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Italy's dying towns

Live from Naples looking at towns suffering from a lack of regeneration and urban decay.

Many towns across Italy, particularly in the south, are facing many serious challenges. Young people are leaving due to a lack of employment, the birthrate is one of Europe's lowest and a lack of investment or regeneration is leaving these towns almost derelict. Live from Naples we'll explore the issues facing towns across Italy, the reasons behind the problem, and what may be able to fix it. And with photographer Francesca Leonardi we'll also visit a town that was built as luxury holiday resort, but now lies derelict.

Also, in Russia more than 10 journalists have quit their jobs at a daily newspaper in protest over the firing of two of their fellow journalists. We speak to a senior journalist working at the paper.

And now that the dust has settled on the finale of Game of Thrones we speak to people who host Thrones podcasts and find out whether it lived up to all the hype, or proved to be a huge disappointment to fans.

(Photo: Claudia Filomena Conte - a former resident of Villaggio Coppola in Southern Italy. Credit: BBC)

53 minutes

Last on

Tue 21 May 201916:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 May 201916:06GMT

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