so here we are in milan, the fashion and industrial powerhouse of italy. i ve only been to milan a few times and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city, but do the hard-working milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh my god, that s so beautiful. perfecto . this is the land of rice and polenta. -polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. -people from south of italy call us polentoni . [tucci] there isn t e
the office of the prince of wales has insisted that all rules were followed when the prince s charitable fund took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the chair of the public inquiry investigating a major post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. more than 600 subpostmasters were given criminal convictions when a faulty it system made it look like money was missing from their branches. 81 people have now had their convictions quashed. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. delight at the court of appeal as the record is set straight. after all this time, now the weight has been lifted. but this court victory isn t the end of the road. the post office took hundreds of thousands of pounds from sub postmasters like richard to cover what looked like shortfalls at branches, leaving people financially ruined. imprisoned while pregnant,
for the procedure. a hosepipe ban is to be imposed in parts of southern england after months of dry wet up a mistake and not be used to water gardens or cars. this is arlington reservoir in sussex. part of the region the environment agency describes as seriously what it stressed following the driest first six months in the year in england since 1966. we months in the year in england since 1966- since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly and since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly and we - since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly and we are i levels wantonly and we are seeing a drop into early drought triggers now and what is interesting is the rate they are dropping. is interesting is the rate they are drowning- are dropping. water use has soared with are dropping. water use has soared with south are dropping. water use has soared with south water - are dropping. water use has i soared with south water having t