rome were rubbish has been piling up and rotting on the streets and wild boar have even been spotted roaming the city. enjoyed a very good meal. the french businessman, politician and football club owner, bernard tapie, has died at the age of seventy eight. he had been battling stomach cancer. he built up a retail empire, before moving into cycling, football and politics serving briefly as a minister. i�*m joined now by our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. whew, i could have added lots of other things to the less, not least his brushes with the law, but acting, he did all kinds of things. racing driver! his first appearance as a public figure was as a crooner in the mid—19�*60s and he reincarnated himself in the 2000s and he became a soap actor and then appeared on stage, hosted his own television programmes as well. he was a jack of all trades and very