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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,new,3.26,Italy,Italian,airport,non-Schengen,common,third,country,fingerprint,scanning,facial,recognition,Entry Exit System,EES,security,smart,border,borders,technology,passenger,processing,registration,delays,queues,scanner,gate,Polizia di Frontiera,post Brexit,post-Brexit,identity verification,passenger flow,arrivals hall,departures,vision,surveillance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEBD - Blue automated passport control eGates stand in a glass-walled Italian airport border control area for non-Schengen passengers, showing the increasingly digital nature of European travel, immigration and frontier management. The Reco 3.26 branded machines are used for automated border control and passenger flow management, with passport scanning, biometric identity checks and registration points linked to facial images and fingerprints. For travellers from outside the EU and Schengen area, including many UK passengers after Brexit, the first-use enrolment process can mean extra time at the border as a digital record is created and checked. The scene is commercially useful for illustrating airport queues, travel delays, biometric surveillance, immigration technology, border security, smart borders, post-Brexit travel, EU Entry/Exit System processes, passenger processing and the practical reality of automation in busy terminals. The equipment is clean, blue and modern, but the image also hints at the tension between faster digital journeys and the inconvenience caused when new systems require unfamiliar steps, staff guidance or repeated registration. Visible scanners, kiosks, barriers and eGate lanes create a documentary view of contemporary airport infrastructure rather than a staged technology display. The indoor lighting, polished floor and queue barriers suggest a controlled terminal environment, likely at arrivals or departures where non-Schengen travellers pass immigration checks. The photograph has strong editorial value for stories on EES implementation, biometric data privacy, passport control modernisation, identity verification, Schengen external borders, airport capacity, holiday travel disruption and the everyday use of computer vision in public-sector security. It can also support broader features on border automation, data protection, UK and EU travel rules, delayed passengers, airline pressure and changing international air travel.

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4M92 - EasyJet boarding and cabin bag sizer sign at a departure gate inside Catania-Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily, showing separate directions for Speedy Boarding and all other customers, plus illustrated cabin bag size rules. The orange gate sign highlights the practical reality of low-cost air travel, where cheap headline fares are often accompanied by strict baggage limits, paid priority boarding options and potential charges if a cabin bag is too large for the airline gauge. EasyJet's current cabin bag guidance says every passenger may bring one small under-seat bag free of charge, with maximum dimensions of 45 x 36 x 20 cm including handles and wheels, while larger cabin bags are generally linked to paid options such as Speedy Boarding, selected fares, extra legroom or upfront seats. This image can illustrate budget airline business models, ancillary revenue, cabin bag restrictions, passenger frustration, boarding gate checks, airport retail-style pricing, consumer rights, travel costs and the irritation caused by oversize cabin luggage fees. The photograph also works for stories about European air travel, Sicily tourism, Catania departures, family holidays, airline rules, airport queues, boarding procedures and the difference between basic fares and enhanced fare bundles. The setting appears to be an indoor airport gate area, with fluorescent ceiling lighting, queue barriers, seated passengers and a quiet pre-boarding atmosphere. The sign's clear split between Speedy Boarding and other passengers gives useful visual context for articles about priority boarding, airline segmentation and the way budget carriers manage limited overhead locker space. The tone should be factual and editorial: the image records passenger-facing baggage control systems and perceived punitive charging practices, but the specific fee or enforcement outcome for any individual passenger is not shown.

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEHP - Plenitude On the Road electric vehicle chargers stand on an Italian filling station forecourt in Sicily, (Autogrill Sacchitello Sud , Sud, A19 Palermo - Catania, 118, 94100 Enna EN, Italy) with bright green elettrici bay markings and branded charging units beside the traditional petrol station setting. The image is a strong editorial illustration of the gradual shift from fossil-fuel motoring towards lower-emission road transport, showing how oil companies and forecourt operators are adding EV infrastructure alongside conventional refuelling. Plenitude says its proprietary charging stations use certified energy backed by European guarantees of origin from 100% renewable sources as fed into the grid, making the scene especially relevant for stories about cleaner transport, energy transition, public charging networks, electric mobility, decarbonisation and the future of roadside services in Italy. The photograph is also commercially useful for articles on Sicily travel, sustainable tourism, EV adoption, charging convenience, green branding and the changing appearance of service stations as drivers move towards battery-powered vehicles. It can support wider commentary on how electric driving may reduce motorists' direct exposure to oil-price volatility linked to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, including Iran-related supply fears, although electricity prices and charging tariffs remain influenced by broader energy markets. The visible Plenitude branding, charger cables, marked bays and forecourt layout give the image practical documentary value for transport, energy, business and climate reporting. The clean design and empty charging spaces suggest readiness for use rather than a staged product shot, helping the image work well for news and features about consumer behaviour, charging infrastructure rollout, renewable electricity, lower tailpipe emissions, low-carbon transport and Europe's effort to cut dependence on imported oil.

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R3YB9N - This image shows Chi Chi + The Pasta Family operating a street food stall at Old Spitalfields Market in East London. The stall features bold branding and a fully open kitchen, allowing customers to watch pasta being prepared and cooked to order.
Chi Chi + The Pasta Family specialises in Italian street food, with a focus on fresh pasta dishes inspired by traditional Italian cooking and adapted for the fast-paced market environment. Clear menu boards, bright lighting, and staff in branded clothing create a strong visual identity and reinforce the stall's emphasis on quality, speed, and approachability.
The photograph captures a moment of interaction between staff and customer during service, reflecting the informal, social nature of street food culture. The surrounding market setting situates the business within one of London's best-known food destinations, popular with office workers, residents, and tourists.
Taken indoors under artificial lighting within the covered market, the image is well suited to editorial use covering London street food, independent food businesses, Italian cuisine, market culture, casual dining, and the everyday life of Old Spitalfields Market.

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K90G1E - Country of origin or place of provenance
In accordance with the FIC Regulations, the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of a food shall be mandatory where failure to indicate this might mislead the consumer as to the true country of origin or place of provenance of the food. Consumers might be misled without this information, for example a Melton Mowbray Pork pie which was made in Italy.
Under the FIC Regulations there are specific origin rules which must be adhered to, including the Country of Origin for Primary Ingredients and Country of Origin for Certain Meats.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin (Opens in a new window).
In NI, EU Country of Origin rules, as applied by the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP), are applicable for food placed on the NI market. Where EU Law requires an indication of a Member State in respect to country of origin, food businesses must ensure that where food has originated in Northern Ireland, such indications should be in the form UK(NI) or United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AT9E83 - The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy, since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958. It features a vast array of concerts, opera, dance, drama, visual arts and roundtable discussions on science.
The Two Worlds in the name of the festival comes from Gian Carlo Menotti's intention to have the worlds of American and European culture facing each other in his event
this concept would then be strengthened by the fact that it was held in conjunction with its twin, the Spoleto Festival USA held annually in May/June in Charleston, South Carolina. That twinning lasted some 15 years and, after growing disputes between the Menotti family and the board of Spoleto Festival USA, in the early 1990s a separation occurred. Under Menotti's direction in 1986, a third installment in the Spoleto Festival series was held in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne's Spoleto Festival changed its name to the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 1990.
Following Menotti's death in 2007, changes occurred in the administration with the result that the Italian Minister of Cultural Affairs appointed a new Artistic Administrator who continues to run the Festival.

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3874 - The pawnbrokers' symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. The three sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy, owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard.[12] This refers to the Italian province of Lombardy, where pawn shop banking originated under the name of Lombard banking. The three golden spheres were originally a symbol medieval Lombard merchants hung in front of their houses, and not the arms of the Medici family. It has been conjectured that the golden spheres were originally three flat yellow effigies of byzants, or gold coins, laid heraldically upon a sable field, but that they were converted into spheres to better attract attention.
Most European towns called the pawn shop the Lombard. The House of Lombard was a banking community in medieval London, England. According to legend, a Medici employed by Charlemagne slew a giant using three bags of rocks. The three-ball symbol became the family crest. Since the Medicis were so successful in the financial, banking, and moneylending industries, other families also adopted the symbol. Throughout the Middle Ages, coats of arms bore three balls, orbs, plates, discs, coins and more as symbols of monetary success. Pawnbrokers (and their detractors) joke that the three balls mean Two to one, you won't get your stuff back.
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers. The symbol has also been attributed to the story of Nicholas giving a poor man's three daughters each a bag of gold so they could get

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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYPAF - More people turning to growing food at home or on allotment vegetable patches during recession for better food.

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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6852957177 - 'Morcheeba - 'Rome Wasn't Built In A Day' - Play this track here.
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'Rome Wasn't Built in a Day' is a song by an English group Morcheeba released in 2000 as the first single off their third studio album Fragments of Freedom. The song is the group's biggest hit in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 34 in 2000. The song reached number two in New Zealand.
At some point in the mid-1990s, the Godfrey brothers (DJ Paul Godfrey and multi-instrumentalist Ross Godfrey) recruited Skye Edwards as vocalist, during a chance meeting at a party in which both brothers were introduced to Edwards. This led to the formation of Morcheeba.
The band's debut album, Who Can You Trust? was released on China Records in April 1996 and fitted smoothly into the then-modish trip hop genre, with instrumentation based predominantly around Rhodes piano, electric guitar and DJ scratching, with the songs carried by Edwards' relaxed soul-styled vocals.
The follow-up, 1998's Big Calm, moved slightly away from trip-hop towards a more pop-oriented, song-based sound. This was exemplified by the band's remaking of 'Moog Island' (a song from the previous album) in a more summery, upbeat style, with the new title of 'The Music That We Hear'. One of the album's singles, 'The Sea', became a hit and a radio favourite. The album proved to be a big seller and ensured Morcheeba's success as a breakthrough act.
In 1998, Morcheeba collaborated with Hubert Laws to record for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.
In 2000, Morcheeba released their third album, Fragments of Freedom. This repeated the sales success of Big Calm but received a less positive critical response. The band's fourth album, Charango, was released in 2002, and spawned several singles including 'Otherwise,' 'Way Beyond,' and 'Undress Me Now'. In an indication of what would follow, several tracks on the album did not feature Edwards, and were instead written with and sung by Lambchop's Kurt Wagner or by emcees Pace Won and Slick Rick.
Rome wasn't built in a day is a way of saying 'It takes a long time to create something complicated or impressive'. No-one can argue with the impressiveness of Rome or how complicated it can be to cross the road in town. Its one of my favourite cities.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BEW1FA - 1916: The birth of Scandalli F.lli
The Scandalli Brothers was born in Camerano in 1916 , when Silvio Scandalli ( 1889 -1977) with his brothers Henry and Albino, began making accordions in a small home workshop, and then sell them in nearby Loreto , place of pilgrimage for many believers. It was in 1923 one of the first sales contracts with which the Scandalli brothers undertook to build 25 barrel organs per year for the Belgian Giuseppe Fieres of Mont-Saint-Amand-lez-Gan . In 1930 the Scandalli Brothersit had grown to open a new factory which had a hundred workers and a production of 10 accordions daily [1] .
Photo of a Scandalli from the first half of the 1900s preserved in the International Accordion Museum of Camerano
In those years when the mechanics of the instrument was in continuous development and renewal, the company's research activity was very important, testified by the numerous projects presented at the Patent Office in Milan : the first, from 1924 , bore the title of Improvement in mechanical key devices to combine several voices in accord in bellows accordions , while in 1932 a system was invented that allowed to dismantle the part of the mechanical control organs of both the bass and the chords [1] . In the following years, then, Silvio Scandalli decided to include a small research and patent department in the company.




