This article, written by HANNAH AL-OTHMAN, appears on The Evening Standard.

Italian police cook pasta for lonely elderly couple after neighbours heard them crying

Kindly police officers came to the aid of an elderly Italian couple after neighbours called emergency services when they were heard crying in their apartment – because they were so lonely.

Officers rushed to the flat in the Appio area of Rome after nearby residents heard shouting and crying coming from inside, and found and 84-year-old Jole, and her 94-year-old husband Michele.

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