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 massive manhunt is underway after a 42-year-old man, who was serving a life sentence for murder at a prison in Lecce, escaped during a hospital visit on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151106/italy-manhunt-after-murderer-flees-jail Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:21:19 +0100 italy-manhunt-after-murderer-flees-jail An Italian woman jailed for throwing acid on her ex-boyfriend had her prison-born baby taken away from her immediately after the birth in a legal decision that, despite her notoriety, has sparked an outcry. https://www.thelocal.it/20150817/italy-outcry-after-newborn-taken-from-prison-mum Mon, 17 Aug 2015 19:03:08 +0200 italy-outcry-after-newborn-taken-from-prison-mum Police have launched a manhunt after an inmate serving life for murder broke out of prison in Palermo, Sicily, on Wednesday using a rope of knotted sheets. https://www.thelocal.it/20140507/murderer-flees-jail-using-rope-of-knotted-sheets Wed, 07 May 2014 19:20:00 +0200 murderer-flees-jail-using-rope-of-knotted-sheets