1. Mother of Pearl and Pierre Hardy

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The heat is on growers of Yorkshire's world famous rhubarb as the mild winter threatens a crisis in the crop.

My father Mario Subacchi, who died on 26 May, was a prominent Catholic and well-loved member of the Italian community in Britain for over 60 years. Born in Bardi in the province of Parma, northern Italy, on 16 May 1923, he was the second son of the local blacksmith Carlino Subacchi and his wife Teresa Pelizza. His elder brother, Don Italo Subacchi, was a young cleric murdered by the Nazis at Sidolo in July 1944. Together with two other priests, Don Giuseppe Beotti and Don Francesco Delnevo, Don Italo had the misfortune to encounter an SS Unit of the retreating German army in the small village of Sidolo, near Bardi, Parma. Falsely accused of aiding the partisans and hiding Allied escapees, they were executed by a Nazi firing squad outside the parish church. His other three brothers Pierino, Carlo and Giorgio, were all well known in the region and all predeceased him.

Italy international Carvalho Amauri is a transfer target for two English clubs, according to the player's agent.

Juventus revamped their forward line on Monday's transfer deadline day, loaning Alessandro Matri from Cagliari and sending misfit striker Amauri to Parma. The fallen Turin giants finished seventh in Serie A last term and are in the same position this season after a series of insipid displays undermined by injuries and a lack of confidence among their forwards.

Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi has not given up hope of signing Chelsea striker Fabio Borini.