-in-italy Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:13:07 +0100 british-boy-dies-from-allergic-reaction-in-italy The owner of a leather factory in the Lombardy region has been charged with exploiting child labour after an eight-year-old boy was found working on the premises. https://www.thelocal.it/20150911/boy-8-found-working-in-italy-factory Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:19:53 +0200 boy-8-found-working-in-italy-factory Doubts emerged on Wednesday over the authenticity of an Italian painting supposedly worth $1.5 million, which hit headlines after a 12-year-old boy punched a hole through it as he tripped and fell during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/damaged-italian-painting-might-be-fake-expert Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:46:52 +0200 damaged-italian-painting-might-be-fake-expert A 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole through a $1.5 million centuries-old Italian oil painting when he tripped and fell into the piece during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:09:15 +0200 boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting UPDATED: Three people have been detained for manslaughter after a five-year-old boy died on Thursday when he fell into the lift shaft at a metro stop in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:32:49 +0200 boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft A 14-year-old boy has survived after 42 minutes under water in the northern province of Milan, an "exceptional event" according to the child's doctor, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150527/boy-survives-after-42-minutes-under-water Wed, 27 May 2015 19:08:26 +0200 boy-survives-after-42-minutes-under-water A nursery school in Cantù, a city in Como province, has threatened to expel a four-year-old boy unless he stops doing a fascist Roman salute. https://www.thelocal.it/20150512/teachers-shocked-after-boy-4-does-fascist-salute Tue, 12 May 2015 13:21:36 +0200 teachers-shocked-after-boy-4-does-fascist-salute A 12-year-old boy from Macerata, a town in the Marche region, died on Sunday while playing rugby, La Stampa reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150216/italian-boy-12-dies-playing-rugby Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:22:00 +0100 italian-boy-12-dies-playing-rugby Nine people including a four-year-old Italian boy and his parents were feared drowned when their boat capsized in northern Peru after its engine failed, officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/fears-for-italian-family-after-peru-boat-sinks Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:22:00 +0100 fears-for-italian-family-after-peru-boat-sinks In what has been hailed a miracle, a baby boy has been born to an Italian woman pronounced clinically dead in October. https://www.thelocal.it/20141219/baby-born-in-milan-to-clinically-dead-mother Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:33:00 +0100 baby-born-in-milan-to-clinically-dead-mother A nine-year-old boy was denied blood tests at a state health centre in Tuscany, because his mother could not afford to pay the €38 bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/boy-denied-blood-tests-over-38-unpaid-bill Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:05:00 +0100 boy-denied-blood-tests-over-38-unpaid-bill An eight-year-old boy found dead in Sicily is thought to have been abducted from school and raped before being murdered, national media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/eight-year-old-boy-raped-and-killed-in-sicily Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:17:00 +0100 eight-year-old-boy-raped-and-killed-in-sicily The bodies of a grandfather and his five-year-old grandson, sick with a rare genetic disorder, were discovered on Sunday in a hugging embrace afloat in a river in northeast Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/grandfather-and-sick-boy-in-murder-suicide Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:13:00 +0200 grandfather-and-sick-boy-in-murder-suicide A 14-year-old boy is fighting for his life in Naples after a bully blasted a compressed air hose up his backside because he was “too fat”. Anti-bullying campaigners are now calling on the government to introduce penalties for bullies. https://www.thelocal.it/20141009/boy-fighting-for-life-after-compressed-air-tube-joke Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:32:00 +0200 boy-fighting-for-life-after-compressed-air-tube-joke The parents of a four-year-old boy are planning to sue authorities in Padua after the child contracted Hepatitis B from a discarded syringe while playing in a park. https://www.thelocal.it/20140929/boy-5-gets-hepatitis-b-from-discarded-syringe Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:06:00 +0200 boy-5-gets-hepatitis-b-from-discarded-syringe A dog has been hailed a hero after saving a five-year-old boy from drowning in the sea along Italy’s Adriatic coast, but minutes later died himself. https://www.thelocal.it/20140814/hero-dog-dies-after-saving-drowning-boy Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:26:00 +0200 hero-dog-dies-after-saving-drowning-boy A boy of nine has been praised for his quick-thinking when he managed to avoid disaster after his grandfather died suddenly at the wheel. Dodging passersby, the boy was able to steer the car for 500 metres before it crashed into a parked van. https://www.thelocal.it/20140812/boy-9-takes-the-wheel-after-grans-heart-attack Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:40:00 +0200 boy-9-takes-the-wheel-after-grans-heart-attack