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 Italian police have arrested a woman suspected of leading one of Sicily's most powerful mafia clans and helping them establish a flourishing trade in illegal fish. https://www.thelocal.it/20151216/grandmother-boss-hooked-for-illegal-fish-racket Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:32:00 +0100 grandmother-boss-hooked-for-illegal-fish-racket All she wanted was to serve her loved ones a tasty drink. But a grandmother from Vicenza is in a spot of bother after three children and an adult fell ill after she gave them hot chocolate that was 25 years out of date. https://www.thelocal.it/20150331/grandma-poisons-family-with-expired-hot-chocolate Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:25:59 +0200 grandma-poisons-family-with-expired-hot-chocolate A photo of an Italian man holding his grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, has melted the hearts of thousands of people online. https://www.thelocal.it/20150105/photo-of-italian-with-sick-gran-touches-heart-of-thousands Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:15:00 +0100 photo-of-italian-with-sick-gran-touches-heart-of-thousands A 99-year-old grandmother in Sardinia on Tuesday received her certificate for passing Italy's middle school exam, said to be a lifetime dream after she was taken out of education to work in her family's olive grove. https://www.thelocal.it/20140617/99-year-old-grandma-passes-school-exam Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:23:00 +0200 99-year-old-grandma-passes-school-exam A 97-year old woman was fed rat poison by her granddaughter and great-grandson in a murder bid by them to cash in on inheritance. https://www.thelocal.it/20140609/man-fed-gran-rat-poison-in-bid-for-inheritance Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:28:00 +0200 man-fed-gran-rat-poison-in-bid-for-inheritance The grandmother of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has been robbed at her home in Tuscany, by thieves claiming to be friends of the family, local media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140324/italian-pms-gran-robbed-of-jewellery Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:53:00 +0100 italian-pms-gran-robbed-of-jewellery A grandmother has been arrested in Rome after allegedly selling cocaine and methadone through the window of her home in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20131115/year-old-grandmother-sold-cocaine-and-meth Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:50:00 +0100 year-old-grandmother-sold-cocaine-and-meth