Mancini goes to Manchester

45 year old Italian Roberto Mancini has been nominated Manchester City's new coach / manager after Mark Hughes was sacked over the weekend.
Ancona born Mancini has already enjoyed a successful career as coach at Inter-Milan as well as with Rome's Lazio and Fiorentina before that, as well as an impressive record as a player with Bologna, Sampdoria and Lazio. City will be his first experience in England, apart from a brief stint with Leicester City in 2001 where he played 4 matches before retiring as a player. The Times reports he is planning to bring two or three Italian players to the Manchester club as well as some of his ex fitness staff colleagues.
He will immediately be put to the test with City as they confront three games in quick succession over the Christmas period, something which does not happen in Italy where Christmas is considered a rest period.

Italian student arrested for filming in London

An article in The Guardian, also featured on Italian national TV news programme TG2, has told of her ordeal after being stopped by two police officers for filming buildings in the Paddington area of London.
Simona Bonomo, 32, an art student at London Metropolitan University continued filming when she was approached by officers who asked her what she was doing and demanded ID. After being accused of being "cocky" Ms Borromeo was threatened with a fine for cycling the wrong way down a one-way street. The two officers then went away but then returned with about six others. The student was then accused of being aggressive, bundled to the ground and arrested. She was then held in custody for 5 hours and charged with a fine of £80 for "harassment, alarm and distress in a public place."
The Met confirmed that a woman was stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act.
Source. The Guardian
in Italian: Corriere della Sera

New Ryanair flights

Ryanair has announced new flight routes between Italy and the UK.
As from 19th December it will be possible to fly between Turin and Bristol, and from Bristol to Venice/Treviso as from 29th March 2010. A flight from Cuneo in Piedmont to London Stansted will also start this month as will the flight from East Midlands in the UK to Turin. Flights from Liverpool to the popular seaside resort of Rimini and to Trapani in Sicily will also open at the end of March next year, as will Pisa / Leeds.
Easyjet on the other hand has cancelled its daily flight between Bristol and Venice International.

Check Ryanair's new routes page for more flights and details

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