Envoy cites ` ` imminent and growing danger '' in explaining failure to inform Britain sooner . Ambassador William Hague travels to Italy to ` ` explain events '' Italy says Britain 's failure to inform it before the UK bid is ` ` inexplicable '' Abductors seized the airport in northwestern Italy in May .
Envoy cites `` imminent and growing danger '' in explaining failure to inform Rome sooner . Ambassador William Hague speaks to Italians to `` explain events '' Italy says Britain 's failure to consult it before the rescue bid is `` inexplicable '' Abductors seized the men in northwestern Nigeria in May .