After Italy's highest court ruled that restaurants can refuse to serve customers tap water, our reporter in Rome asks why Italy is going against the grain.

A woman has lost a lengthy and 'emotionally distressful' court battle after a five star hotel in Italy refused to serve her tap water.

The woman argued she was owed compensation after she was only offered £6 bottled water

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A five-star hotel in Italy that repeatedly refused to serve a guest tap water at its restaurant did not break any laws, the country’s top court has ruled.

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After Italy's highest court ruled that restaurants can refuse to serve customers tap water, our reporter in Rome asks why Italy is going against the grain.