Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily.

Residents are opposed to the bridge over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental effect, and mafia interference.

THOUSANDS marched in the Sicilian city of Messina at the weekend to oppose Rome’s plans to build a bridge from the mainland.The project, envisaging construction of the longest suspension bridge in the world across the Strait of Messina,