A man is in a critical condition and 12 others have been taken to hospital after two buses collided in the centre of Luton this afternoon.

Two people have died and more than 40 are injured after an open-top double-decker tourist bus crashed into a low-hanging tree branch in Malta today.

Twenty-four people have been injured after a bus carrying South Korean tourists crashed near the Alpine city of Salzburg, Austrian police said.

Latest: At least 44 people have been killed after a double-decker bus veered off a road and tumbled 650ft down a cliff in southern Peru.

A school principal has described as “heroes” all of the students who helped each other out of the wreckage during yesterday's dramatic school bus crash in Limerick

At least 48 people were killed in Peru when a bus tumbled down a cliff from a narrow stretch of road known as the Devil's Curve, authorities said

One person has been killed and 12 more critically injured after a bus carrying 46 Chinese tourists skidded off a road in Iceland after a rear-end collision with another vehicle, police said.

Latest: A regional train has hit a school bus on a crossing in southern France, killing four children and critically injuring seven other people on the bus.

A bus carrying students, parents and teachers from a dance school has flipped over in Argentina, killing at least 15 people, officials said.

Two New Jersey Transit buses heading to New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal have collided in the Lincoln Tunnel, injuring 44 people.

A bus that crashed into a bank killing a pedestrian had been parked at a stop moments before it "jolted forward" across the road, a passenger said.

Three children are among 10 Australians seriously injured in a bus crash in Vanuatu.

A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck in central Ghana has killed 53 people.

An overnight tour bus on its way to a ski resort in central Japan has careered off a mountain road, killing 14 people and injuring 27 others.

Thirteen people have been killed after the bus they were travelling in crashed in northern Thailand.

Three people remain in a serious condition in hospital following a crash involving a bus and a car in Scotland.

A child’s body was discovered in the wreckage of a collision between a truck and bus in south-west France, increasing the death toll to 43.

As many as 25 people have been injured in a bus crash in Co Donegal.

Police have renewed a search for victims of a bus accident in southern Brazil that has killed 49 people.

An elderly woman has died after being knocked down by a coach involved in a garda chase on the Naas dual carriageway in west Dublin today.

A bus carrying 40 people left a road and plunged into a river today, killing at least 14 passengers and injuring 11 others.

At least 31 people are feared dead after a Turkish bus plunged off a road and into a river today.

Detectives investigating last week's fatal bus crash in Co Meath are appealing for a lorry driver who was at the scene to come forward.

The Health and Safety Authority has reportedly ordered the closure of the road in Co Meath where last week's school bus tragedy took place.

Transport Minister Martin Cullen has refused to comment on newspaper reports claiming that a motorist had expressed concern about the road where last week's school bus tragedy occured.

The bus driver involved in the County Meath crash has visited the families of the five schoolgirls who were killed in the accident.

The fifth victim of Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath has been laid to rest in her home town of Navan.

The fifth victim of Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath is due to be buried in her home town of Navan this morning.

Staff at Bus Éireann are due to hold a one-minute silence at noon today to remember the five teenage schoolgirls who died in Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath.

Four of the five teenage schoolgirls killed in Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath are due to be laid to rest later today.

A father tonight praised a heroic teenager who rescued his injured daughter from the worst schoolbus crash in Irish history.

The National Parents Council has urged parents not to allow their children to travel on school buses unless they are fitted with seatbelts.

Fitting seatbelts on all school buses by September is impossible, Education Minister Mary Hanafin said today.

Gardaí are hoping to question the driver of the bus involved in Monday's tragedy in Co Meath later today.

Neighbours were today paying their respects at the family homes of the five young girls killed in the worst school vehicle crash in Irish history.

Flags at Loreto Convent flew at halfmast today as teachers attempted to console devastated pupils streaming into the school.

Gardaí were today preparing to interview the driver of a bus which was involved in the worst school vehicle crash in Irish history.

Fine Gael TD Olivia Mitchell has called for safety improvements on all school buses following yesterday's tragedy near Navan in Co Meath.

The Tánaiste Mary Harney has described yesterday's school bus tragedy near Navan as "unthinkable" and has expressed her condolences to all those affected.

Gardaí have named the five teenage girls who died in yesterday's school bus tragedy near Navan in Co Meath.

President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern have both offered their condolences to the relatives of those killed and injured in yesterday's tragic school bus crash in Co Meath.

Three separate inquiries have been launched into the tragic road accident that caused the deaths of five teenage schoolgirls in Co Meath yesterday afternoon.

Relatives of the survivors of the Meath bus crash have expressed sorrow for the victims of the tragedy tonight.

Five teenage girls were killed today and forty-six people injured when a school bus overturned in an horrific crash.