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 newborn baby boy was saved from almost certain death after a woman found him inside a plastic bag by her neighbourhood rubbish bins. https://www.thelocal.it/20160620/newborn-found-dumped-inside-plastic-bag-at-venice-bins Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:41:44 +0200 newborn-found-dumped-inside-plastic-bag-at-venice-bins A 27-year-old woman put her newborn baby girl in a rubbish bin on Sunday morning – before returning to save the child moments before the binmen came to empty the container. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/mum-bins-newborn-baby-girl-in-tuscany Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:19:16 +0100 mum-bins-newborn-baby-girl-in-tuscany A hospital in the Milan area has received a flood of calls from people wishing to adopt a newborn baby boy, who was found abandoned in a city park on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150407/calls-flood-in-to-adopt-abandoned-baby Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:02:11 +0200 calls-flood-in-to-adopt-abandoned-baby A newborn baby in Sicily died in an ambulance on Thursday because there were no bed spaces in three local hospitals, prompting Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin to launch an investigation. https://www.thelocal.it/20150213/newborn-dies-in-ambulance-as-hospital-full Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:47:00 +0100 newborn-dies-in-ambulance-as-hospital-full A public prosecutor on Tuesday opened a manslaughter inquiry over the death of a newborn baby, following a cesarean at a hospital in southern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140603/probe-opened-into-newborns-death-in-calabria Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:17:00 +0200 probe-opened-into-newborns-death-in-calabria Francis, or Francesco, is now the most popular name among newborn baby boys in Italy thanks to the arrival in March of Pope Francis. https://www.thelocal.it/20131018/pope-sparks-boom-in-the-name-francis Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:14:53 +0200 pope-sparks-boom-in-the-name-francis