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This is the moment an astonished mayor spotted a wanted fugitive hiding out in an Italian Christmas nativity scene. Flavio Filoni was walking past the annual festive display which features life size statutes of Mary, Joseph and other biblical characters in a stable. But in what could have been a scene straight from hit Christmas movie Home Alone - where Kevin is running away from bad guys Harry and Marc wraps himself in a towel to disguise himself as a shepherd - mayor Filoni was left stunned to see the unfamiliar figure. Initially thinking how realistic the tableaux was, and complimenting inwardly the good work of the creators, he then did a double take as the figure moved among the bundles of hay in the scene at Galatone, near Lecce in southern Italy.

Wanted man jumped into nativity scene and pretended to be a king to lose police

Channel: World World December 12, 2025 By William Hallowell
The third red ring phenomenon known as ELVEs Valter Binotto over Possagno, Italy on November 26, 2025 also featured firework-like phenomena known as sprites. He believes it is a first getting them both in same frame. Incredible images show a bizarre UFO-like 230 km-wide ring floating in the sky. Amateur astrophotographer Valter Binotto managed to capture the otherworldly sight over his hometown of Possagno in Italy. Amazingly, it is the second time he has spotted the rings at the location ??? as well as sparkly, red, firework-like phenomena known as sprites. The doughnut-shaped red rings are known as ELVES, an upper-atmospheric lightning event sometimes caught in long-exposure images above distant thunderstorms. They are a type of transient luminous event (TLE) that occurs in the lower ionosphere, roughly around 90???100 km above the Earth, directly above powerful lightning storms. Photo released 11/12/2025

Bizarre doughnut-shaped phenomena spotted in the sky - what is it?

Channel: World World December 11, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
A street view of Bologna, Italy, with ancient buildings and people walking across a pedestrian crossing.

I've been to 9 Italian cities, but there's only one I keep going back to

Channel: Travel Travel December 3, 2025 By Adam Miller
A sunny view of Postiguet beach in Alicante, Spain, with a blue sea, people walking on the golden sand, and buildings and a cliff behind the beach.

Ryanair launches ‘unmissable’ Travel Tuesday sale with flights from £13.59 across Europe

Channel: Travel Travel December 2, 2025 By Courtney Pochin

Italy’s ‘little Venice’ that’s only 50 minutes away with way less tourists

Channel: Travel Travel November 26, 2025 By Sophie-May Williams
A man was held down and forced to watch as migrants who smashed into his car raped his 18-year-old fianc?e in Italy, according to police in Rome. The couple, said to have been naked prior to the incident, had parked in a quiet corner of Tor Tre Teste, a park in the eastern part of the capital, minutes before they were surrounded by the group who attacked their vehicle. Police said the attackers broke the window and first pulled the man, 24, from the car before forcing the woman out as she tried to cover herself with an item of clothing. The man told cops he was restrained by two of the attackers as his fianc?e was dragged a short distance away. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Quarticciolo,+00155+Rome,+Metropolitan+City+of+Rome+Capital,+Italy/@41.8919784,12.5813807,3a,75y,159.4h,89.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqi8vOKWxPMbBJN5ykiGgbw!2e0!6shttps:streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.comv1thumbnailcb_clientmaps_sv.tactilew900h600pitch0.054297104793633366panoidqi8vOKWxPMbBJN5ykiGgbwyaw159.40158160259563!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x132f62fed32d3fdf:0x79be650f614b9617!8m2!3d41.8924796!4d12.5790713!16sg122p7vrb?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw

Gang smash into couple's car and force boyfriend to watch them rape his fiancée

Channel: World World November 26, 2025 By Molly Lee

Son puts on dead mother's lipstick and jewellery to collect her pension

Channel: Weird Weird November 25, 2025 By Luke Alsford
A British man and his wife living in the Italian wilderness are fighting a legal battle to keep their children amid claims of mistreatment. Nathan Trevallion, a 51-year-old former chef from Bristol, and Catherine Birmingham, his Australian wife, bought a run-down farmhouse in the Abruzzo region of central Italy in 2021. They live on the remote property with their three children ? an eight-year-old girl and six-year-old twins ? as well as several farm animals, largely surviving on home-grown fruit and vegetables. But prosecutors have urged the local children?s court to remove the children, claiming they are suffering ?serious harm? as a result of their parents? back-to-nature approach, home-schooling and inadequate access to medical care. Taken from catherinelouisebirmingham.com/

Dad living off grid 'shocked' kids were taken away after he fed them poisonous mushrooms

Channel: World World November 22, 2025 By Brooke Davies
The street Via Panisperna in Rome, Italy, which is hilly, lined with tall, rose-coloured buildings, and has a view of Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore church at the end of the road.

The 'gorgeous' Italian hotel on one of the world's coolest streets

Channel: Travel Travel November 21, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
Boy, 2, dies after being ?strangled by his own jumper? at nursery Leonardo Ricci Credit TG1

Boy, 2, dies after being ‘strangled by his own jacket’ at nursery

Channel: World World November 15, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Play Video Image shows a still from footage showing an Italian politician who accidentally smashed a priceless Italian stained glass window

Italian politician trips and falls head first through priceless stained glass window

Channel: World World November 15, 2025 By Herbie Russell
The Last Days of Pompeii: The Immersive Exhibition on Thursday 13th November at Immerse LDN. Opening at Immerse LDN on 14th November and running for a limited 16-week run, this groundbreaking exhibition allows visitors to explore the culture, stories and lives of those who lived 2,000 years ago, uncover the secrets of daily Roman life, witness the pre-eruption beauty of this ancient city and experience the historic moment that Mount Vesuvius erupts. Featuring impressive technology including 8-metre-high immersive video mapping hall, a seated 360-degree Virtual Reality experience, a free-roaming Digital Metaverse room, replicas & artefacts. Set across 3,000 square metres and 10 different galleries and installations, the exhibition promises to be both exhilarating and educational in equal measure

'I was taken back in time to walk the streets of Pompeii as Vesuvius erupted'

Channel: UK UK November 14, 2025 By Molly Lee
Rimini cityscape. Tiberius bridge famous sightseeing in Rimini at dawn. Summer sunrise in Rimini historic center.

The 'treasured' Italian seaside town where Italians love to holiday

Channel: Travel Travel November 11, 2025 By Karen Edwards

British man buys dream home on Italian island for less than £19,000

Channel: Property Property November 6, 2025 By Metro Lifestyle reporter
(Eingeschr??nkte Rechte f??r bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Charles I of Austria, *1887-1922+, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia from 1916 to 1918 - coronation as Hungarian King Charles IV: Charles and Austrian Empress Zita in Budapest - December 30, 1916 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Legendary 137-carat diamond has been found 100 years after it vanished

Channel: World World November 6, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
A sunny canal in Trieste, Italy, with a rowing boat sitting on the water, an outdoor dining area beside it, a bridge, and buildings on the other side.

Italy's 'oasis of tranquility' is a hidden gem with return flights for £33

Channel: Travel Travel November 6, 2025 By Kristina Beanland
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Trapped worker dies after medieval tower collapses in the centre of Rome

Channel: World World November 4, 2025 By Molly Lee
02 November 2025, Italy, Bozen: A mountain rescue helicopter lands in front of mountain rescuers. Following the death of at least three German mountaineers in an avalanche accident in South Tyrol, the search for two missing persons has been resumed., Credit:Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / Avalon

Three people killed and two missing after avalanche in Italy

Channel: World World November 2, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
epa12480638 A police cordon at an area of the Pantheon's perimeter wall in Rome, Italy, 25 October 2025. A Japanese tourist died on 24 October evening after falling from the perimeter wall of the Pantheon. Police have opened an investigation into the cause of the fatal incident. EPA/ANGELO CARCONI

Tourist plunges 22ft to his death in front of daughter at Rome landmark

Channel: World World October 25, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
Play Video This Friday (October 24), VR company Eclipso will launch its 'newest and boldest' immersive experience to date, Colosseum: The Legendary Arena (Picture: Eclipso London)

‘I explored Ancient Rome and saw gladiator fights in the Colosseum up close'

Channel: UK UK October 24, 2025 By William Hallowell

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