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Latest news and updates on Rome, the capital city of Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula and is often referred to as the City of Seven Hills. Popular landmarks include the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, and the Roman Forum

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Exploded B&B with Grant pictured.

British man dies after being 'severely burned' in B&B gas explosion

World 8 hours ago By Jasper King

British man's eerie Facebook post before being 'severely burned' in B&B blast

World March 24, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Pope Francis waves from hospital window in first public appearance for more than six weeks

Pope Francis makes first public appearance in six weeks after health crisis

World March 23, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

ASSISI, ITALY - MARCH 18: (EDITORS NOTE: This image depicts death.) Pilgrims pray and pay their respects at the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore on March 18, 2025 in Assisi, Italy. Assisi is the resting place of Carlo Acutis, a London-born Italian teenager who died from leukemia in 2006 and was later beatified by Pope Francis in 2020. Acutis, who has been referred to as "God's Influencer," will become the first millennial saint when he is canonised in a ceremony next month during the Church's Jubilee of Teenagers. It was Carlos Acutis's final wish to be buried in Assisi. On 6th April 2019, his body was brought to the Sanctuary of the Spoliation and will be his final resting, attracting pilgrims from across the world to visit his tomb and that of St. Francis of Assisi in the nearby Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Crowds flock to see body of British teen who became 'patron saint of the internet'

World March 20, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Nuns attend a prayer service in St. Peter's Square, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, at the Vatican, March 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Pope Francis prognosis 'uncertain' after 'acute respiratory failure'

World March 3, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

American Airlines flight from New York to India diverted 'due to bomb threat'

World February 24, 2025 By Craig Munro

Comp of Pope Francis and Catholics outside his hospital

Pope Francis still in 'critical condition' suffering from early stage of kidney failure

World February 24, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15147850l) Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in The Vatican, on February 12, 2025. Pope Francis Attends The Weekly General Audience, Vatican City, Vatican - 12 Feb 2025

Pope Francis to miss Sunday prayers while recovery continues in hospital

World February 15, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Courtney having a drink at the rooftop bar at Casa Monti Hotel in Rome.

I ate my way around Rome – and was shocked by the Italian capital's 'best' dish

Travel February 13, 2025 By Courtney Pochin

The Palazzo della Civilta Italiana, aka Square Colosseum, Rome

I was in awe of Rome’s haunting ‘ghost town’ — the city that never was

Travel January 16, 2025 By Dominique Hines

A man's hand holds a lockbox strapped to a street pole

Sabotage and feather hats — The 'Robin Hood gang' at war with B&Bs

Travel January 15, 2025 By Jessica Hamilton

Pope Francis greets participants to the Living Nativity Scene at the Basilica of St. Mary Major

Italy travel warning issued for next 12 months over Roman Catholic Holy Year

World December 17, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

GAMM Game Museum

GAMM Game Museum review - not-so-ancient treasures in Rome

Gaming December 5, 2024 By Steve Boxer

Paul Mescal as Lucious in the Colosseum in a scene from Gladiator II

One of Gladiator 2's most challenging scenes was 'over 20 years in the making'

Film November 21, 2024 By Tori Brazier

stuck in 1980: Father who woke up after 39 years in a coma tells how his 'stuck' memory left him frantically trying to piece his life back together The dad lost 40 years of his life after his memory was wiped out due to a tragic accident

Dad woke up thinking it was 1980 after he was injured in a car crash

Weird October 31, 2024 By Ed Pracy

Seville, Spain skyline in the Old Quarter.

Map reveals full list of cities cracking down on short-term holiday lets

Travel December 2, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Marco Di Gianvito/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (14786670m) Citizens, opposition politicians and homosexual couples' associations take part in the protest against the approval of the bill that will make surrogacy a universal crime for Italian citizens, even if performed in countries where it is legal and regulated. ''Yes to the free and plural family'' reads the sign. Demonstration in Rome against the criminalization of surrogacy., Rm, Italy - 15 Oct 2024

Major blow to LGBTQ+ rights after country bans surrogacy with foreign donors

World October 17, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Baraccia Fountain and Spanish Steps in Spanish Square, Rome, Italy

Tourists in Rome keep making the same blunder as Emily in Paris

Travel October 1, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay

View of a river and the Old Town in Prague in Czechia.

Map shows where it's going to get more difficult to get an Airbnb

World October 21, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

Courtney smiling and eating Olive Oil Potato Cream at Cielo in Rome, Italy.

The best thing I ate in Rome wasn't pasta and I'm not ashamed to admit it

Food February 11, 2025 By Courtney Pochin