Police formed human chains to keep the peace outside a discreet memorial service for a local clan leader after his ostentatious funeral prompted complaints from lawmakers and even the Vatican newspaper that it glorified the mob.

A bid to scrap all mobile phone “roaming” charges by 2014 was defeated today, as a war of words broke out between the European Commission and Vodafone over a continued crackdown on the sector.

An Italian prosecutor said today he would not accept a request by a grandson of Italian wartime dictator Benito Mussolini to exhume the Fascist leader’s body, the Italian news agency ANSA said.

Vodafone Group today announced the appointment of a new chief executive for Europe.

A grandson of Italian wartime dictator Benito Mussolini has requested that the Fascist leader’s body be exhumed, a lawyer said today.