Ferries from Naples and Sorrento had been forced to return to port as mayor described situation as ‘real emergency’


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The Italian island of Capri has lifted a ban on tourists after problems with the water supply to the holiday hotspot were resolved.

The ban had been announced early on Saturday, forcing several morning ferries from Naples and Sorrento to return to port.

On Saturday evening, however, the island’s mayor Paolo Falco said the ban had been “revoked” after a technical issue preventing the arrival of water from the mainland had been fixed.

Earlier, he had described the ban as a response to a “real emergency”, saying local tanks were “running out” of water.

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