ITALY

Killed by cheese

AT a warehouse in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, racking that contained 25,000 wheels of Grana Padano cheese collapsed crushing the owner, 75-year-old farmer Giacomo Chiapparini. The search for the elderly man was time-consuming, as rescuers had to painstakingly remove 25,000 wheels that fell over an area of 2,000 square metres.

Blue crabs

ITALY is Europe's largest producer of clams and ranks third globally, after China and South Korea. However, the influx of Blue Crabs endangers their seafood industry. Clam farms in the delta of the Po River have faced significant losses, with a marine biologist claiming that up to 90 per cent of young clams were consumed by the crabs.