ROME - Following fierce public backlash from the local community, North Yorkshire Council has rejected plans by FAO partner Danone to expand a water bottling plant by clearing an area of community woodland, according to official sources.

 The controversial plans by Harrogate Spring Water, a subsidiary of French dairy giant Danone, would have felled up to 1000 trees in Rotary Wood, ‘destroying’ a much-loved community woodland planted by schoolchildren decades earlier, said environmental activists.

Rome- In the hilltop village of Palmoli, a modest relocation may mark the beginning of a long-anticipated turning point for the so-called “famiglia del bosco”, a young family separated by legal and social intervention. After months of uncertainty, Nathan part of an Anglo Australian couple has begun moving into a municipally provided home, in preparation for what he hopes will soon be a reunion with his three children.

Rome — One of the capital’s busiest transport hubs was brought to a standstill on Thursday afternoon after severe flooding forced the closure of Termini station on the city’s Metro Line A.

The disruption began at around 3:30pm on 16 April, when a reported fault in a water conduit sent large volumes of water cascading into the underground station. Eyewitnesses described dramatic scenes as water poured down escalators and leaked through ceilings, quickly spreading across platforms.

Rome — Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last Shah, has said he could return to Tehran as a transitional leader during what he described as the “final phase” of a popular uprising against the current regime.

Speaking during a visit to Italy, Pahlavi met several Italian parliamentarians at the Chamber of Deputies and also held talks with Maurizio Gasparri, president of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.