Simon Brandon gets caught in a ticket scam that lines the pockets of the Venetian Mafia

Brett Atkinson has a ball following Sophia around the Eternal City .

Global currencies were also hit by the debate over Italy's debt.

Convenience, peace, and much perfection, are discovered on a guided holiday in Tuscany.

The move to fine tourists is part of a bid to rid the Italian city of 'boorish' visitors.

There's plenty to keep Linda Thompson fed, watered and amused on the road to Rome.

COMMENT: Our households are more indebted than those in Spain, Greece and Italy.

A UK man has made history by crossing the European Alps on an original 70s space hopper.

Man used false identity to write and sell reviews to companies to boost their prominence.

Natalie Paris signs up to make the perfect pizza in Naples.

Italy's coalition Government has demanded more support from other EU countries.

Argento will appear in first seven episodes but will be replaced for live portion of show.

Who would have thought stripping at Italy's tomb of the unknown soldier was a bad idea?

Report claims corrosion had reduced strength by 20 per cent.

Experts knew corrosion had weakened highway by 20 per cent.

Twelve years after the Morandi bridge was inaugurated, there were already problems.

Bridge design is being investigated as a possible contributor to its stunning collapse.

Truck driver avoided plunging off the collapsing Genoa bridge by metres.

Rome boasts endless treasures, but its civic inertia and transport lure few repeat visits.

Images show the Italian bridge crumbling, as reports of serious concerns before tragedy.

At least 35 people are dead after section of Morandi bridge collapsed during storm.

Desperate search for survivors now underway. Two years ago, an eerie warning was ignored.

With dozens feared dead, Italy's government admits regular maintenance wasn't carried out.

Dozens feared dead after a bridge collapsed during a ferocious storm in Genoa in Italy.

A motorway bridge has partially collapsed in the northern port city of Genoa.

The Trevi Fountain is a popular location for a quick selfie.

The chocolate maker wants 60 "sensory judges" to taste test its products two days per week

Explosion injured up to 70 and caused part of raised expressway in Bologna to collapse.

Two friends in their 60s were fishing off Venice's Lido sandbar when they were hit.

An Australian tourist was exploring Rome when she fell victim to a common trick... twice.