Sardinia

Il Poetto dopo il ciclone Harry (S. Anedda Endrich)

The emergency

Cagliari, sand from the quarry to save the Poetto

Cyclone Harry nearly wiped out the beach; the municipality is working on a "soft" solution. Zedda: "It's not beach nourishment."

Olbia

Drug trafficking investigation: INPS is the injured party: unemployed suspect failed to declare illegal work and income.

On April 23rd, the Tempio preliminary hearing judge will hear the case of an alleged export of Sardinian marijuana to various towns in the Como and Varese areas, and probably also the Swiss market.

Andrea Busia

The accident

Crash on the 131 DCN at the Oniferi junction: car off the road, passengers freed from the wreckage

The firefighters intervened, the traffic police were also on site

Desulo. Da 500 a 500mila euro. In foto Manuel e Sonia del tabacchi di via Cagliari

big party

Desulo's stroke of luck: five euros to win half a million

The generous ticket was purchased at Manuel Zanda's tobacco shop on Via Cagliari: "At first, we didn't believe it."

GIOVANNA PITTALIS

the accident

Nuoro: Car crashes into roundabout, causing traffic to stall.

Perhaps the driver's illness or a fault was the cause of the episode

Fabio Ledda

the ordinance

Cagliari is also under an orange alert: schools and parks are closed today.

Mayor Massimo Zedda's decision follows the Civil Protection alert. The University remains open: "Activities will continue, but maximum caution is advised."

the project

Oristano strengthens its training center: Consorzio Uno will have a nursing course.

The green light comes with the approval of the regional budget plan.

Marianna Guarna

perdasdefogu

Farewell to Vittorio Lai, the centenarian superstar

Known by all as Nonno Pistola, he passed away at the age of 103 in Sicily, the land of his great love Maria

Simone Loi

La polizia davanti alla biblioteca a Caniga (Foto: Floris)

the drama

Tragedy in Sassari, fatal illness during lunch: resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful.

The victim is Gianni Fiora, president of the Biasi association

Emanuele Floris

the accident

Cagliari: A car crashes into a cement mixer, causing long queues on the Asse Mediano highway.

Police on site, traffic jam on the Genneruxi bridge

weather forecast

Sardinia continues to be gripped by severe weather: rain and thunderstorms expected on Saturday, orange alert in the south.

Only the northern part of the island was spared by the Civil Protection warning.

the landslide

Santu Lussurgiu, landslide in the countryside

Collapse caused by recent rains

Joseph Pintus

Vigili del fuoco nella Rsa Matida (foto Floris)

the case

Inadequate safety conditions: The Matida nursing home in Sassari has been evacuated.

UGL: "We request an urgent meeting with the company."

Emanuele Floris

the controversy

Sedilo upholds the values of the Ardia: "A disrespectful comparison with carnival races like the Sartiglia."

Mayor Salvatore Pes weighs in on the Abodi decree debate. He distances himself from other demonstrations: "This is unique in Sardinia."

Michael Masala

Cold case

Death under the Sant'Elia overpass: "My son Riccardo was killed."

Case filed as suicide after argument with girlfriend: an expert report reveals a different truth. The mother files a complaint regarding the 2017 incident: "Investigated as murder."

the operation

The Blue Ocean A is safe in port in Cagliari after a near-miss in Carloforte.

The cargo ship carrying livestock, which broke down on Wednesday, risked ending up on the rocks: after the difficult recovery operations, it was transferred to the capital

Una delle tante sculture funerarie nel cimitero monumentale di Bonaria ricoperta dagli escrementi degli uccelli

the emergency

Cagliari's Bonaria cemetery is flooded with guano from starlings frightened by the cyclone: "A public health risk."

The City Council extends the closure: "Thousands of birds have sought refuge at Harry's."

Il pezzo di cornicione crollato nella scuola De Amicis (foto Pala)

the collapse

Porto Torres, fear at the De Amicis school: a piece of cornice collapses

The facade of the building, built in 1912, is in a state of decay.

Mariangela Pala

Un pezzo del relitto sulla spiaggia del Poetto

the discovery

Poetto, Harry brings ashore the remains of a vessel: a French wreck from the failed invasion attempt in 1793?

The material is already being examined by the Superintendency. The hypothesis: a vessel from the fleet that was driven back (also) by a storm that legend attributes to Saint Efisio.