A British model who claims she was kidnapped and held captive in Italy, is back in the UK and being interviewed by police and officials from the Foreign Office.

He will also officiate this season's FA Cup final on May 21.

Rome and Milan have ordered no-car days next week to combat pollution, which has hit unhealthy levels for weeks mainly because no rain has fallen to wash away the smog.

Italy has beefed up security around Jewish and Israeli sites after an unknown attacker stabbed an Orthodox Jew seven times near a kosher pizzeria in Milan.

Milan city officials have appealed for help in managing the huge number of migrants arriving from southern Italy after rescue at sea, as rising numbers are unable to find beds and are sleeping in the train station.

A Germanwings plane headed for Milan was evacuated at Cologne-Bonn airport after German police received a bomb threat against the flight.

A man on trial for fraudulent bankruptcy opened fire in Milan’s courthouse in a “cold, premeditated” spree, killing his lawyer, a co-defendant and a judge before being captured nearly 25km away as he fled on a motorbike.

A man on trial for fraudulent bankruptcy opened fire in Milan’s courthouse, killing his lawyer, a co-defendant and a judge before being captured as he tried to flee on a motorbike, officials said.

A man has opened fire in Milan’s courthouse, killing a bankruptcy judge and reportedly hitting at least one other person, Italy’s ANSA news agency said.