7 h. ago 1 killed and 2 injured as driver loses control during a parade in an Italian town

A man has been killed and two people injured when a driver lost control of his car in Italy’s central town of Lanciano during celebrations for Italy’s 80th Liberation Day

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4 d. ago ‘It was very difficult to hold on to’: are Michelin stars a blessing

The esteemed restaurant guide has struggled to stay relevant, with some leading chefs even barring reviewers or asking for their stars to be removed. Is this the end of fine dining?Time was, the ultimate honour for any ambitious chef was to gain a Michelin star or two. Better still, three. But these days, the world of fine dining is in a state of flux. Far from going to any lengths to schmooze critics or diners, restaurateurs are taking them on, from publicly berating customers who don’t spend enough to ejecting anyone who even threatens to leave an unfavourable review.Nowhere is this gear change more noticeable than in attitudes towards the esteemed “red book”, the Michelin Guide. Last October, Giglio, a restaurant in the Italian town of Lucca, asked for its star to be removed from the guide. It had become a burden, according to co-owner, Benedetto Rullo. Many diners were deterred by the prospect of “fussy” food and a formal atmosphere. “One should be able to go to a fine restauran...

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5 d. ago M6 crash: Boy, 14, dies in horror tree smash and dad left seriously injured

Lancashire Constabulary is appealing for witnesses after a van left the M6 and collided with a tree, seriously injuring the driver and killing his 14-year-old child

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6 d. ago Dad and son killed after sinkhole swallows them whole in 'red alert' Italy floods

Leone and Francesco Nardon died on Thursday after a sinkhole swallowed them up in the northern Italian town of Valdagno.

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6 d. ago Dad and son dead after massive sinkhole opens up and swallows their car whole

Father and son Leone and Francesco Nardon were killed as they travelled by car into the northern Italian town of Valdagno, one of the many places hit hard by recent severe flooding

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7 d. ago Costa del Sol 'drunk driver' hits restaurant killing 2 and injuring 10 including baby

Two people have tragically died and a further 10 have been left injured after a horror accident on a popular Costa del Sol seafront where pedestrians were mowed down by a car that crashed

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8 d. ago Four dead after Naples cable car's wire snaps sending passengers plummeting

The tragic incident happened in the Italian town of Castellamare di Stabia.

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3 w. ago The surprising and delicious way Naples celebrated its 2,500th year

Chocolate-makers in the Southern Italian town went to town with their 350kg Easter egg

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3 w. ago The Tallis Scholars review – inspired pairing of Palestrina and Pärt brings shining warmth and clarity

St George’s BristolThe consummate vocal ensemble beautifully highlighted symbolic connections between the 16th-century Italian composer and soon-to-be 90 Arvo PärtThis year marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Palestrina, the Italian composer who took the name of his native town, just east of Rome, now part of the metropolitan city. In director Peter Phillips’s inspired pairing of Palestrina with the music of Arvo Pärt in the year of his 90th birthday, there was a particular frisson in knowing that in January, the Tallis Scholars had sung this very programme in the cathedral of Sant’Agapito Martire in Palestrina, where the young Giovanni Pierluigi may have been a chorister and was certainly organist from the age of 19.Phillips has described Palestrina as the “most consummate of renaissance composers”: it may surely be said that the Tallis Scholars are the consummate vocal ensemble. Opening with his motet Surge Illuminare, the 10 Scholars immediately brought a shining warmth t...

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3 w. ago Mom and two daughters killed and boy, 4, critically injured after driver with suspended license crashes onto sidewalk

The woman’s four-year-old son was also struck during the incident and was taken to hospital in critical condition

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4 w. ago Horrifying moment school tour bus plunges into Italian river while reversing, killing the driver and injuring three passersby

Chilling video footage captures the vehicle rolling towards a ledge near the Vittorio Emanuele bridge in Turin yesterday as helpless bystanders watch on in dread.

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