Search crews in Italy have found five more bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which struck a reef off an island in January.

Searchers have found three bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which struck a reef off an Italian island in January.

Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into the disappearance of the bell from the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia.

The cruise ship that capsized off Italy’s coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations.

A barge carrying a crane and other equipment hitched itself to the toppled Costa Concordia, signalling the start of preliminary operations to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded cruise ship before it leaks into the pristine Tuscan sea.

Unregistered passengers might have been aboard the stricken cruise liner that capsized off a Tuscan island, raising the possibility that the number of missing might be higher than previously announced.

Unregistered passengers may have been aboard the cruise liner that capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio, a rescue official said yesterday, raising the possibility that the number of missing might be higher than the 20 previously announced.

Unregistered passengers might have been aboard the stricken cruise liner that capsized off a Tuscan island, a top rescue official said today.

Divers have found a woman's body in a submerged section of the grounded Costa Concordia, raising the death toll in the cruise liner tragedy to at least 12.

Italian police arrested a suspected member of the Red Brigades terror group today, two days after finding some 220lbs of explosives in an alleged hideout of the group.