Two children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, bringing the death toll to 16, officials said today.

At least 13 people were killed when a freight train derailed and set off an explosion and fire in a small Italian town, officials said today.

A railway wagon filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people and injured 50 others, officials said today.

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Italian referee Pierluigi Collina looks set to end his career in the summer and take a desk job.

Italian official Pierluigi Collina has refused to rule out coming to referee in the Premiership in the 2005-6 season after he has passed the retirement age of 45 for Italy’s Serie A.

The critically acclaimed Irish film Veronica Guerin has been chosen to close the prestigious 20th EuropaCinema Film Festival on Saturday September 27.