Ponte Brolla News Today

The rail line from Locarno to Domodossola passes through parts of Switzerland and Italy.

Cliff Diving is synonym of perfect performance, strength and freedom. The spirit of this sport as well as the athletes’ and spectators’ lifestyle and emotions are not just extraordinary but unique.

Again this year, on one Sunday every month, between April and October, the train will run between Locarno and Camedo, taking adults and children back in time.

Nothing is more representative of Ticino life than its "grottos", village taverns whose forerunners were natural caves used to store wine, cheese and meat.

‘It is a journalistic conceit to pretend you are unmoved by people. But I am not a journalist and I am not superior to this encounter.’ ‘I didn’t die,’ says Jeanmaire proudly. ‘They wanted me to, but I wouldn’t do them the favour.’ It is evening. We are alone in his tiny flat on the eastern outskirts of Bern. He is cooking cheese fondue for the two of us. On a shelf in the kitchen stand the steel eating bowls he used in prison. Why does he keep them? ‘For memory,’ he replies...