A light aircraft crashed and burned shortly after take-off, killing everyone on board, including the pilot and nine people who had spent the day working at a skin cancer clinic in a remote community.

A twin-engine plane crashed near an airport not far from Arches National Park in south-eastern Utah in the US, killing all 10 people on board, an official said today.

IRISH investors have sunk over €140 million into a commercial venture in Hamburg, Germany.

The snail-paced Ophelia, downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, moved out to sea early today after a three-day drenching that was far less severe than many had anticipated.