From 25 February 2026 eligible visitors without an ETA will not be able to board their transport and cannot legally travel to the UK. The following guidelines tell you ow to apply for an ETA, and what it allows you to do.
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Insults between gladiators and love stories between enslaved Romans have resurfaced at Pompeii, as new technology reveals graffiti long hidden from view. Writings scratched into a wall more than 2,000 years ago are now offering fresh insight into everyday life in the ancient city.
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Fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known worldwide simply as Valentino, has died aged 93, his foundation announced on Monday. His death comes four months after the passing of Giorgio Armani, another towering figure of Italian fashion, who died on September 4 aged 91.
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Fano is a coastal city in Italy’s Marche region, where Roman history meets the Adriatic Sea at the end of the Via Flaminia. Located 12 kilometres south-east of Pesaro, it has a population of about 59,000, smaller than nearby Ancona and Pesaro but rich in historical depth.
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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of the long-lost basilica designed by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the Marche city of Fano, a discovery hailed by Italy’s culture minister as “the Tutankhamun of the 21st century”.
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Giorgia Meloni has returned to a familiar role as a bridge between Europe and the United States, seeking to calm rising tensions over Greenland and the Arctic.
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Spain is mourning after a deadly high-speed train crash near Cordoba in southern Spain killed at least 39 people on Sunday evening. A Málaga–Madrid Iryo service carrying around 300 passengers partially derailed and struck an oncoming Renfe train travelling from Madrid to Huelva.
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In 2026, Italy marks 800 years since the death of St Francis of Assisi. Few medieval figures still command such wide attention, yet Francis speaks across centuries because his ideas confront enduring human tensions. We only have to look at news articles to understand that wealth, power, violence, and humanity’s place in the natural world […]
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Florence’s historic Caffè Gilli will close temporarily from Monday, 19 January, for a major renovation. The café is expected to reopen by the end of March.
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Giorgia Meloni said on Friday that Italy could consider increasing its military presence in Greenland within a NATO framework. Meloni spoke to reporters at the end of an official visit to Tokyo. She said any Italian involvement would take place as part of NATO, according to ANSA.
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