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 three-year-old girl in north-east Italy has died after being bitten by her cousin’s dog, while the two children were playing together in a garden. https://www.thelocal.it/20150526/family-dog-kills-three-year-old-girl Tue, 26 May 2015 14:00:55 +0200 family-dog-kills-three-year-old-girl The presumed mastermind of a mafia killing in which a three-year-old boy was murdered has been arrested, a year after the toddler was targeted in a drive-by shooting. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/mastermind-of-mafias-child-murder-caught Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:25:23 +0100 mastermind-of-mafias-child-murder-caught A three-year-old girl has been banned from a school in Rome after a holiday to Uganda, over fears that she may have contracted the deadly Ebola disease present in other African countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/child-banned-from-rome-school-over-ebola-fears Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:10:00 +0200 child-banned-from-rome-school-over-ebola-fears A man has been arrested in Rome after trying to snatch a two-year-old girl, while she was on the way to the park with her grandmother. https://www.thelocal.it/20140822/man-tries-to-snatch-toddler-off-rome-street Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:16:00 +0200 man-tries-to-snatch-toddler-off-rome-street A two-year-old girl and her aunt died in Florence over the weekend after being hit by a falling tree branch, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140630/toddler-crushed-to-death-by-florence-tree Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:01:00 +0200 toddler-crushed-to-death-by-florence-tree A two-year-old boy who died last year in north-west Italy was killed by the heroin-replacement drug methadone, according to a new toxicology report. https://www.thelocal.it/20140422/toddler-dies-from-methadone-overdose Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:48:00 +0200 toddler-dies-from-methadone-overdose The mafia-linked killers of a three-year-old boy and two adults left a 50 cent coin at the crime scene, as a symbol of the price they put on the victims' lives, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140121/mafia-linked-killers-put-50-cent-price-on-childs-life Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:05:00 +0100 mafia-linked-killers-put-50-cent-price-on-childs-life The body of a three-year-old boy has been found in a burnt-out car in southern Italy, along with those of his grandfather and a woman, thought to be victims of a mafia revenge attack, national media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140120/italian-toddler-killed-and-torched-in-mafia-feud Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:35:00 +0100 italian-toddler-killed-and-torched-in-mafia-feud A policeman in Cantù, in the lakeside province of Como, caught a three-year old boy after he fell from the window of an apartment building. https://www.thelocal.it/20131210/policeman-catches-toddler-after-two-storey-plunge Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:38:00 +0100 policeman-catches-toddler-after-two-storey-plunge The grief-striken father who forgot his toddler son in the back of his car resulting in the boy’s death, has started a campaign to persuade the Italian government to take action to prevent similar tragedies from occurring. https://www.thelocal.it/20130617/toddler-tragedy-father-starts-facebook-page Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:48:00 +0200 toddler-tragedy-father-starts-facebook-page