Two police officers in Florence after an attack in 1993 Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images
The Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence has begun a major renovation of a Renaissance passageway in a project that the museum’s director Eike Schmidt has dubbed “a warning against all forms of aggression against humanity and cultural heritage”.
The 760m-long Vasari Corridor was damaged in a bombing by the Mafia in 1993 that killed five people. During the ongoing renovation, the structure will be fitted with two memorials marking local acts of terror.
The suspended corridor was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici and built by the Renaissance artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari in 1565, allowing the Grand Duke to pass unseen between the Palazzo Pitti and the Palazzo Vecchio Cosimo’s residence and the government palace. From 1973, the Uffizi displayed self-portraits by artists including Rembrandt and De Chirico in the corridor, before closing t
Off-the-scale cocaine dealer caught with £700,000 of drugs in secret compartment van
Jonathan Kenney travelled across the country in a specially adapted van to try and trick police
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Drug dealer (Image: Devon Police)
A drug dealer was caught with a staggering amount of cocaine driving down from Liverpool to Devon, which a judge said was off the scale.
The trips, across the country during the pandemic lockdown, were part of a large-scale criminal enterprise flooding cocaine from Merseyside to the south coast.
When police stopped his van in August, they had to take it apart to find the drugs, and discovered it was controlled by an electronic system which had to be activated remotely by the driver to open it.
Tucked away or under your feet the places you may not have noticed across Merseyside
How many of these secret spaces did you know about?
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In a city like Liverpool, you ll find a piece of history on nearly every street you go down.
But underneath your feet and tucked away on side streets, there s some secrets that not everyone knows about.
These sights are dotted across the region, from New Brighton to Dale Street and the Baltic Triangle. Back in May last year, we took a look at some of Merseyside s hidden rooms - many of which have a fascinating past.
Alleged child abuse material offender makes bid for bail A man facing dozens of child exploitation material offences – some shockingly linked to infant children – has made a bid for bail in court.
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Subscriber only A CAIRNS man facing dozens of child exploitation material offences - some shockingly linked to infant children - has been denied bail after a magistrate ruled the matters were far too serious to even consider his release. Michael Stephen Warren, 35, was charged in November last year with a total of 59 offences after police raided his Edge Hill residence and seized various devices.
Fears grow for missing girl, 15, who may have travelled to Merseyside
Sophie Francis was last seen four days ago in Cumbria
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A 15-year-old girl last seen in Cumbria is now believed to have travelled to Merseyside.
Sophie Francis is the focus of growing concerns after police confirmed she has not been seen in four days.