who lived life to the full, and whose voice meant so much to so many, bringing hope and light to the darkest of hours. john maguire, bbc news, ditching in east sussex. a 16th century villa in rome is up for auction this lunchtime, and is expected to sell for hundreds of millions of pounds. villa aurora has some very special features, as our rome correspondent mark lowen has been finding out. feeling a little flush with cash? maybe you have had a new year bonus. you might want to bid for the space, villa aurora in rome. going under the hammer today and likely to become the most expensive property ever sold, with an estimate of 471 million euros, close to £400 million