Literature fans may want to take a brief side trip to Tegna where the author Patricia Highsmith (Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley) spent the last years of her life (her grave is in the Tegna cemetery).

BBC: Two days in the Italian Lakes

England boss Fabio Capello's side take on the Bulgarians at Wembley on Friday, 3 September, followed by a trip to Basel to take on Ottmar Hitzfeld's Swiss side four days later.

BBC: Tottenham's Jermain Defoe may avoid groin surgery

First-team coach Ricky Sbragia could now take temporary charge of the side who face a trip to in-form Arsenal on Saturday.

BBC: Bolton part company with boss Lee