ITALY

Serious blaze

AT least six people died and more than 80 were injured, some seriously, after a fire broke out in a nursing home in the Italian city of Milan. The blaze occurred at around 1.20am local time in the Casa per Coniugi nursing home. Forensic experts will inspect the premises to establish how the blaze started, but the initial hypothesis points to a lit cigarette.

Italian Guinness

KIERAN PATTEN, from Dublin opened The Irishman on St Patrick’s Day, an authentic Irish bar in Siena in Tuscany, Italy. However, in order to give customers a true taste of Ireland, he launched an urgent request for staff who know how to pour a proper pint of Guinness and speak Italian.